When the storm’s at your door,
when the waters rise,
when you’re face-first on the floor –
you’re stronger than you realize.
Don’t look so surprised,
don’t act so unsure,
as though my words are lies.
I promise there’s more
to you than meets the eye.
I’m absolutely sure
you’re stronger than you realize.
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The world breaks us apart,
like an angry omelet-maker
with a fridge full of eggs.
We put each other back together,
laughing at scars over drinks,
and calling them, “Character.”
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I never met
my green-eyed daughter,
and I bet
it would have been an honor.
To be your father,
and raise you with care.
To love your mother,
and always be there.
But you’re just a dream
that never came true,
and the way things seem
I won’t get to meet you.
But each and every night I see
a child who will never be.
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I lurk in the brush,
and launch a surprise attack.
Super effective!
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At season’s end,
we parted ways.
No reason to pretend;
no reason to delay.
We did our best,
we gave our all,
we even took a rest,
but we were doomed to fall.
Our love is through,
though it was brief.
And to get over you,
I started courting Grief.
She and I are the life of the party,
making our friends gossip and worry.
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It used to be
that I felt free,
but a song of grief
(that I pray is brief)
is haunting me.
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Once to remember,
twice to forget –
things that were,
and things not yet.
Once for vengeance,
twice for hate.
Have I lost my balance?
Is it too late?
Once for grief,
and twice for pain.
I pray there’s relief
somewhere down the lane.
Thrice and thrice again I’ve fought,
yet lack the peace I dearly sought.
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In the dreaming
there’s a seeming
that rings truer
than all that you’re
screaming.
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I know
it’s desolate,
but no matter how bleak
today may seem to you, please – please,
Hold on.
The world is not done with you yet,
and somewhere out there wait
slumbering signs
of Life.
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Life is a cycle,
but not a circle,
for the trials of time
stretch and strain us
into oval opulence.
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A (wise) man of two faces 