Lyric Inspiration Poems

Verse 1: I was dumb and foolish
I did not love myself that much compared to today
I know why I made the wrong choices
In my mind,...

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You are a masterpiece created to inspire
& despite dire times
have continued to create music to our ears
You are a collection of years of notes composed
creating...

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			I.

What rare delight it is, when spring and youth,
     pregnant with life, explode all o'er again!
When sex organs mature, and know...

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In a world where beauty's confined,
To a frame, a shape, so pre-defined.
I refuse to bow to discrimination's hand,
Refusing to let it define me.

No more the...

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Well, the weight of this old world
seems like it always has me down,
but I try to paint a smile on
square my shoulders, choke it down,
and...

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Sandstorm churning in my mind tonight,
driven by the wind of change,
and I know… it’s not that easy.
Drove a million miles and it is all the...

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**Imaginations**, like dew-kissed petals at dawn,
Unfurl in secret gardens of the mind,
Where stars converse in whispers, and moonbeams
Weave tapestries of forgotten dreams.

They are the **weavers...

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Synchronized Perfection 1-26-24
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Synchronized Perfection

Breathe in the feathery tickle, whorls of sweet spice in synonyms,
Similes that make you sneeze exhaling fresh lines of images
On swirls of...

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My name is etched
On Insight Lander
On Martian soil
It waits for me
To be where gravity is low
So be careful where you go
Mars’ atmosphere has little air
So...

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by Max Burchett

Black swans are a thing.
That thing never seen before,
Not known to exist,
What has never happened before.

If you can think of it,
Can expect or...

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That part of me belongs to someone else
You knew it all along as well

We have no pretense on the past
just how long our friendship will...

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Me To You
by Max Burchett

Pop song on SoundCloud based on lyrics of this “Me to You” poem
at /maxburchett/me-to-you

Though nobody else could see,
I knew what was...

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by Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett


I present these lyrics today,
For you to consider if you would,
An idea I propose, to find a way
To designate a day...

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Too many times,
I’ve felt left behind.
We let the blind,
Lead the blind, now empty minds
Have no idea what can be,
Stevie Wonder piano keys
Sound even better when...

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What secrets dwell in Poesy's heart, veiled by verse? 
     Why on the edges of our perception
do they dance? What are...

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