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Good or Best

He wants to make you feel good so he can get in your pants. I want you to be better, and have you let me into your soul. Which will make you feel best and last?

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The Goldfish and the Shark

You are a goldfish, no memory, living in the moment and in your bowl, Safe and longing for the open waters but afraid of the risks. I am a shark, independent and fierce Needing to swim in wide waters Constantly advancing so as Not to drown.

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Libri Vox

Your voice is intoxicating, and I want to get drunk on it until all the pain disappears.

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The Stockdale Paradox

I will gaze into the empty Void And fear not the gnawing Darkness. I will embrace all the bitterness of Truth and not be destroyed; I will never abandon Hope As I look into the black soul. Though in fear of loss you grope For the half to make you whole; Seeing not before thine […]

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Dawn Delight

The birds warble in the trees, Discussing the beauty of dawn As I walk, you filling my thoughts As they fill the morning air With their loving discourse Of joy.

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Der Ubermensch and Aphrodite

The man who used his adamant will to change the course of fate; the Goddess of Desire’s chill would cycle ‘tween love and hate. As changeable as the wave she rode, while he was fixed as Northstar. They wandered the unknown rough road in travels strange, near and far. Friends, lovers, and enemies, balanced pieces […]

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Sonnet 18 1/2

Shall I compare thee to a Spring Day? Thou art more variable my dear. Temperate and warm, bright sun of May Then froze with ice, crisp and clear. Winds blow from out the frozen North And switch to hot as Tahitian beach. Vacillating and oscillating, back then forth Glimpses of the truth just out o’reach. […]

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Dawn in Paris

I awoke to the birds and thoughts of Paris, “Je T’Aime” playing through my mind as you smiled and bent over the hood, laughing in cadence with the song that might have been only in my heart.

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Playing With Fire

If you are playing with fire, I must take your breath away to starve out the flames before they burn you. Leaving just the glow and warmth of love.

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April Showers

A day without you sucks; it is emotionally cold like a spring rain that chills to the bone after halcyonic days of warm sunshine.