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Best Poems Written by Shea-Lyn Cunningham

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Prairie

Prairie 

You’re a sea of beige
Gold
Grey in the light

Your beautiful
But almost no one walks on you
Surrounded by highways 
But always alone

Preserved by man
Agriculture 

Hewn to grow
You provide

Flowers were handed to grace your dreary landscape
Tangled in among the weeds and wheat
Far away from grabbing hands

An award to the few souls who walk on you
Care and tend for you

Beauty to those who look
And don’t just drive by 

Really
You’re a sea of colour

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The Fifth Season

Always
A cold
Wet
Shift

Spring rains to summer
Sweat to fall
Rain to sleet
Snow to spring

Water
Sustenance
An element
But also time

A marker
Nature’s clock

Mine to know
That here comes change

Mist
Hail
Downpours 
And drizzles 
Giving me a chance to brace

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Sunset

He said,

Explain it in your own words
Make sure when you explain it
It is so vivid that I can taste it

Steal the words
Give them to nature
Then hand them back to me

This morning it was a pale day
Describe this evening to me

Well I started,

With the clouds that coated the sky
They lit the sun on fire during its descent
The clouds seemed to eat the rays
And then they shone out from their stomachs
Eerie
But far more beautiful than a clear day’s death

Did you see that Max?

Yes, absolutely

Did you taste it on your tongue?

It’s burning from you

Now go to sleep, I’ll read

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Anxious Soul

God,
Darling your so blind

You know exactly what you believe
You know exactly how to live it
And yet you don't

This knowledge
Personal fact
Is hidden by anxiety
Trying
Just trying
To make it through another day

I guess it’s true
Survivors can’t be philosophers
I can’t even live common truth

Every day
I ask another survivor
Who has figured out slightly more than me
If I’m ok
When their answer is yes
I make it through another
Thoughtless
Panic filled
Terribly silent day

So soul,
Don’t worry
I’m just on my way to find someone who is ok
I’ll make sure we are
And tell you so we can both rest

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Save Us

Lovingly I look
Flowers which I love are fading

Some humans try to save us
Others just abuse us

Honey’s not nearly as sweet when we’re dying
I hope you remember that crying
While your flowers ghost and mold
Your gardens die from growing old

And earth loses all flavor
But salt
And the sea

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Holding Tightly

I couldn’t laugh and let it go 

I held it tightly
And shook it at the sky
Until tears covered my face
My voice was strained 
My soul deeply tired

Questioning why
Puzzling out motives 
Repeating the same situation and sentence
Again and again 

Then I spoke with you 
Your hand covered half my face as you held it 
Speaking while I wept into your palm 
I’ve figured it out
You can rest
Let your mind be still 

Sleep 
It’s alright if you have to cry yourself there 
Just know I’m watching 

And while you’re sleeping 
And while your waking 

I’ll take care of today 

Yesterday’s sorted 
And tomorrow is new 

Live in peace
I’ll contend and comfort

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Then and Now

Posing for cameras
That ran out of film months ago

Realizing this time I made it to December without cutting my hair

I struggle to stay in the moment
And dream of next year
Of “getting out”
Of this place I absolutely love

Dreaming of coconut milk
Rain in place of snow
And sunshine

I’m not sure if it’s better
I’ll still be me when I get there
And anxiety can cross the ocean without a plane 

Either way
I need to find out for myself 

Next year this will be then
Hopefully I’ve outran my anxiety by now

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Sunday Boy

You were my sunday boy

You felt like Andy Griffith church days
And ice cream on the porch

You were everything good
Kind to all
And smiled twice as much as me

You were honey 
Never ice
Except for the chills you sent down my back

We’d go for walks in the sunshine
We’d talk
But mostly laugh

Sudoku over my shoulder
Someone I wouldn’t shut up about
Sharing a hot drink in a paper cup

You were a rare one
One I loved
And desperately wanted to keep

Obviously 
From the tone of this poem
That didn’t happen

My sunday boy
Really was too good for me

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My Boys

Summer lasted long
Into october
The night November came
He held Snow’s hand
And brought her along

Everyone looked as they entered
Glared as they past
And settled themselves
In seats
Fall wasn’t ready to give up

November caught my eye
I kept looking at him across the room

I realised Summer had made me forget I was lonely
But he was a flirt
And gone too soon

Fall was nice
And in many ways he’s still mine

But November
That cruel lad
Who killed Fall and now holds Winter’s hands
Who covered any evidence
Of Fall’s pretty leaves

Made me realise
There is nothing left for me
Except for Winter’s taunts of snow
Falling on my head

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Similar

I’m not going to miss you when I leave

Because I dreaded going
The moment I came

Missed you
As soon as I first saw you

Your coat is warmer than mine
You’re kind
You make my heart feel at peace
You’re one of the few people I confide in
Who makes my chest not feel tight

I love you
We’re so similar
Your eyes are my same colour
Your laugh sounds nice with mine

I’d say your my other half
But we’re already fully alike

Something about being around you makes me feel safe
I think it’s just you

I talk to you
And share my insecurities 
To the point of almost crying

Why I drink my coffee black
And how I think I need different medication

Your low wise voice
In the black night
As we drive in a truck that makes too much noise
I like that one too

You’re kind
You love me
And you act like it