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5 Centimeters Per Second

My best friend, my love I lost by train

apart in two cities, we cried in anguish.

Letters of love never reached her,

letters of love never reached him.

Train departed so I could see you one last,

snowstorm pushed away my arrival.

Nightfall stroke the sky, I hoped you were there,

late night dulled my vision, surprised you were here.

Five centimeters per second is I had left of time,

embrace your warmth of the open flame,

a kiss too quiet and mellow.

I shudder my icy face, watched yours glow.

Echo of a moving train, I shall leave

I hope to feel that warmth from you someday.

Copyright © Ashley Cooley | Year Posted 2009



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Seasons Change

Winter blissful spring,

Pedals of cherry sprinkled,

Swept away in sight

Copyright © Ashley Cooley | Year Posted 2009

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Bedtime Story

The silhouettes of my fantasy,

Stirring around my mind,

Deception, conception

Fading away to the kindle of my light,

The memory still vaguely seen upon, father

The fantasy outlines the dream light I once drew but I cannot deliver it,

 By holding my life in tangles of lines that should never had been crossed.

To preserve my infamous soul I stay in the process because it’s too late

to appall from the nightmare that have imprison me. My reality drips down to the floor,

 The factor I put myself in that position is the reason for my disposition

What was my raison d'être?

My point of existence, is m my survival

I had retaliated the seduction and desire of the burning flame,

The distance between the narcotic and the arsonist is not too far from home,

I needed, I wanted my personal space, but I dare not go through life blinded by lies,

I still daydream in my room of flesh, seducing the demons that made my life a mess,

My domain of thought is never to enter with love but with pleasure and immense courtship.

Still animated, still timid by the convulsion, the immense pain I cried,

I am tormented by the vision of you,

Looking at the gentle moon shining through the mist and clouds,

It lights the floor but slowly fades away to the sun, assuming that the moon might

Owe it one later on tomorrow,

Persevering the light, key to my memory,

It is no longer an ordinary day,

However, I still lay through the mist and rot,

Never asking more of what I cannot conceive or feel.

Copyright © Ashley Cooley | Year Posted 2009

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5 Centimeters Per Second

My best friend, my love I lost by train

apart in two cities, we cried in anguish.

Letters of love never reached her,

letters of love never reached him.

Train departed so I could see you one last,

snowstorm pushed away my arrival.

Nightfall stroke the sky, I hoped you were there,

late night dulled my vision, surprised you were here.

Five centimeters per second is I had left of time,

embrace your warmth of the open flame,

a kiss too quiet and mellow.

I shudder my icy face, watched yours glow.

Echo of a moving train, I shall leave

I hope to feel that warmth from you someday.

Copyright © Ashley Cooley | Year Posted 2009

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Wildfire

My infinite skies

My eyes danced around the warmth of the wind

wrapped my fingers around of a lady

glowing across the oasis of chilling bones

the bonfire loves to hear wonderful stories

rejoicing over people’s laughter and serenity

Chilling cold outdoors were not welcome inside

The bonfire forced them out

Everyone gathered to watch

Flames of exotic dancing takes center stage

The bonfire gazes upon the person to tell the next story

We all watched and listen to the amazing adventures

When it came time for the next, the torched was past

Songs of love and warmth swept across

Celebration of family and friends gathered

Warmed and snuggled together

Our eyes filled with fire

Reflections of memories that stayed with you forever

Memories that cherished with everyone,

Mine was about tradition and passing my warmth

I may not be here to see it forever

Those times of infinite skies

I wished it never end.

Copyright © Ashley Cooley | Year Posted 2009




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