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A Daily Facade

I see your name 
I sit here still 
With hands cold and pale 
The effects of a pill

My stomach is empty 
My mind all a blur 
What do those twenty three words mean? 
I am not sure. 

The first thing of you 
That I've seen in some time 
You used to be at this table with me 
It sure was sublime 

It was very unexpected 
To see words from you 
That's something I have missed 
But this is nothing new 

Now you are different
As am I
I wish I still knew you 
Dear old friend of mine 

I'm not sure when it happened 
Or how it occurred 
But I guess I fell for you
Of this I'm pretty sure 

You're always in my mind 
No matter what I do 
No matter who I'm with 
Why do I wish he were you?

I can't stop thinking 
About everything that was said 
You were so important to me 
I guess now I must just look ahead 

But in the past 
Is where my heart lives now 
It lives in the memory of us 
That's all my mind will allow 

When we walked on water
It seems like ages ago
But how quickly I forget  
That just isn't so

This isn't to try and get you back 
That ship has sailed 
I tried for some time 
But those attempts failed.  

This is simply 
To tell you how I feel
Tell you where I stand 
To let you know what's real 

In the rare case you're wondering,
I am doing well 
I'm so sorry I upset you 
I didn't mean to make you yell

So I guess you now know I miss you
And honestly do not know what to do 
You're never out of my mind
I thought I was through 

So it's hard, you see 
Because no matter what I do 
or how I say I am, 
I'm not as I appear to be.

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Bon Voyage

Begin to dream 
Begin to fly 
It's cold out there  
But don't be shy 

Show me that face 
Let's see that smile 
Each new day's a test run 
An experiment, a trial 

There are those who know you 
And ones who wish they could 
But sometimes it gets tough 
Please let me in?
I wish you would 
 
Each day's an adventure 
So let's tie our capes nice and tight 
There's no turning back now! 
With your hand in mine, this will be a nice flight.

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My Final Thought

It's time to get up 
It's time to move on 
The memories were nice 
But that time is gone 

The many candles flickered 
A most beautiful light 
Then you blew the flame out
I guess it got too bright

With you I was someone 
I had never been before
Someone who was hurting
Yet was always wanting more

But this version of me
Is no longer the same. 
Goodbye poetry soup 
Goodbye Jane.

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North

I want to head north 
to see a writer.
The one I know that's strong 
The patient one. The fighter. 

The one I know 
but wish I knew more 
the one I just saw 
but miss more now than ever before 

The writer who's beautiful to me
inside and out  
who follows his own path 
who picks a different route 

This writer who loves 
people for who they are 
who embraces the unique 
and loves races near and far 

This writer who shows me 
how to be stong
for myself and everyone else, 
and that it's okay sing my own song 

This writer who cares 
about all kinds of art 
this writer who is passionate 
and has a huge heart

So thank you writer 
For being who you are 
I will come back north soon
I will follow the star.

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Shattered Windows.

Maybe it was too good to be true 
I am sure they were all lies that I heard from you 
Crying over you has been a waste of time 
All I want from you now is the truth 
How you can treat someone the way you treated me really and truely blows my mind.

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Tonight

You sit in your chair
your little book in hand 
your face glowing from candles 
the flame flickering from the fan

Being away from you for minutes 
It feels like a year 
that one day we'll split 
that is my fear 

So I'll focus on here
I'll focus on now 
exchanging subtle smiles 
constantly playing around 

Thank you chief for each new day
being with me when it starts and when it's through
I sure hope you know, 
I love you.

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Alone

I'm sitting here with you on the side of this road 
Silence prevails once again 
Words form in my head but don't come out my mouth 
What I should have spoken I kept within 

and I realize that I have so many things to tell 
I have to ask you why you would do what you did if we were doing so well 

Im walking alone on this quiet night 
Trying not to think about you for too long 
If I were to ask, could you tell me what went wrong 

But it's okay
I didn't need my heart anyway 
It's something I'm going to have to learn 
To give away all the love I feel inside 
even if I get none in return 

I will shake this off
and in the morning you will see me with my smile on 
I feel shy 
watching these memories pass me by 
I wish I could take them as my own 
Sometimes I look towards the lights and wonder if youre all alone.

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July

It's hard looking back 
and I'll never know 
What was the truth or a lie 
Who knew time was this slow 

I miss seeing your smile 
I miss touching your face 
But everything is different 
You're in a new place  

The tears start to fall 
They splash on my dress 
I try so hard to keep it together 
But I am simply a mess. 

I said it once 
and I'll say it again 
I miss you my dear
I miss you my friend.

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Leaving

These leaves are falling
all around my little ears
they comfort and hold me 
They take me from my fears 

They are all different 
Some remind me of the moon
Each one sings to me 
the most beautiful of tunes 

this day is new 
this day is bright 
come with me you leaves 
into the darkest of nights 

We'll stick together 
through the thick and the thin
please hold my hand 
I'll hold your stem

You're there for me 
When I am deeply in need
you know me best 
you have made me free 

Let's run and jump 
I'll catch you when you fall 
I'm falling too 
I need you now most of all

You know just what to say 
I find you very smart 
For someone who's quite shut off 
You know how to touch my heart

So thank you leaves 
who save me and make me not afraid
thank you little leaf 
for taking me away. 

I hope you know 
How much you mean to me 
You brighten the darkest of days
You little leaf, swinging on that tree. 

I'll see you soon 
We'll play again someday 
Just keep being who you are to me 
One day I'll take you away.