Short Pull Away Poems

Hold on, keep on
One step, one more time
Push forward, pull away
Eyes open, on the finish line....

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Hold on, keep on
One step, one more time
Push forward, pull away
Eyes open, on the finish line....

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Trying to save us
You push me, I pull away
Ironic allies
Against any advances
You might think we're enemies...

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Longing to thrust my hand
Through this wall of glass that divides us,
I pull away; afraid the shards
Will pierce my armor....

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years pull away from
petals fragile limp dusty
which curl as they dry
aging stops all former bloom
once smelling sweet with vigor



6/25/2017...

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Hurting, Crying
Your always lying

Sleeping, Dreaming 
Im always hiding 

Loving, Kissing
How can we still feel this. 

Hating, Fighting
I need to leave you.

But I can't seem to pull away....

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I see you in Albany
yet you pull away from the call
aloft to all those that care

Gone are the fields
once mellow blue
that curved and glided,
that tears at your heart

Try to dream
beneath the trees
Heed the call...

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You
are beautiful.
like the moon.
cracked and cratered.

You
life meteors.
bombard.

You
do not pull away.
from the earth.
enlightened and light.


-maria
11.8.15
*remembering typhoon haiyan victims and survivors...

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So soft
I felt her brief touch of lips
It wasn't a long kiss
Just a moment in time
her lips met mine
and it felt so sensual
my knees went weak.
I would go back to that place,
the world felt great
and we had to pull away
I felt as if I was flying....

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Everytime
We get close
Everytime I feel I could love you
You pull away
I can feel it coming to an end
I can't go thro this again
We have to try to pull thro this
Everybody has hard times
We can get thro it
Everytime I care
You seem not to
Everytime



-2007...

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A women goes to work.
It’s a normal day.
I will this time get on time.
I will make sure my children come.
They won’t have to walk today.
It will be pulled wherever it goes.
There can’t be a noise.
Wake up but it will still be there.
I’d better hurry I’m getting late...

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Toxic haze curling thickly
In your lungs, my name
Exhaled, dripping in smoke.
An escape of breath, another drag.
Your lips on mine, regret,
The flavor of the night.
Smokey and bitter
And filling my lungs.
On the verge of emotion,
You pull away, eyes glazed,
My soul following, vaporous,
Thin and second hand....

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I am optimistic the children will  be the ones
To save the planet
They have built wind machines
And created contraptions that 
Take thousands of pounds of garbage 
Out of the oceans.
I am optimistic the children will pull away
From their technologies, and save the planet
Our future hopes and dreams
Preserved...

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My breath sharp
erratic
inhales are deep as a trench
others shatter down my throat
fractured
into broken gasps of air.
My eyes are drawn to her
like a magnet to a beam of steel
as much as I try to pull away
my gaze always slides back.
My lips are dry
imagining the sensation
of her lips
melting into mine....

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Knowing it won't go on forever
Trying to enjoy while it lasts
Reminding myself there will be an end
Feeling myself getting pulled in
Into the point of no return
From which I cannot escape
But I'm addicted to your taste
I can't pull away
Even when I know I should leave
I'm trapped in your embrace
I can't escape...

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She was like the ocean crashing against the shore.
And of course, I was like the shore.
I knew eventually, she was going to pull away from me.
And there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it.
It was inevitable, like the tide.
As hard as I tried, I could not hold the ocean in my hands. 
And believe me, I tried....

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As we sit together staring 
into each others eyes
time stands still
no one else exists
We touch each others face
I close my eyes
as I feel your touch 
I smile
tears flow 
I feel warm and safe
I put my lips to yours
the excitement in my heart
I can't
I can't describe
Gently I pull away
open my eyes slowly
I'm alone...

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I watched the train pull away from the station
Your eyes filled with tears.
Sadness lingered in my mind
Our love had been wrong for years.
We gave each other our all
and I will always love you in a special way.
I miss you already 
and part of me wishes you would stay.
So goodbye for now
Take care my friend.
This is just the beginning
Not the end....

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Whale-bone satchel hidden underneath
The husband comes in to take the sheath
From his wife, 
To pull away the knife.
Support this cradled strap
Call the cartographer for a map
To chart the followed Path,
Taken before by Plath.
Hold the chest
For this test 
Of love,
Of affection
From above,
This rejection
Holds still a toy
For a boy
And twirls 
For a girl....

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Death


I saw him, the spectre, watching, stealing my life.
His dark mouth and toothless grin, hid from all light,
while all near, withered at its feet.

And when he pointed his rasping, barbed finger at me
in the half-light; I felt its pull; its sting, its ghostly glue, 
leading me to him.

Pull away? How?

When death comes your way; the journey’s just begun....

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Nine times I call you yet you have no ears;
Eight times I follow you yet your standing right,  here 
Seven times I embrace you yet you pull away;
Six times your emotions fall
 I forgive you come here
Your emotional toil your outburst 
allow me to embrace you once more 
With full empathy, I feel how you hurt


11/5/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Once in a lifetime we run into that person who dreams our dream

Once in a while we take the daring step towards the inevitable that has brought 
us together, 

Like a magnet we are drawn and we can not pull away

Once in a moment of time we walk hand in hand smiling, 

Clenching on to that one moment that seems to make our wishes come true.

Once and for all I know I have found them all with you....

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The Robbers stole my life from me
one filled with pain and hate
broke down my defences
changed the hand of fate
with love and understanding
and never end of faith
never asked a question
just made me feel safe
when i tried to pull away
ashamed of what i was
just held me all the tighter
and i knew i wasn't judged
now in the light i see
the chains that bound were lies
and my Robbers truely
Angel in disguised...

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pull me closer, hold on real tight
don't let me just disappear into the night
if I start to pull away, pull me closer

when I'm on the edge, pull me back
when I've lost my way, gone off track
when it all seems hopeless, all seems black
if I start to pull away, pull me closer

draw the line, make it straight
keep me from making a big mistake
shine your light, show my fate
if I start to pull away, pull me closer...

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You never wear cologne to work
But there you go
Out the door
In your tie
Smelling like Calvin Klein

I want to ask, "For whom?"
But I just wave good-bye
My heart is racing
I'm afraid of 
The Why

I watch you pull away
Looking for clues
A sign
I take a deep breath
Smells like Calvin Klein


Received 2nd place in "Your (OWN) Favorite Poem" contest
Received Honorable Mention in "Your Favourite Form" contest...

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