Category: the Pain Collectors
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Turncoat Heart
With wet crimson inkand my dry heart for parchmentShe has writtena new poemWith the featherof our love Her wrist twirlsand shimmiesas the wordsare etchedbetween the sinewson the flesh what once pumped so fiercelygallons of bloodnow proclaimsnothing but her name what once deliverednourishment of my ownnow feeds nothingbut her wellness what once so silentlyperformed with diligencehas…
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Be. Have your love’s Behavior
my love for youteaches hamsters long division takes candy to the bank pays parking meterswith daisies and babies breath it skateboardsin swimming poolsthat have not yet been drained My love for you hand crafts paint brushes for children it cleans between teethit softens and brightens, and folds my love for you is a many colored…
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Love and Beauty
dew on a flower a blissful smilethat lasts for hoursthe ecstasy and lifeand all creative powersall so deliciouslet us devour for love, my love, is infinitebetter not to bother trying to understand it don’t be too embarrassedto enjoy it girl, i love youand it’s fantastic you make me want to dosomething drastic like write your…
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When She Sings in Her Own Shy Way
When she sings in her own shy wayI cling to the earth I dig my fingers into dirtand grasp roots tight When she singsin her own shy way I cling to the earth, because I am afraidMy joy will send me shooting through the clouds When she sings in her own shy way I lose…
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Beloved Sunlit Sumit
Whisperingjoyful poemsas sunlight glints off tears A brilliant cascade of dreams imaginedbecomes a vision The earth is moved in the heart and mind with lovetransformed and beautiful New words spokenin a musical tongue We sing simple songsin the silent worldof thoughts With the gaze of truth, we are one Breathing in a rhythmic sensean ancient…
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Your Heart My Love
do you remember the dark whispersof our secret poetry? recited at the heightof nightas the pinnacleof this earths brushwith a tiny pointof truth the words scarcely heardbut the images livein our immediate minds figments of fantasy and fancyshaping a romantic reality my hand sliding overyour outside thighas timeless poemsowed to human art eternityare etchedonly to…
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Half
I don’t believein beauty and I’ve left my thoughts of loveI send my prayers to a godbut not the one above because I believe the devilis all that runs this world it certainly his oysterand he’s takingall the pearls now I once saw a woman she was sucha workof art she walked awayso lovingly took…
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5000 Years
the sadness of otherscan be exciting to some she quips with offhand wisdomstudying my eyeslooking for recognitionof the simple truthtransferred from whereverher thoughtsmay come. “I have known suchfor a quite some time”I convince my self“She must have been searching for me,”I assume, “in her thoughts.” I offer what is mineto care for her comfortas I…
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Desert Love Poem
She tears my heartthen licks my woundsand disappears Her ways of loveare cunning Her moments overHer tears are fleetingHer smile bleeds me And I beg hernot to stop We are of an ancient tribeWe have survived eons in the sun Sweatingas we search for waterin the prickly bush Let us not destroy each other now,…
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Muse and Fruit and Music
My most beautiful of loversdancing in the treeslush with flowersnaked among the leavesin radiancehunting for new fruitgathering her harvesta bounty she will not shareShe is an immaculate treasureperfect in her selffor her love is her own My most beautiful of loversdelightful pleasurestrewn aboutin her wake Beating on her drum, she hides from meher fear Her…