derek-millerWhisper

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Fare thee wellAdieu, adieu. Parting is such sweet sorrow. / Sweet like antifreeze on the tongues of feral cats / who breathe their last in forgotten hovels or a roadside ditch.
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May 23, 2023
DetailsThere is a book of poetry pressed into your stomach. / Its pages take your warmth from the line they have made above your navel. / I am jealous of that script.
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May 21, 2023
CastawayI clipped my nails this morning / And mourned the loss of that claw-like keratin / It is strange to consider
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May 20, 2023
You are not a memory.A ***** roadside hotel should suffice. / Mom and Dad are arguing again, / And I am too little to know why.
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May 7, 2023
Storm HeraldStorm herald, you are; cold wind so urgent. / The frigid gust that tenses skin and straightens hair. / You woke me.
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Apr 28, 2023
PolarisWake me. Shake me. Just embrace me. Let it all unfold. / Tame the pain that boils insane and stand for me to hold. / Rise and run the race you won for I still can't believe
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Nov 5, 2012
MaelstromTo see the spark that died out quickly, / Then feel the hurt that flew in swiftly, / Brought the dawn's rays brisk and cold,
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Feb 24, 2011
TornYou broke the flower, killed the bud. / You drowned my house among the flood. / You stole the glimpse I held inside,
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Feb 24, 2011
Beauty IsBeauty is the beating heart, / Love's first kiss, or sad depart. / A glimpse unto the soul within,
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Feb 24, 2011
LightI wish to now express to you / This feeling that my heart speaks true. / What's happened here is just and right,
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Feb 24, 2011
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