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AbsenceThe absence resonated pure and true / the way it swept over you / distance was a state of mind
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Feb 10, 2013
An ash that never became a phoenixThe innate understanding we were a fragment of a memory / an ash that never became a phoenix / you were the disconnect that existed between us
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Feb 12, 2013
AnchorCast your wishes to the wind / Launch your desires to the sea / Throw your emotions to the ocean
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Oct 18, 2013
Arm's raceThe mistakes I've made / become the ammunition you stockpile in this emotional arm's race / promises we break
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Feb 27, 2013
AudacityShe said "how do you have the audacity?!" / I felt her words, tearing, blasting me / words cut like shards of glass to me
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Oct 14, 2013
BlueprintsConjecturing on the intimate remnants of your heart / surmising on the proper way to dissect its parts / delving into the chasm that holds your most private illusions of grandeur
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Feb 21, 2013
ClockThe faint hint of tension left the air pungent / a mordantly eerie undertone that I couldn't scrape from the sky / even with a sharp stare from bright eyes
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Feb 10, 2013
CreepThe memories creep up on me, latching in like vines into the rough weathered walls of brick / growing thick / a tangled mess I seem to find myself all to often caught within
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Aug 25, 2013
Desert stormHeat lightning paints the African evening sky silent / The light dampened by the bank of clouds light explosions trapped inside it / The dust whipping my face warm and smooth
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Aug 1, 2013
EmptyIn the empty night I long to hold you until I've recognized every subtle movement of the beating heart within your warm chest / I want to count the seconds between your breaths / feel your lungs expand and compress
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Feb 12, 2013
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