Long Uncurling Poems

“I am NOT like my father!!!
You say that again, I’m going to kill you!”

I shrivel up in shame
For, I am not to blame
For the shenanigans you put me through so many times
Sometimes, I wish I...

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And a thousand birds chant harmoniously, shrill and vibrant,
Bringing spring to forest creatures and urban dwellers;
Come out, come out and breathe the air,
Drink in the azure sky and the golden sun.

Every tree is bright and...

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This was not written for or entered in a contest, but I was inspired.
~~~ "We are all petals of imperfection sharing the same sun" 
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Painted Delilah's, scarlet sirens, apples and bloodshed- 

You tried to teach me to fear the bold obscenities of Red, to be a willing captive within 
conventions of virtue and the expectations that came with my...

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I.

I am devastated by the fire and frost 
of these seasons between separation and divorce. 
No vindictive act quite cures the phantom pain 
that exists only in the emptiness.

II.
Dim capsules pad my senses
and brittle fruits...

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There, beyond the garden wall, 
Lost among the grass and weeds
A wild rose grew beneath the trees
With fragrance blithe, to fill the breeze
And her petals soft as velveteen...

She is watered and fed by pearls of...

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There, beyond the garden wall, 
Lost among the grass and weeds
A wild rose grew beneath the trees
With fragrance blithe, to fill the breeze
And her petals soft as velveteen...

She is watered and fed by pearls of...

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Placid river mirrors the majesty in nature
oh glorious spring I succumb to your charms
majestic crisp white blankets hiding the green beneath

Bound to earth are the trees with growing leaves
they search by day and shimmer by...

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Is there any more darkness to find?
I have found myself here again,
And again I am alone.

I have never felt more than a half,
Half of something fragile,
Are you the other part?
Could
We
Just
Try
And
See
If
We
Fit?

We do, it seems.
I'm calming down,...

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I shattered my own heart,
Wrecking balls, tumbling decisions,
It fell upon me too late,
Forever and now I will lose what I held so dear,

But I held it out at arms length,
I let it fall, the uncurling...

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Winter babies are carried
in small wombs over stark ground,
they have eyes and mouths by now,
almost human paws.

The snuffle of small rodents
awakens more of the yet unborn,
they watch the world come to them,
blind whiskers uncurling.

Not all...

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Bouncy Red balloons
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A Web waits in its black nest.
A thousand and one fledglings
cry for attention
open throat's as red as blood.

I consider not writing anything,
the last line I wrote
wants to be the next one.
I am ignoring, prevaricating,
adding cut...

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