Fear Separation Poems

How could I have known,
How could I have seen?
I listened, but I didn't hear,
We dreamt of different dreams.

And now it seems the end is near,
And...

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caught in a dark space of the in-between 
drowned in emotions to others unseen 

too proud to walk backward, can't step ahead 
once starving fears...

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Inspired by Separation
Painting by Edvard Munch

I feel you still
As the blood leaves my body
I feel you
My heart is tied to you
And you alone
I exist as...

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Having nightmares, working from home?
Or being bolted inside four walls for days
Catch up on reading, fiction and writing 
Pick your authors and gulp them down

Catch...

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I will be your angel tonight 
I'll be there for you 
To comfort you and keep you warm 
And hold you all night through 

I...

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C-ircumstances were 
O-verwhelming
M-y life turned upside down
I-mperilled lives gripped with fear
N-o fancy tale this is ,its my
G-rievous story
B-rutal and horrifying memories
A-mbiguous future without any hope...

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It is important we know this eternal truth,
that our earthly lives may be linked but not our deaths!
you may have special memories from early youth,
but...

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Every night I dream of you,
Could I be in your dreams too?
Last night I saw you smiling,
A sweet smile so beguiling,
But your thoughts I could...

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Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.



Autumn...

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Insurrection
by Michael R. Burch

She has become as the night—listening
for rumors of dawn—while the dew, glistening,
reminds me of her, and the wind, whistling,
lashes my cheeks with...

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Each Color a Scar
by Michael R. Burch 
 
What she left here,
upon my cheek,
is a tear.
 
She did not speak,
but her intention
was clear,
 
and I...

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The Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch 
 
for T. M.
 
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
 
the train steaming from...

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Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am,...

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My Life has become a living hell,
You are not with me, when I need u the most,
In just a short span u became my life,
Want...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue 
by William Dunbar [1460-1525]
translation by Michael R. Burch

Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and...

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