Water Addiction Poems

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I can see the future,
it's been calling me
I'm gonna live my life,
it's how it's gonna be
Some people never listen,
Some people gotta...

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Need

I used to live in a world of need
A dreadful scary place indeed
Needing something God won't give
Yet needing a wicked miracle to live
No food was...

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I pour a glass of water. 
Then another.
The glasses turn into the Ocean. 
Yet you remain, one glass in hand.
And as I jump into the...

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Gone today
Because the waves were leaving
The sound of my footsteps pressed in sand

A pink sky

What’s behind me is never seen again
Becoming detached diving in
Maybe it’s...

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Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place

I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and...

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Languages Blossom Like Flowers: A Whimsical Theory 

In the tapestry of human existence, languages weave intricate patterns. They are the vibrant threads connecting us, allowing...

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It's sad when the only light in your life is one that is held under an object. It stirs and creates a demon that can't...

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I'm not addicted, so this will be easy
It's a hard truth to hear so I just tune it out 
and I’m arguing with walls 
but...

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Bell rang decades ago,
Still....
Still as the water before the dis,
Stuck in a fantasy 
Of what really is,
Lost in my sanity, 
Still losing grip,
Of ingrown agony,...

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The barren ground bleached by the sacred sun
scantily clothed children and dogs run
Trees scarred by scavenged limbs
Burned in pyres as sunlight dims
Low water levels recorded...

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When the river of poetry has dried
Like parched clouds waiting for warmth
When the rain beats down on emptiness 
The god of rain demands to be...

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“Be Gentle..” I plead through water colour eyes,
As your brush traces my blank canvas,
Colour me red, purple, yellow, grey,
Cover me in fingerprints, bite marks, handprints,...

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I was never quite a candy kid
But I jumped right into the soup
I had a list of my favorite chemicals on the wall in college,...

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Coffee beans, a world in a grain,
Roasted and ground, a caffeinated refrain.
Born in the tropics, where the sun meets the shade,
A journey unfolds from bush...

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It’s not what you think.
I promise. 
Today is just not going the way I want it to.
My plans aren’t working out.
My body is disfigured.
And my...

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