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Collaboration With Chris Green-Forbidden

Another lonesome highway One hundred empty streets Unending broken detours Each turn my vast defeats I fear an early winter The snow is ten feet tall Can barely see my breathing While others have it all I run after sidewalk cracks And land in the dirt Leaves keep falling It’s just another hurt Shards of glass on the road Tell me I can’t go first Barbed wire on my skin I know it leaves me cursed An uphill path I follow My weary legs are sore Atop the highest mountain I can not take much more When then a thin horizon Illuminates the sea Much more than I imagine Unfolds in front of me Bigger than my nightmares Bigger than my dreams A tiny speck of heaven Is ripping at the seams I know when I stand here I interrupt something hidden I want to embrace the waves But the quiet has forbidden So I'll just keep on walking For now I understand That there is so much waiting Out in this promised land Somewhere beyond the arbor Beneath these skies of blue My days are now spent dreaming In hopes some will come true

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Date: 11/7/2017 11:44:00 AM
- There are so many emotions this poem gives me - A fantastic co- write from both of you - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Iris Blade
Date: 11/7/2017 12:15:00 PM
Thank you so much Sunshine! Have a nice day!
Date: 11/5/2017 8:41:00 PM
Wonderful Iris and Chris. Drew me in at the first stanza and held me till the last. Ditto to the comment from Agnes.
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Iris Blade
Date: 11/6/2017 12:06:00 PM
Wow thank you Elizabeth, I am glad we held you attention!
Date: 11/5/2017 7:20:00 PM
Wonderful poem, Iris and Chris. I love how, out of the desolation, hope rises. Great collaboration.
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Iris Blade
Date: 11/6/2017 12:05:00 PM
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, glad you liked it.
Date: 11/5/2017 1:48:00 PM
Excellent poem :)
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Iris Blade
Date: 11/6/2017 12:02:00 PM
Thank you Heidi!

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