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Eva
Another poem-perfect,cold-is-worth-it winter morning
As snow that walked up mountains
Crawled to lie down at my feet
And I thought I saw you move
Under the ice that had you falling down my way.
Water-logged from birth
and not a single drop worth pouring
I'm wondering if the salt
has come form you or from the sea
Cause a sky that's stuck
three shades of blue
is not the only thought
I've had today.
And what I saw before
In the grasslands where you were.
I saw form birds wings where I'd flown.
The fall broke me more than my bones.
Eva.
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Dedicated
Cause what I said to floorsOf darkened halls that echo with a thousand faces
Seem big, speaking in the little.
And even dedications that I make
Are with words that I'll never use.
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Fonder
Will absence of the outside world make my heart grow fonder?Sitting at the desk of Eden I began to ponder.
Pausing for a moment as my mind began to go...
God knows my feet were wishing that my head could follow.
Slave to no ambition from a list-of-one selection
I wake up just in time to leave for bed.
The skeletons in my closet have more flesh than I affection
It's not about being solid but being lead.
Sitting in the latest punchline waiting for the whys.
Hoping for a memory or mention from my mind
when it arrived on a postcard in a hand so bold and clear
"It's a shame about the weather... only wish that you were here."
Slave to no ambition not quite open to correction
I'm wearing my heart and lungs on my sleeve.
I'd wear a warmer coat if I thought it could protect them
but it just makes it so very hard to breathe.
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One hand clapping
Cause when you fly and I walk byWatching is never what you claim
It's just like one hand clapping.
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Strawberries in Summer
He said she said yours was minebu I'm just glad you came
Cause I need someone tall to watch my head
Reason won't work so I'll try rhyme
And one on one for fame
Cause I need you to know of all that's
That's underneath my bed
So did you know that I like
strawberries and sunshine with my summers?
And that I'll cross the street when in the shade?
And sometimes when I test new ground
I come up from down under
So if I bang my head it's just my way
No you needn't worry.
You said I said nothing much
But I'm just glad you heard
I nevr raise my voice in case I scream
Cause you have got the sweetest touch
And now this mind's a blur
I'm waiting for this next jolt to just
Just wake me from my dream.
Rooftops in the rain
I've been laughing in your face againAnd I've been laughing in your place again
Cause I've been standing on this rooftop in the rain
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