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riley-okeefe-1
To my dearest 
I didn’t mean to pluck 
The petals off your flowers
 I’ve come to find 
The garden of thorns 
And dead roots 
Seem to suit you 
Better than any blooming 
Colors could ever do.
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Oct 5, 2013
Oct 5, 2013 at 2:53 AM UTC
Garden of Bitter Hearts
I am a picture without a frame,
 not hanging on a wall
 but my image still remains. 
I am matte not glossy,
 postcard size for convenience. You can have me with you, 
take me wherever you wanted to.
 I am a pretty picture honey,
 a picture without a frame
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Oct 5, 2013
Oct 5, 2013 at 2:14 AM UTC
Frameless
Love as a bird flying free
 dying daily to un-cage 
attachment. Snipping
 cords binding unwinding
 expectations only hold
 a box of memories, only
 those moments to 
sleep more on satin 
sheets in cotton thread. 
Im not sure if he loves me
 or if I read, a reflection
 in the mind of me love
 as the bird flying free.
 Come what may as 
it leaves the warmth 
of winter awakening 
spring. Till summer 
speaks from my window
to the bird thats flying 
free. Detaching the cords
 uncage my soul, his soul
 our soul. Upload to cloud 
in memories. Moments.
 Quilted in the silken sky.
 Love as a bird flying free
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Oct 5, 2013
Oct 5, 2013 at 2:13 AM UTC
Love as a Bird
I haven’t been writing much lately
 my muse has gone with a flutter 
and flourish of wings 
a post-apocalyptic shell of a writer 
left in the dust, feathers falling like 
snow like a mini avalanche 
**** word to the wise: 
don’t get too attached to your muse.
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 1:08 AM UTC
My Favorite Muse.
I have been walking
 for a very long time,
 but it doesn’t matter
 how far away I travel 
or which path I take -
every now and then, 
I still discover bits of
 you in my shoes,
 like fine gravel that
 I just can’t seem
 to shake out.
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 1:02 AM UTC
Fine Gravel
October is my month. You will not take my heart. You will not make me cry. Autumn belongs to me. Please excuse me while I shake you off and pull on a warm, maroon sweater.
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 12:58 AM UTC
October
We all grow into 
forests one day, 
 songbirds in our branches 
 and children hopping from
root to root shrieking and 
our toes will still know the earth. This is certain:
 the sun rises, magenta and 
orange at seven oh two
am on the dot and 
the gala apples are 
ripe red and round in 
our fists, fingers. The air we breathe is 
entirely composed of stories 
and it settles around our ankles like 
fresh spring mulch
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 12:54 AM UTC
We're all Forests
We all grow into 
forests one day, 
 songbirds in our branches 
 and children hopping from
root to root shrieking and 
our toes will still know the earth. This is certain:
 the sun rises, magenta and 
orange at seven oh two
am on the dot and 
the gala apples are 
ripe red and round in 
our fists, fingers. The air we breathe is 
entirely composed of stories 
and it settles around our ankles like 
fresh spring mulch
0
Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 12:54 AM UTC
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