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Skim Only the Surface

They gave me an ocean.
Miles long and centuries wide, 
Cerulean, cyan, sapphire and sky,
With a coldness so bitter, 
And a sound so sweet 

They gave me an ocean.
With fresh tears in the salt,
And a dance on the waves,
Glass messages adrift,

They gave me an ocean, 
But I wrote the vessel,
To the edge of a void, 
Seeking new beginnings,

They gave me an ocean,
I sail a rowing boat.

Copyright © Amy Al | Year Posted 2013



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Breakfast In August

Wrapped up in blankets against the cold morning air,
Curled up snugly in wicker seats
 
Frosty breaths of conversation,
Expelled a mist above our breakfast of waffles and hot cocoa
 
Our blushes were hidden behind pale white hands,
Whilst shy smiles wrote our story
 
We exhaled secrets into the day,
And inhaled nervous expectation
 
A foreign land awoke around us,
Whilst our voices spread wings to depart
 
It was that August morning amid the pastel sunrise,
That I fell in love with you...

Copyright © Amy Al | Year Posted 2013

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Terminal

There is a suitcase in your hand,
And a film of tears blinding your 
eyes,
The salt lingers on your lips, my lips 
Like a final gift, a reminder of your 
presence,
I savour the taste, and sink into the 
heat
Our fingertips linger on cheeks and 
bare shoulders,
I'm weak and seasick, our hearts 
reside in our stomachs,
Deep indigo marks in the crook of 
your neck,
The sweet collarbone, your warm 
scent 
Skin slides past skin as we distance 
ourselves,
A distance expanding with each 
passing second,
We step back to gaze, eye to eye,
My soul is screaming, can't you hear 
it?
You blink, and I want to catch that 
tear,
To return it home and break its fall,
It collides with a tiled floor,
I swear I hear it shatter...

The terminal terminates us,
Why else call it that?

Copyright © Amy Al | Year Posted 2013

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How To Measure Distance

There could be worlds between us - for all the difference it makes A distance measured in land, in sea, in people and in places An infinite journey in each bus, each train and each plane There is patience, in every second, every minute and every hour And an unspoken desire to sew the cracked continents back together – inch by inch, metre by metre, second by second. Make us whole.

Copyright © Amy Al | Year Posted 2013


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