Long Hold close Poems

“The Fallen”



Remote,
he sees himself 
in the reflection of cold close 
yet distant shop windows, 
his final journey along the 
Hard Time Road
walking alone, 
unforgiven, no home
for the rest of his natural life 
a million knives...

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"Backhand"



You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall

To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...

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In this life of what's to be,
we define life as what we see.
The thoughts of love and life we see,
are the driving force of what we believe.

Of the twins alive in me,
one is blind and...

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I’m in love with someone else’s dream come true, I’m in love with the person, they gave their heart to               ...

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When the little things no longer matters...
When the little things are lost...
Forgotten and misplaced...
Left on a shelf like a book that is unread for days...
It no longer has it smile...
It no longer carries a taste...
When...

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In sorrow weeping upon your own bed 
I watch you now in sadness despairing 
Upon the pillow of pain lies your head 
Lost in the grief your temple is bearing 

My heart is light and...

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Tick tick tick. This bomb inside is hidden, though breaks all when released. I sit here knowingly, as this bomb ticks slowly towards its burst. Some thoughts are easy to keep in mind, as to...

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My parents were born in the USA as was I,
but about my heritage I have never been shy.
My grandfather came from a distant land,
one I've never seen, but still hold close at hand.

He took that...

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It is of the essence.
Time; it is very precious.
The past affects the future but for now let's focus on the present.
Tense, like the feeling you get when you can't breathe.
Mind, body and soul supposed to...

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A man should first know his own strength,
what it is he can and cannot do,
our physical power is no small thing,
use it wrong and you’ll be truly screwed,
they’ll take everything away from you.
But on the...

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In the quiet corridors of my mind, where memory and flickering thoughts reside,
we tell ourselves stories in order to live, to find meaning in the chaos,
seeking sermons in the despair of loss, searching for lessons...

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Thank you, for being you, friend.

Hang in there by offering all of who you truly are in our Creator's Eye's to everyone and to anyone that may just be suffering more than you, today, if,...

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Night’s Passion.
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Let your dream, be a dream of night, 
let it know fear and love’s delight, 
for I walk within each dark, powered scene, 
I am the love in your darkened dream.
Let us not tell...

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TRAPPED

I run through life wounded with a steel jawed trap
ensnared onto my foot restricting my life’s essence.
Day in and day out I’m never able to shake it off,
 in relentless movements as fast as I...

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I run through life wounded with a steel jawed trap
ensnared onto my foot restricting my life’s essence.
Day in and day out I’m never able to shake it off,
 in relentless movements as fast as I...

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Hello so quickly turns into goodbye, in my last 39 minutes on this earth,
Memories swirl through my mind, starting at my birth.
Childhood dreams and meeting my Prince Charming,
Days of rising early turned into years, quite...

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Let your dream, be a dream of night, 
let it know fear and love’s delight, 
for I walk within each dark, powered scene, 
I am the love in your darkened dream.
Let us not tell of...

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Love is it in the air? Is it the perfume of a flower? Is it inside your soul.
Where no bad man can go!
But the one man who can grow his passion with you.
If he makes...

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22.
I come to know an angel’s charms, 
you are starlight within my arms. 
in my heart, there are no alarms.
You are my everlasting spring, 
your soft smile makes my heart to sing, 
the glory of...

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Blood Red Moon

Deep devouring passions bleed now from this solar eclipse 
As black blood flows from an evil army of “undead” beings 
Whose fangs hideously and cruelly pierce the veins of their 
Mesmerized and unsuspecting...

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Blood Red Moon

Deep devouring passions bleed now from this solar eclipse 
As black blood flows from an evil army of “undead” beings 
Whose fangs hideously and cruelly pierce the veins of their 
Mesmerized and unsuspecting...

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Collection - 1.

4,

So precious is the jewel, that dwells in your heart, 
brightly it does shine, in its glory and light,
walking through my dreams, in a warm, starlit sky, 
the most precious jewel, walking through...

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In life at times we must say goodbye to those we love
                       ...

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Youth
I remember you well
The happiness and the perfection
A lifetime in which to dwell
No worries to block my path
Playing make believe with my dolls
Unaware of the passage of time and age
Oblivious to hate and cruelty
Happy...

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I'm sorry
I'm sorry
My audience
My audience of one
my audience of ten 
my audience of who is grateful enough to listen
I know you've heard enough of me today
but I just need a distraction
I just need an outlet
I...

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