Water Love Hurts Poems

The container in my chest holds water not blood-
Water of the kin and kind.
But I bottle it up scared instead of sprinkling the holy water...

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You don't need to swear and cuss
Making such a big loud fuss
Calm down, take a breath
You are scaring me to death
I know your angers coming...

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more …

more than I’ll ever know …
that’s how much you love me
(just spoken)
but what the hell does that mean?
how do you know that I’ll never...

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I pour a glass of water. 
Then another.
The glasses turn into the Ocean. 
Yet you remain, one glass in hand.
And as I jump into the...

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Cold water cascades in rainbow shades
Down from the Wicklow Hills nearby
Heather and Gorse it will evade
To magical pool where waters sigh.

Enchanted pool hears silent desire
With...

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As I look at her, I wonder how she doesn't see
 that the one she loves has sailed off to sea.
But there she stands, holding...

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After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls...

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CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 3


Catullus VII: 'How Many Kisses'
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You ask, Lesbia, how many kisses
are enough, or more than enough, to satisfy me?

As...

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I stand
by the 
water's edge.
I see you 
rise
sword in hand.
you thrust
the blade into me,
deconstructing
everything I am.
I bleed 
for you today
my love
red droplets
color the water 
oh...

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Cloud is getting dark .
It's going to rain ,
that reminds the pain .
I want to kiss the rain !
I want to kiss the rain !
I...

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I could gaze upon you and lose all of my time
I wouldn’t ask for much besides a simple life
I could set the stage, pretend to...

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Watching the snowflakes 
Gently glide through the chilly air 
Watching the snowflakes 
Slowly combine and fall together 

This one snowflake flew into my hands
It melted...

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These writings
Trickle from within,
Spring with emotion revealed,
Pour out with many tears not cried,
Bursting forth in deep, indescribable oceans,
A levy overwhelmed, collapsing under pressure.
Suddenly, it makes...

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Like a ship that's been weathered and worn
her heart didn't survive the turmoil or storm,
all her dreams lay wrecked, shattered, and torn
her love like a...

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It's three in the morning - the grave silence breaks my soul,
the glass on the coffee table is empty,
obliviously I water my soul, it will...

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