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vivid character
in ea
ch cra
ck
an
d
you can smell the language
here
between wisdom romance {3
I’ve tattooed you on my
heart
And I’ll always have you
with me
The mark you left
The marks you leave each
time
Magnetic ink of blood
Drawn to itself
Living within you
Tattoo
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I’d like to say I know for sure
It would give you the impression of confidence and aspiration
I could up and fly away I suppose
England would be an incredible opportunity
To study and to travel
Behold history wherever I went
But I’d see your face in every new acquaintance
And my dreams would turn to nothing in my hand
(I’m glad I did)
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I
read
you like my favorite cla
ssic novel
W
atc
hed
you make love an
d m
usic
As
the
rain
came down outsid
e
He is my favorite
Whisper in the h
eart
Sin
ging to the soul
A
solo of poetry
and truth
Lo
ve that gives m
ore
Soack
ed up the purity of y
ou
r spirit
O n S u m m e r A v e n u e
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A cathedral Captured in the evening skies
As the sun sinks down Casting its rays
Sideways Through images
Yellow Red Green Glass menageries
Lighthouses in the brick walls The square archways Cover and shield
Saints Sinners The grey corners Filled with the silent
Ghosts Of captives Slaves of the stones Surrounding their souls There A candle burns for one All Those who seek The close vastness Freedom Found within this fortress Worship and pray Weep and smile Share and shed what you may Confess and be cleansed Peace and grace They wait for you here Between the pillars In every shadow Caught somewhere in the cobwebs The fragile dust Whose fingers have graced The wood and stone
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A cathedral Captured in the evening skies
As the sun sinks down Casting its rays
Sideways Through images
Yellow Red Green Glass menageries
Lighthouses in the brick walls The square archways Cover and shield
Saints Sinners The grey corners Filled with the silent
Ghosts Of captives Slaves of the stones Surrounding their souls There A candle burns for one All Those who seek The close vastness Freedom Found within this fortress Worship and pray Weep and smile Share and shed what you may Confess and be cleansed Peace and grace They wait for you here Between the pillars In every shadow Caught somewhere in the cobwebs The fragile dust Whose fingers have graced The wood and stone S a n c t u a r y
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Words lift off the page
Flow through the open wells
Into the mind
Soaked up by my spongy brain
Stored away in the unknown crevices
Pulled out in unconsciousness
Processed, sorted
All meaning and life-giving essence
Sucked from the corpse
Digested to nourish the soul
Giving a pulse to my veins
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DEVOURING