there is a pall
on this place
I shuffle down the darkened hall
the one with all
the pictures on the wall
and deliver the forms
under your teeth
I bear it like a final birching
before being released from
Changi prison
it’s caustic
this face I am facing
south
where we sheltered from the rains
and we were close.
the oftentimes of the infinite
intertwine
and we were so entwined…once
I carry the life I had
and bury it in the sea
so it will drown.
And in the heart of the
West Texas basin
so it will burn.
I did not ask for anything
in return
I hope you understand these
letters I write are not meant to be cold….
I was never yours
to take
or remake
but I could have been yours
to hold
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This isn’t really something to like…how you conflict me, like button.
But amazing poetry, as usual.
Hoping you are okay 💚
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Thanks Vanessa 💚💚💚
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Quiet anger in poetic form!
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Thank you kindly 🙏
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This is gorgeous. Audibly let out an ‘Ohhh’ when it finished. So bloody good ❤️
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Thanks so much Kristiana 🙏❤
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I feel the need to sit still with this heartache….. so palpable and viscous.
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Thank you AP🙏❤
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So damn good, OP!!! Wow.
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Hey, thanks Eric🍻
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This is so amazing…
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Thank you very much 🙏
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Welcome.. 😊 Hope you too enjoy reading my works..
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I do indeed
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I know…. I too look upto your comments… 😊
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you’re very kind, thank you!
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Reblogged this on The Lithium Chronicles and commented:
“I could have been yours to hold” *swoon* this is exceptional work from my friend OP
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Thank you Nicole 🙏❤
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
On RamJet poetry – “but I could have been yours to hold”
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Thank you Bob🙏
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The anger inside you unleashes the passion for your poetic work
and how you pour out your feelings. Excellent. 🙂
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Thank you my friend 🙏
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You’re welcome my friend. You rock!
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You do too!
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Sigh. . .
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🙏
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You can feel the bittersweet
seething through this.
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Thanks very much David 🙏
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