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Away

Every sound
Every breath
Every flicker
Every flutter
Every tear to come
I could unravel for you

Not one step
Or ache
Or choice
Or fear
Or desire
I wouldn’t unravel for you

The shade of your eyes, the crease of your skin as you talk yourself out of what I am talking you into is not going to work, is not going to happen, you look, you are, you have become

But you choose your own boat
And I watch you offshore

Away
From it all
All
Away

November 4, 2019
Icarus Falling
Edward Ibeh

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The Ice-Cream

The day in the city park
With the ice-cream
So delicious
And frosty

Around and around
Delighting
Savoring

Dripping down
On the grass
It fell

Off





Marnie Johnson 
November 22, 2019

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The Shifting Tide

Phrases rolled like salt from the ocean
A warm fine sand set it all in motion
Our laughter rang through glasses and clatter
After all, would any of it matter?

Magic moments in the sand
Gave way to gentle touches of your hand
Lots of stories to be told
In between the kisses that you stole!

The sun began to set its course
Through all of this, we maintained our force
There would be no more to do than frown
For soon I realized, you’d be not around

So suddenly when blueness pierced the sky
It was one moment I needed just to sigh
Into your gaze and the shifting tide
I now knew I could abide

Copyright © Marnie Portland Johnson | Year Posted 2020


Book: Shattered Sighs