Love Innocence Poems

I hate being the 'incident' of your story
Hate how you once made my heart beat so fast
Hate how I get a reminder of you
Now we're...

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My inner child 

Today I reconnected with my inner child,
I realised how she once always smiled, 
Her innocent glowing face is now tear stained,
And full...

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Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not...

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Poetry is my mistress 
I write everything in her name. 
If you’ve not heard from me in a while 
It is poetry to whom you...

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If I were on my hands and knees
I would see kindness
I would see love
I would see peace

When I am on my feet 
I see animosity...

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His eyes were full of lust
 images for one to young to see
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 all his time consumed watching, wanting
satisfied himself, no need for...

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When from a pure heart, arises intent,
ripples divine manifest a new fate
and the universe too grants its assent,
because it’s sacrilege to make love wait.

There being...

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How long will it take you, poet?
To understand that poetry does not replace love?

To understand, that everyone eventually falls out of their chair?

How long will...

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As sensitive and as fragile 
As a mottled Butterflies tissue paper wings 
As gentle and tender as a teasing caressing arresting summer breeze
As transparent and...

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innocence memorialized in candlelight
as we sit and dream in its gleam
of flickering and playful flames
timeless and free flowing
finding each other in the midst of longing
vigilant...

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If loving you harder allowed you to stay then my goal remained the same
All because letting you go was a story words would formulate
It was...

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I have done everything.
I have survived the harshest winters, braved the fiercest jungles, and fought the most heroic battles.
You have too.
You looked to your friend,...

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Tiny and fearless, a lifeless black stray
Last bought with death arose
Strength came into the day
She held firm, but death was close
Given no nourishment or love
By...

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Remember when we used to play
In our backyards every day
We built castles in the sand
And chased each other hand in hand

Remember when we used to...

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Love was in the wrong places
Out of luck, there'd none at all
Veered cross his eyes on faces
Ebbed men and numbers to call

Twilight drops an altered...

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