Long Scoville Poems

 
March 19, 2023, is a day I will never forget,
You see, that is the day that my Daddy left.

Not in the way you may think.
For he had gone to...

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All  of my children did come home
One at a time, almost like a metronome.

It made me happy, as I felt needed
Yet, when they wanted advice it was never heeded. 

I love them all with...

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Long ago on some days, yet not so long on others,
I do so recall those days when I was yet a mother.
Days of being careless and having fun, 
Not having to be responsible for anyone.

Then...

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My eldest sister Amélie Beth...
ever the amateur family entomologist

Upon texting her a picture
(countless moments ago
since October ninth)
unfamiliar delicate looking critter -
(seen inside the apartment many times),
she quickly identified crane fly
agilely affixed to lampshade.

I figuratively tip...

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A decade together with you,
Loving and learning all ways new.

What is a decade? A decade is ten years,
Ten years of love, laughter, and some tears.

A decade is one hundred twenty months,
A lot of kisses, hugs,...

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He is:
  Wounded and broken,
  Terribly soft-spoken.

He used: 
  To be so full of life and zest, 
  And was always on some quest.

He is:
  So incredibly withdrawn,
  ...

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My heart is breaking in a million pieces.
Why did you have to shatter it to bits?
Were you just marking your time or
Are you actually willing to call it quits?

I feel like my flesh has been...

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Happy Birthday, my sister, dear.
How I wish you were still here.

Today is, for me, a solemn day.
Oh, how I wish, you could leave your Heaven today.

I wish you could see your son.
He's retreated to a...

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When you were born, I did not know what to do, 
You see, I was only just the age of two.
Wherever I went, so did you
You see, we were stuck together like glue.

Then as we...

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I walk along the fare,
 I seem to not have a care.
Shadows loom everywhere,
 Voices whispering "Beware"

I turn around to see
 Who has said that to me.
Not one person is there!
 All vanished into air!

Voices...

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It seems I just cannot win,
 For my life is in a constant spin.

Not one person can I please,
 Nor does it seem I can appease.

My children refuse to confide in me,
 Telling me to...

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Familiar is the rain
just as familiar is this pain.
Familiar of being open and raw.
Familiar of just feeling blah.

Familiar of hiding away
and familiar of holding at bay
the panic and fear
of you NOT being here.

Familiar of having...

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This is a story of a girl and her beau, 
Where life would lead, they did not know.

They dated for several years,
There was laughter and some tears.

One day the boy asked the girl to be...

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The day that I have prayed for,
 Has finally come true.
For I am now and forever more,
 NO longer married to you.

Over are the days of running scared,
 And hiding out of fear.
My head is...

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One of the taken three,
 Has returned home to me.
Five years he has been gone
 So some days he is still withdrawn.

I am happy to have him here,
 I no longer have the fear,
That he...

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You have finally come home to me
 Yet you are still as distant as the sea.
You always seem so hidden away
 Never to come into the light of day.

I miss seeing your sweet smile
 I...

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Devouring wings, my drip is dramatic,
Flames ignite tongue, buds sting acrobatic.
Capsaicin conga line, thrusts are erratic,
Spicy-raised roof, heat hitting the attic.  

A gourmand adventure, once mild aromatic,
Infernos erupting, eyes leaking emphatic.
Scoville scale rising, its...

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