I Am Free Verse Poems

I drew a charcoal rendering
      of your face
on the cave wall of my mind
You were taken from me long ago
I...

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As the world turns and the days go by
life comes in waves of positive and negative
experiences, but occasionally a tsunami will
knock one senseless and it...

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In the mystery of the unknown, where thoughts flow like a river,
my being seeks innocence, unknown even to myself,
I am free, at last, to be...

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Blinded by the love l had inside
My heart has been taken for granted
I showed up for them, but no one showed up for me
I hid...

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There is no shame in lingering where possibility lives.”

I tarrow
at the edge of becoming,
half-ghost, half-girl,
unsure which silence to trust.

My fingers
hover over doors I built,
but never...

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KILLICK 
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I am but a tiny boat, 
one built from dreams and fears,
adrift on a sea of choices. 
Yet, there you are—my killick, the heavy...

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I wake to the desert, talking to the wind;
its voice is dry and muffled.
Sand cuts my skin as I walk;
nowhere feels like a place I...

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dog’s nose is twitching
whatever he’s smelling, I am missing
dog next door barks ferociously
my dogs used to run toward the fence
they have a pen now
there is...

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the dog is muddier than I feel
we are both grimy
gritty
ridiculously filthy
the dog and I
He’s been mudding
I am super casual
in my pajamas for the sixth day
we...

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We are but patches in life’s quilt—
Tangled together,
Woven as one.
Pull on a thread,
Watch us unravel.

Ignore my thread, and I disappear.
Ragged, jagged knots.
Rocks in my fists.

Bound...

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Old friend, so comfortable in your chair
     (steadfast and anchored, safe in your harbor,
     hear me before...

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As she twists within,
Consuming our minds with fear and loathing,
And when we lose a petal each day because of her,
We forget.

For every time I have...

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A cheetah avoided the trap that night
And the wild cat escaped the shot.
Someone was there for them to learn 
And each of them were taught.


The...

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Why?

Why? Why should I accept human science?
Do I have to? No. I don’t think so. Where does it come from?
I don’t need this science. I...

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I ascend to the stage, 
I make sure not to stumble or trip.  
They cheer and they boast and they cackle.
They like this new...

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