Best Arm's Length Poems

Love.

A few too many breaths of fresh air,
A sun over water shines a glimmer in your hair,
A palm reaching outward quickly to hold,
A pointed and true reason to want to grow old,
A scent of coming rain sweet enough to see,
A sobering storm I'm willing to...

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I avoid people who try to put me in their category ~~
                       when I know in my heart who and what I am.

Written...

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Why did you never love me
Does my beauty intimidate you
Do you see the shadows in my heart
yes they’ve been there from the start

I bet you were just too afraid
to share your heart again
I know it had been shattered
She left you broken and in tatters

But you...

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Faith comforted her soul
During the time of need, she took a knee
Eyes up, head down
Blessings reigned down upon her halo
Ascension is but a prayer away...

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I want to write to you the endless paragraphs I dream about sending you,
Then shut the door behind and never look back but what good will it bring?

You’re too good for me, and I hate that. 
I’m fragile, and clingy,
One wrong move and i’ll crumble....

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A vicarious metaphor
 —the writer’s privilege

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)...

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at arm’s length

at arm’s length 
the damaged 
will keep you---
having been round the bush
having seen a good portion of
the world’s ability to destroy,
terrorize & horrify,
the concept of “trust” has been
completely annihilated. 

either accept these conditions of the
21st century &
come back to the poker table
with a...

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