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Lost Identity

How can this be?
That this face I now see
Was the face of blissful youth
And everything yet to be.

It’s now twisted in hatred
Misery and pain
My Life's hard lessons 
Have clearly been in vain.

Those once innocent eyes
Bright and filled with wonder
Now dark and full of contempt
From the dark spell I’ve fallen under.

Drained of everything
That was wholesome and clean
Unable to remember what hope 
Or happiness really mean.

Staring now back at me, 
Are my eyes that now see
The reflection that depicts a face
I no longer recognize as me.

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Blackbird

Trapped like a bird in this filthy cage 
Where I am starved of compassion and understanding 
Left to survive on meager crumbs 
Of affection and tolerance
Held captive and unable to fly and be free 
From the physical and emotional restrictions 
Placed upon me by my keeper
 
Who’s only reason for my presence it seems 
Is to stay its loneliness and insecurity 
To feed its selfish need for control 
Through its twisted concept 
Of love and adoration 
I am looked upon as a possession 
Other than the living, breathing individual 
That I long to be 

So now I sit upon my proverbial perch 
In my so called gilded cage
In the confines of my seemingly mundane existence 
And walk though my mind confused and alone
Aimlessly wandering through the now empty spaces 
That no longer hold the dreams or aspirations 
Which I once thought gave my life purpose 

Memories which were bright and alive 
Full of promise and hope but have faded away 
Into a past that is now grey and bleak 
Devoid of anything worth remembering 
My footfalls echo in the silence 
Giving testament that these memories 
Have been empty and forgotten long ago 

My only hopes now are that my keeper 
Will grow tired of my deliberate silence 
And obvious disdain and release me 
Whether through life or by death 
At this point either would be welcome 

How I long for the freedom 
And comfort of the clear blue sky 
The ability to soar like a bird 
High above the reaches 
Of those who only want to keep me 
And fly towards the bright and colorful horizon 
Where I know my future waits 
And new memories and dreams can be made.

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Eternal Flame

The flames still strong
And the light is burning bright
As it did when you ignited it 
On our very first night

This unbridled passion
Still lives in my soul
And the physical attraction
I’m still unable to control.

Mind-boggling emotions
Still envelope my being
As it’s your enticing form
In my dreams I am seeing.

Our years have not diminished
And our love is still there
The way we stay true
To the honesty we share.

Bestowed this wondrous gift
From the universal unknown
We are rewarded with happiness
In our devotion that’s shown.

So I look at you now
With a little more age in your face
But as beautiful as ever
As you've aged with such grace

I am blessed to have had you
For so many wonderful years
So full of joy and happiness
It brings me to tears.

I love you even more
Than that very first day
And grateful that through the years
You've decided to stay.

Every day with you is a pleasure
And not one of them is the same
But one thing has been constant
It’s my loves eternal flame.

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The Princess Bride

He came in the night
Hearing the wish you did plead
Your knight in shining armor
High atop his white steed

His armor did shine 
With a pleasing white light
As visions of hope
Filled the lonely dark night

Features so striking 
But gentle and smooth
The warmth of his smile
Of his gallantry it did prove

He vowed to protect you
To vanquish any foe
His loyalty and honor
Unlike any you’ll ever know

Your wish had been granted
And your plea had been heard
To think it’s all a dream
At this point would be absurd

You took his strong hand 
And he swept you away
Bold and flamboyant
In that old world way

You’re now his fairytale princess
But his love on you he did not shower
Trapped like the poor maiden
Who had been locked in the tower  

Unhappily ever after 
Nor a storybook life
You fell for his facade
And now you’re his wife

He protects by controlling
He’s violent and cruel
To believe in real life fairytales 
Has made you look like a fool

So be careful what you wish for
Sometime they may come true 
But they may not always turn out 
How you expect or want them to…

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Passion Fruit

Your body is like succulent fruit
Vine ripe, plump and tasty
I must quell my desire to gobble you up
I mustn’t be so hasty

Your skin so smooth and supple, 
Tender to the touch
Wanting so to taste your flesh
My yearning is just too much

Your sweet aroma fills the air
And I absorb your pleasing essence 
Entering my nose then body 
Where it reacts like effervescence

My mouth is now watering
And I’m unable to fight
This thirst and anticipation
For the first delicious bite

I finally give in and peel away your clothes
Like the skin of some exotic fruit  
The goodness I find hidden within
Is exquisite without refute

I savor every morsel
The taste of you is divine
I’ll never share you with another
The pleasure of you is all mine

You satisfy my every desire
My hunger and thirst you sate
No other can compare to your passion fruit
It’s the best I ever ate.

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Till Death Do Us Part

What is it with you? 
Tiny little pill
That makes me crave you
 Even though I’m not even ill

You have clouded my judgment
And infected my brain
The way I let you control me 
I must be totally insane

I know I should leave you 
Discard you for sure
But I can’t seem to shake 
Your illicit allure

You always seem to know 
How to make me forget
All the things in my life 
That fills me with regret

You numb all my pain 
And chase away my fear
You take me from my reality
And make everything disappear

How ironic it is
Although my mind is sedated
I feel we are as one
Both poison and encapsulated

I guess I must accept
You’re my companion for life
My life’s guilty pleasure
My 80 milligram wife

So forever we are bound
You have had me from the start
Just one dose of your pleasure
So now it’s till death do us part

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All Lives Matter

How am I
To live a meaningful life
In a world full of misery
Inhumanity and strife

To dodge all the pitfalls
That lead us all to sin
Knowing good and well
It’s a battle I’ll never win

How am I
To be able to cope
In a society full racism
And a world who’s lost hope

To be reassured of a future
Where mankind still has a place
On this planet we have treated
With devastation and disgrace

How am I
To give my children a chance
To surpass my expectations
Is there even a chance?

Will they be left with a planet
Raped and poisoned beyond all repair
A wasteland of religious hatred
Do we even really care?

How are “WE”
As a species expect to survive
If we all continue with the mind set
That only "MY" race and religion
Deserve to be alive.

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Final Goodbye

This pain is so intense
I never thought I would have to bear
This enormous feeling of emptiness
knowing you’re no longer there

I try to ignore the dead silence 
that endlessly screams your name 
but my efforts to shut it out 
Is just a painful silly game

Your time with me has expired 
our journey has come to a close
to think you would be here forever
Was just selfish of me i suppose

But now i must accept 
and face the painful fact 
that the knowledge of our fate
is never really exact

So now I must face my fear 
and say my final goodbye
Continue to be strong 
and pretend not to cry

I know you are safe
and not suffering anymore 
as you step across the threshold 
of heavens golden front door

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Lost In Your Eyes

I feel myself being pulled out of my body 
into wondrously beautiful orbs, 
so deep and mysterious but yet so full of emotion and life. 

As I enter I am immediately infused 
with the most profound feeling of love and kindness 
that my only thought is that 
I have passed into the very place imagined by many to be heaven. 

An immeasurable power of comfort and compassion swirls around me 
as if it were a mist made up of tiny soft flowers, 
beautiful and vibrant, smelling like a meadow in the springtime 
when everything that is new begins to bloom. 

The sky is colored a soft and calming blue 
that gives a promise of a lifetime of warm summer days. 
I wander through this place aimlessly but unafraid that I am lost, 
and then I see a form in the distance, 
a vision so beautiful that my eyes struggle to focus 
and my mind is barely able to comprehend. 

As I look upon this angelic presence I am suddenly aware it is you, 
your face softly gleaming with the radiance of life and love itself, 
sending it throughout this place like the sun lights the earth. 

Your hair, streaming upward 
and giving the very sky its color and promise of everlasting summer days, 
your arms feeding the mists of comfort and compassion 
that swirls and drifts through every part of this wondrous place 
and blankets it with your tenderness. 

At this moment I realize where I am, 
I am in a place I never want to return from, 
I am lost in your eyes......

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Celestial Bodies

I hear your heart beat
Pounding inside my head
A deafening aria 
Vibrating every cell and nerve within

Reverberations of passion 
Echoing down the celestial corridors 
Of my brain

I hear your thoughts 
Screaming in my ear 
Like the gushing solar winds 

Whipping and whistling 
Through the cold blackness of space 
As it cries out in ecstasy

I feel the soft touch of your skin 
As your spirit enters my body 
And embraces my soul 
In its loving arms 

I smell the sweet scent 
Of your body on mine 
And the taste of your desire 
While consuming the very essence of your being 
As we become one. 

Exploding like a super nova 
And sending ripples of desire and passion 
Throughout the expanse of our very existence 

And giving birth to a love 
That can be felt light years away 
From our own realities 

A conception of universal beauty 
Growing into a world 
Of everlasting peace and happiness