Best Deep Down You Know Poems

(Collaboration: Paul Callus & Carolyn Devonshire ~ Dec 2020)

I sit outside as evening settles in, 
a teasing breeze plays gently with my hair 
the mountains...

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You cannot articulate in words 
To the one that is glancing from the outside 
The total chaos on the inside 
Because on the outside you...

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When guilt 
collides with my pleasure
and pain is too hard to measure
Escape is the elastic tether
that accompanies 
my sensual physical bender

Tock tick tock
my emotional drop
for...

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Love God with all your heart
  with all your soul and all your might
Give generously; always do your part
  Deep down, you know...

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I write this, broken.
Drowning.
I’m suffocating.
I’ve finally been paid back.
For the hurt I have inflicted.
So here I am.
Ready to confess.
For a promise,
Has broken me.

Here it is.
This...

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You say I don't understand
You think what you said was pure gold and that I don't understand
Damn right I don't understand!

I don't understand how you...

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You make me better than I ever hope to be
I want to be together for the rest of eternity
You fill me with strength and so...

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It's You, Not Me 

*this poem can be offensive and has naughty words*

It's all my fault
I put a gentle halt
I'm cold in my skin
You are...

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Wheelie bins know what you’re thinking
Deep down you know it’s true
They know just what you did last night
And they are judging you

And if you think...

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Sweetheart, you've gone to be with God!
Deep down, I know it's best.
Your pain and suffering's ended,
you're in a peaceful rest.

Cigarettes, destroyed your lungs
and caused your...

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The first time our lips shared a kiss
Was even better than first time I shot a 3 pointer and didn’t miss.
I can’t help but smile...

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Every day I try harder, to be more and more like you.
To brighten up everyone’s day, like you always seem to do.
You smile and you...

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Emotionally drained
scars no longer visible
and I can still anticipate
the next slap 
held prisoner by my thoughts

the pain deep within
a voice,
telling me I must have been...

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Baby birds tweet as their long skinny necks stretch towards blind faith. Somewhat frantically; newly born; next to dead; fragile existence; protected with life. Regurgitation...

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On that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only...

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