Dark Surface Poems

You can rip my heart out,
Stamp upon the ground,
Give it an hour,
Returned loving sounds.

Lost and found,
Where shall I lay?
Give and take,
Content on either way.

Remaining in...

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I must find control.
I must survive;
Surface. 
I must defeat this demon,
I must see through the darkness 
And find the sunlight.
Surface. 
I must not die.
Not yet.
Could...

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I would rather not let you see
all the content of my brain,
just the surface parts that gleam like a coiling snake
digesting itself,
   ...

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I was in grade five when we moved up north to a remote miners' town. 
Even my memories are dull. I escaped as soon as...

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Way beneath the ground, the subway
Rolls and rumbles on the track,
All the cars equipped with brightness
The surrounding tunnels lack.

We take all of that for granted
As...

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You saw what I saw
You saw what I did
I’m not asking for applause
I’m not asking for you to forgive

You witness through the night
And in the...

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He feels the best of him slipping away
A sip a drip at a time
When will the he and him align
What is he missing
He can't stop...

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He binds my hands and wrists behind me 
struggling to escape I see 
the fury of the coming storm 
arising high beyond the trees

I know...

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ABOVE  AND  BELOW  THE  SURFACE



Our life unfolds in the  sunfilled air where  we are kings
But leave this kingdom at...

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While scars below the surface 
Cut deeper
Then knives are ever expected to do
I would go to the ends of the earth
To see that you were...

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