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Best Poems Written by Shaina Templin

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Whispers

Whispers 
soft and lovely, 
saying things of love
echoing sweet nothings
we’ve heard them all before
they echo through our minds
we feel “butterflies” inside
as all these pretty words
make us feel alive.

Whispers
harsh with menace,
saying things of hate
reverberate bitterness
saying we’re too late.
they filter through our minds
we feel hopeless, dead inside
as all these ugly thoughts
make us want to cry.

All these are,
are remnant thoughts,
wandering through our heads;
each with their own schemes and plots,
blessings, curses, dread. 
They fill up empty spaces
in our expanse of mind,
to make us diverse cases
Our musings one of a kind.

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Andromeda

'Neath the moonlight,
Standing still,
Chained to rock,
Against my will,
Staring at the ocean deep,
That seems to me like eternity,
I strive so hard to free my chains,
But even as the moon doth wane,
I still stand,
Chained to that rock,
And my strength begins to fade,
Every crashing wave I hear,
Brings on bitter,lonely tears,
I try to tell myself that
Someone will take me away,
Away to a better place,
But as my consciousness falls astray,
I start to despair,
That someone else, 
Will never come to save me from my lair,
But then I hear a voice,
That tells me to hold on,
Just a little longer,
She said she won't be long,
Then I feel my chains are gone,
I'm wrapped in loving arms.

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In the Light of the Window

she lingers,
     forever embedded in my memory,
          the most beautiful girl I’ve yet to behold.
the epitome of all things lovely:
     sunlight filters through the window,
          speckling her freckled face with golden sun,
in her flaming hair, 
     shimmering sunbeams,
          ethereal as that of an angel.
perfect and soft as a gently rolling stream,
     her voice caresses the air,
          with melodies comparable to nothing on earth.

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The Old Cathedral

Violet light filters through cracks in the stained glass florets,
shining in broken segments over the ashen pews;
shadows dance to and fro across the altar.
A beauty of abandonment resides in the scene:
in the wooden floor panels, coated thickly with dust,
the intricate murals displayed on the vaulted ceiling, dulled with age.
It holds a haunting silence, broken on occasion
by the flapping wings of pigeons, the meowing of alleycats,
or the creaking of the stairwell as the ghosts of children play.

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Beside the Stream

dust to dust and ash to ash
I wish that i could bring you back

from your waist a silken sash
lies here drying on the rack
twirling beneath the chandelier 
our mirrored hands entwined
if only i could hold you near
I wish you were still mine...

          where the sun shines, flowers bloom
          if only this was always true

          strewn on walls about the room
          are photographs of me and you
          wandering past the ancient trees
          we would pick trailside flowers
          moments shift just like the breeze
          my tears are now my showers

               everything has beauty, when we’re doomed
	       a statement  absolute for you

	       a chest under the windowpane
               holds your treasures old and new
               shining pearls and glimmering jewels
               scattered on stacks of paper
               you never followed this worlds rules
               your presence hangs like vapor

                    they say all things they fade with time
                    but some things never do

                    the stream flows gently and bells chime
                    where you bid the world adieu 
                    golden sparkles ripple in light
                    strands of waving hair?
                    I knelt there taking in the sight:
                    you in your watery lair