Short At Arms Length Poems

Is there ever going to be a lonelier picture 
of me facing a moon that hides
behind a cloud of rain?
Or of me watching you from afar
and loving you at arms length?

Is there?...

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                      forgive all evil 
             go on turn the other cheek
                 perhaps in dreamland 
             hug enemies at arms length
         kiss ~ but first pull out their teeth 


By
David Kavanagh 
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For so long ive held on tight
afraid to let go
Been frozen solid
suspended in time
captivated by the unknown

But then with age
came wisdom and strength
I now hold fear
at arms length 

Learned to believe
in what I can do
because I am my truth...

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Impatience is my enemy 
undeniably my nemesis
Holding my serenity at bay
Outside of its border,s
On the edge of its trust
With me at arms length
Patience will not prevail
as i am bound to fail
To fight this condition
i write you a rendition
of this tortured mans tale...

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time
     drifts
        then..
          a flashback
a
sudden
    recollection
draws
    out
       a face
       a name
        a day
clear
   as yesterday
...yet
      years
           away
a
 moment
     to
         savour
dwell...
      relive
once
    more..
      at arms length...

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I caught that look in your eyes
you thought I didn't see
but I was paying attention
to all those subtleties

you hold me at arms length
and keep your feelings in check
I think it's a contradiction
that you're less than direct

I'm standing at the station
this train is about to leave
give me something to hang on to
other than what's perceived...

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Many times I’ve told you
I love you so much
I love your eyes
I love your hair
I love your personality
I love you

Many times you’ve told me
You don’t believe me
You ignore me
You hold me at arms length
You shun me
You disregard me

I do love you
It’s true
It’s not only because
I’m always with you
It’s because…
…
…
Well, do I really need a reason
Just to love you?...

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In the forest of my mind
Between the trees and sunlit glades,
There are paths I dare not take
Hidden, somewhere in the shade.

Sometimes I glimpse fleeting shadows
Apprehension floods my mind,
At arms length I keep such thoughts
Afraid to face what I may find.

So I choose to walk in sunshine
My shadowlands I bury deep,
For if I wander, if I stray,
I'm afraid I will forever weep....

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The Heart

You pulled on the strings of my heart.
Dragged me from out of the dark.
Laid me before the light of the moon.
Passion and desire, you caused me to swoon.

Xiao Ling, you do bring reason to live
yet I am not sure why ?, to me you give
and keep me at arms length ?

My resolve is losing strength.
I do not know, my Dear, where to go,
for what ever you hold inside, I do not know.

B..J."A" 2
February 28th 2010...

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at arm’s length

at arm’s length 
the damaged 
will keep you---
having been round the bush
having seen a good portion of
the world’s ability to destroy,
terrorize & horrify,
the concept of “trust” has been
completely annihilated. 

either accept these conditions of the
21st century &
come back to the poker table
with a new hand,
or be on your merry way
into the vast garbage can of the 
past mistakes
that brought us to this point in the
first place....

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Keep me at arms length/ I cannot hold you.
I haven't the strength.
With wondrous eyes I use to see/ the magic amd will that lived within me.
Now filled with anxiousness and worry/when will this ever end?
I no longer wish to have the sensation/no longer want to bend.
Struggles of life affect us all/ one way or another.
We try and force/ needing a breakthrough. 
When will it come? This is no life to live.
They will say push; PUSH HARD TO STRIVE.
~mp (c) Nov 15 16...

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