Best Under My Skin Poems

Alone she sits at a table for two
In the corner bistro off Main
Cole Porter’s "I’ve Got You under My Skin"
Wafts softly throughout the room 
After hours of lingering hope 
She watches happy clients come and go
Bubbles of happiness fill their chatter
Laughter walks out trailing behind


Alone...

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I wonder who I am sometimes, what seems to be a universal phenomenon. As everyone remains looking to be someone other than themselves, because those who are themselves are persecuted and dreams hung on the cross by society.

But as I wonder the colorful atmosphere of...

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her warmth seeping in
still I fight
what's changing me
wrapped up 
in something 
more 
than birds singing
sun rising
fresh morning
and being free to 
blast away
in a blaze of glory
yet I trickle
down her cheek
one tear drop 
in an endless sea
softly slowly silently
a subtle sigh in the night
I don't want...

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Horsefly bites galore.
    Covered in weals with red spots,
    All under my skin.
    Scratching the itch was no cure,
    Nor was head-butting the door.

    9 / 6 / 2021....

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POEM " UNDER MY SKIN " by martin gedge

I can feel you breathing deep beneath my skin
tugging at the fabric of the shell that keeps me in
racing through the circuits putting pressure on each vein
trying to find the surface for the rush of blood to...

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