Posts in 2014
The Island

An island on an island surrounded by the cares of the world;

The waves of life crashes about this scared little girl.

Tides high and low torment this illustrious existence.

With sails battered and bruised she ceases putting up a resistance.

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Bwana

To the invader who has become the permanent occupier of this blazing heart:

You arrived with no notice;

And have remained to bleed through me like osmosis.

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Cannons In The Distance

I hear the cannons in the distance it has been weeks since we got a break.

The fighting stays consistent which is expected, as this situation calls for rainy days. Scenes of tarnished human bodies litter the canvas.

The painter took no hostages his paint brush demanded that I looked down at my hands and they were

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My Madness

I’d like to think that there is a method to my madness.

I’m currently at a crossroads surrounded by bottomless pits.

All my life I have prayed for the right way but I forgot to ask how to choose.

The ditches I dug for myself have provided solace in a world filled with disappointments. I was told I am the keeper of my own magic;

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