Second Best

One
Eventually
Becomes two

After first
I became
the same
you know who

First must
have fell
I came running
when you yelled

You told me
number two
resembled first
took me a second
then I realized
second was worse


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Color of Love

Ceramic feelings
cuts my skin
photoshopped a dream
inserted you in

Pain is reference
years never knew
time card punched
Love is a color
BLUE


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Reminisce

Memories
Absorb like a sponge
Soaked up Space
Squeeze just right
Drips a smiling
Face

Memories
Liquid life
Poured through
A retractable screen
Characters revise roles
Of a movie
Already seen

Memories
Splash again
Across your eyes
Rain soaked
Laughter
Makes you cry


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Gypsy Blues

Thumbs up
luck down
walking unknown
leaving town

Skipping out
on bills
broken relationships
seeking thrills

Moving on
needing change
escaping life
destination strange

Hitchhiker hat
traveling shoes
bags packed
gypsy blues


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Choice Words

Write words
that will be scraped
into a stone
by a rebellious kid
who refused
to be owned
Write words
that will make
a hopeless sinner
never feel alone
Write words
that will move
a homeless man
from a shelter seat
to a throne
Write words
that will tattoo
the answers
to your soul
about the questions
of the future
that is unknown


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Karma Card

Perception is tricky
praying for revenge
while glued to hypocrisy
can get sticky

Confusing script of words
printed in a misunderstood book
every page written in glass
reflecting blame into eyes
of a similar look

Nature refusing to stand guard
for those failing to read
the terms and conditions
of a Karma Card


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Freedom

It's when you watch the wind
blow itself till it stops
It's those small gaps in the breeze
that allows you to set yourself free


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Conformity Cap

Move by pulled strings
Value other peoples things
Speak what others sing
Fly with government issued wings
Follow rules of an audience king


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 LEAST
     OFFERED
           VERBAL
                EXPRESSION


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Homeless Words

I see beautiful words
homeless and needing a hand
I reach for my pad and pen
these times are tough
my choice of words are thin
Perhaps they choose me
tell me exactly what to say
These words we help
they also help us
they inspire us everyday


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