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Kelly Hawkins Poem
Every day we're shedding skin
Every hour I shrugged off my shoulders a version of myself that danced away with the thoughts that wouldn't dare to linger
These days like this when i can't seem to get ahold of myself and everything around me feels so empty
That clock tick ticking away so loud sometimes it's the only sound I can hear at all
Its only time passing
I don't put my faith in such things, that it offers any relief yet it does somehow
an abstract idea.. a unit of measurement
It shouldn't be a burden nor a comfort
But here we are, here I am
Watching clocks, wasting time
Praying as it passes by
That Everything's going to be ok
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2023
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Kelly Hawkins Poem
I found myself standing before you with all my tattered threads
I gave it all to you for your skillful hands to mend
Now you've stitched yourself into me
You put your name on the inside of my collar
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2022
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Kelly Hawkins Poem
So sway me
I find myself at home in your rhythm
Your caress a soundwave trembling under my skin
Lips are poetry reciting their lines exciting my mind
Captivate me
Let me lose control
As I slip away inside your rhyme
Your voice getting me high
And I lie satisfied
with nothing but my headphones
The rest of the world is miles away
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2023
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Kelly Hawkins Poem
People would say I looked like Lynda Carter
I'm a far cry from Wonder Woman
I could still be your super hero if you wanna follow me down into the dust
That thin layer of charred regret that coats the things, people and places that I've been
Where I'm hiding now
laughing as I write this
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2023
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My emotions flow in time with the rivers current
It's so close I can smell it, what I long for
the tall cat tail grass brushing against my bare arms, wet sand and driftwood
a heavy heart longing to be carried home again
my soul craves this, the waters hymnal
It must be a dream to meet you here on these banks under the night sky
Sitting on the edge of all that I must cross
We laugh, skipping stones
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2025
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Kelly Hawkins Poem
You are my sweetest dreams
And all my sleepless nights
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2022
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He rode in on butterfly wings
Whispers flutters at the nape of my neck
The voice of God booming in my ears
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2022
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Let me be consumed by you
Your song, your soul, your body of work that reads like a road map towards some vague destination
A place in my heart now void of its contempt
This is a long drive for someone who couldn't read traffic signs , smooth sailing under yellow lights into a city of your grand design
I'm on my way giggling like a lovesick schoolgirl
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2023
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This full moon light beckons me
Slips under my eyelids, howls in my ears
Stirs the wild in me awake
Sings to me to follow it to you
To forget my name
And leave behind the hollow hell of my life
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2022
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Kelly Hawkins Poem
Ring the bells for me
Fairytale clock keeper
I wanted to meet a beautiful end of my own design
But those sticklers at the bureau are obsessed with time
I couldn't hold on to my youth , adulthood failed me
All my golden arrows missed their mark and between the sheets I never connected the dots
Why does every touch feel cold and lonely
I didn't just want love I tried to create my own but evolution backfired her dna has missing parts and I sit crying under streetlights
Wallowing in wistful delusion
Copyright © Kelly Hawkins | Year Posted 2023
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