On Reflection

She can only see fat
Glaring back
As she stares at her reflection
In the mirror
She runs her hand
Over protruding bones
It doesn't sink in
Her sunken face
The battle with food
Will never be won
The battle in her mind
Has just begun
One more pound
Then one more
Til she disappears
Then no more
Hurt, no pain
Just a ghostly reminder
Of an existence
No one to blame
But herself.

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Amongst the shadows
shimmering as the sun sets
the breathless beetle.

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September splendor
tans the king of the forest
Tiger in Autumn.

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Autumn equinox
the forest's green canopy
soon, a red carpet.

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Sacrifice

Westerly wind, living thing
Zephyr breeze
Gossamer clouds, escaping rays
Autumn day
Pinched my cheeks, aflush with desire
Myriad red leaves
Phantom flyers
Dance about my feet
So indiscreet
The summer sacrifices.

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When Time Stands Still

His soft lips
taste
possess her mouth
soul
engrossed, lost in time
in one another, reminiscing
if only
they could travel back
in perpetuum.

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Somber lifeless leaf
swiftly stirs, unfurls its' wings
brilliant butterfly.

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Looking back

The lovers on the sidewalk
Holding hands beneath the autumn trees
Let go, they parted company
And walked down very different streets
She glanced back at him
As he disappeared from view
He carried on, his head bowed low
But he felt her eyes on him, she knew
She didn't know however
That he thought his heart would break
She didn't know he'd long for her
Every morning when he'd wake
She didn't know he'd think of her
Everytime he saw a butterfly
Or smelled the sea air near his home
And wished that she was by his side
He didn't know she'd kept every letter
That he wrote, she read
And re read every word
She kept his photo in her coat
He didn't know she searched
Amongst the crowds for his face
He didn't know she'd kept his number
All this time, just in case
What they both knew however
Is that they'd never meet again
Their love was brief but passionate
Yet blissful memories remain.

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The Journey

You fill the emptiness in me
make me feel complete, intact
I used to feel invisible
but you changed all of that
You're always in my stream of thoughts
a swollen river overflowing
I carry you with me on this journey
I'll never tire of the unknowing
Where we're going doesn't matter
We are all that might have been
Always everything or nothing
We know not of the inbetween
The impulse is a storm at sea
That tears apart a wooden boat
When it's gone we cling to love
And try to keep ourselves afloat.

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Falling

You don't understand me
I doubt you ever will
Played it safe, never took a chance
I swallowed life's bitter pill
You stood back from the edge
While I faltered on a ledge
But you caught me just in time
I was falling, falling
Unstitched, stitch by stitch
Unravelling slowly
Trace my every seam with your fingertips
Then you'll really know me
The sound of my breathing
The outline of my face
So that even when I'm far from you
No one can take my place.

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