You Me Poems

Written by Gail DeBole on July 5, 2025

Thank you for the request, AI,
As a human, I politely decline
To personify your existence
With your use of Me,...

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He is with you in your emotional lows
He is with you in the ebbs and flows
He is with you in each ecstatic spike
He is with...

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Cultural Etiquette 
£_________________

Loves protocol
Ain't nothing at
All
Tired of
Pleadgning myself to the
Tell me what that is
It ain't non of your bizz
Pull the blinders off
Then maybe then you'll...

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"Good for nothing?
Yeah, I know I am.
I know I'm a disaster,
I made everything worse all the time;
I know it all, you made sure of that.
Now,...

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I can handle the truth if you give me a chance
Your trying to control the situation in advance
You're telling me everything but what I want...

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You told me you could never leave
You told me you would never say goodbye
You told me you never wanted to be free
But you told me...

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I can be a wretched man
I can be a cheater
I can be a lazy man
I can want to die
I can fail to smile
I can refuse...

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I fell.
Not with a cry, nor with glory,
but as a cross falls
from the chest of one who forgot how to believe.

I fell on a Wednesday,
when...

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I’ve grown a mouth that’s so,
sharp.
Cruel. 
When anyone gets near, 
I bite with my quick words.
Leaving nothing but a scar.
It’s all I can give you.
And...

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When Someone Wants
You Not To Worry About
What Other People Think...

They Want You To
Worry About What
THEY Think Even More!

They Won’t Admit It, Though...
(Not Even To Themselves.)

They...

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**I.**  
Does my radiance scorch your comfort?  
Does my presence rattle your idols?  
You call me delusional—  
Yet tremble when I...

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My eyes rest upon your face, never wavering
My heartbeats, in accord, with yours
My feelings, I wear upon my sleeves
So, claim me and make me yours
Love...

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Give me the colors of a rainbow and I'll be your heart's extol   
or a petal from your favorite rose so I can...

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You loved me so much
Also I am your son
That you had made me
In you own image
Many years ago
And placed me on earth
To live also with...

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