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fall from glory

a fall from glory  eventually this feeling will fade, and we’ll come down to surface, see each other again, how the issues remain.  You’ll tell me a story of how you feel from glory, some words I ...
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long nights (part 3)

I don’t know how to speak about your sunshine,  those thoughts of you are so dim these days.  I wish your voice was more like thunder and in the aftermath I’d see your rays.   Who would’ve guessed ...
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miss me too ©

miss me too ©

and if you were to say you missed me, i’d ask to see the proof.  i’d ask about those dreary days  locked up in your room.  i’d ask to see the rivers that formed  from crying yourself to sleep.  th...
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feather ©

feather ©

life falls apart, and you fell so hard. i just assumed you’d get better.  mistake is on me, misread your body now it’s light as a feather. carry it, carry it. 
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to a heart much better than mine ©

to a heart much better than mine ©

I’m so angry I let that slide,  all the issues I’d hide  to give you some time to bind the wounds that were still open wide.  I tried, but your pride pushed us to separate spaces  and so quickly ou...
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and if you ever leave ©

and if you ever leave me skies would turn to gray.  dark days would be a plenty  and hide the sun away.    it would be a hard  goodbye to say, but I would keep it that way.    i’d let it decay, i w...
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true love exists ©

true love exists ©

I do believe true love exists.  A love that outshines the noise, and fulfillment with gifts.  a love that needs no validation  and is gentle with its healing.  a love with meaning.  a love that mee...
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Growing Pains ©

I pray for the children still screaming inside as they hope for better days in adulthood and yearn for simpler times.  Who were robbed of the chance to know themselves  by opinions bigger than the ...
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a song for my people ©
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a song for my people ©

A black woman with dreams, and society there to oppose them.  A black man  so gifted,  to others this is poison.  Why do you fear my greatness? Am I a threat to your plans? You speak with so much h...
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to a heart much better than mine ©
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to a heart much better than mine ©

I’m so angry I let that slide,  all the issues I’d hide  to give you some time to bind the wounds that were still open wide.  I tried, but your pride pushed us to separate spaces  and so quickly ou...
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be near ©
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be near ©

In my darkest hour, when my faith has seeped, when my doubts are louder than the strength I keep, will you rock me to sleep?  Will you silence my weeps? When I come to you in moments of sadness,  f...
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we fit fine ©
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we fit fine ©

Darling when our hearts pass by, they only converse in adolescent tones  and dream of blissful highs.  This man of mine, too wise to mislead our minds and I seem to be stuck in that moment of time....
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long nights (part 1) ©

I laid to rest our love last night, cried myself to sleep.  When I awoke I was surrounded by the trees, deep meadows of green.  You were here with me and on your face was life and gleam, no words l...
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long nights (part 2) ©

I’ve made friends with this spirit of yours.  I love when we meet.  cause when you’re silent, his aura speaks.  Puts words to all you critique.  He’s such a comfort in times like these.  I swear I’...
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