christopher-tolleson
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The Paradoxical Nature of Love
Each time we depart / is one other breath, / deprived of my gasping lungs.
9
Jan 25, 2014
Per'sever
My overwhelming Solemnity / is represented- / by brown fields
41
Jan 25, 2014
A Little Wisdom Too Late
My overwhelming solemnity; / brown fields of Spring-time withering. / Nostalgia, be riddled,
29
May 15, 2013
One thorn in reversal - a Rose in wondering
My sides have been stuck, / struck with pointed thorns; / unborn tragedies seething for
26
Apr 23, 2013
You are
a crest of brittle, foaming sea, / a wave that crashes over me; / divided with uncertainty,
12
Feb 1, 2013
Conflict of Fear: Man v. Self
One word, your word, / and my stomach begins to writhe. / I fight myself from the inside,
22
Jan 19, 2013
Ten Words On Self-Realization
If consistency is home, my mind is the wandering vagabond.
1
Jan 9, 2013
Naivety's Winter Ramblings
It's the night of our dear Christmas, / and I alone am making noise, / for my brothers and sisters retired from joy,
15
Dec 25, 2012
Shotgun Wedding: Justice and Mercy
The sun and the moon / blend together in my mind, / one for each of my eyes.
8
Dec 21, 2012
Lessons Learned
Wild Turkey 101 / does not taste quite the same as, / does not go down quite the same as,
6
Dec 2, 2012
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