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Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
An off duty cop
Walks into this
Bar
He has no badge
No uniform
He is no cop now
He's friends
With a young
Paramedic
Who drinks the
Guilt away
They stay till
Last call
And ask for some shots
To share with
The bartender
The cop wants to say
A few
Words
'To another life wasted
To another one shot
To another one dead
To another shot'
Then the paramedic
'To two good men gone
To blood on  my hands
To the lawyers health
To another day gone'
The bartender had
A few words to say
'To tomorrow night
To the many cabbies
To the few how choose safe
To another shot'
When they've drunk
Their fill
The two friends left
In the cab
Waiting out front
That got hit by
A drunk driver
Who they spent
Last call with
To another drink
**To another phone call
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
A hero's going to
Save me just in time
SAVE ME NOW
I need a hero
Who's going
To fight
For what's right
Who's going
To fight
For the weak
I need a hero
SAVE ME NOW
Save me just in time
Who's going
To make
Us believe
That life
Is
WORTH IT
I need a hero
To save me now
Just in time
Who's gonna
Save my life
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
I wish I could
See the smile on
Your face
Your confusion
To our scrambled
Text messages
I wish you could
See how
I fight to
Hide my smile
At every charming
Thing you do
Or at least
See the blush
You cause
And I wish
That I could see
The same on you
Your eyes are blue
Right?
Mine are too
***** blonde hair
Right?
Mine is that yellow blonde
When we met
You wore silver glasses
I didn't at the time
Now I have
A copper color glasses
We met on ice
The chilled air
Did not reach us
It's almost been a year
Since I've seen
Your face
Heard your voice
Since I've
Held your hand
In mine
I know that
You will
Never
Read this poem
But that's okay
Because we've
Never stopped
Texting
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
Who I could be
Could be Anyone
Could be me
No
I could be anything
A hero
Or a villain
That could be fun
Could be a writer
Or maybe somebody
Famous
Could be anything
Or anyone                                   _
Death to some                          /  |   |    \
Life to others                          /    |   |      \
A ruler of them                          \      //
Or a silent protector                   \   //
I could be                                    《 O》
I could be                                        ||
          I                                           《《
                Could
                                Be
Ordinary
I could have
The best
The worst
of everything.  
/_/_/_/_/__/_
I could be
An end
Or an
Beginning
Who I am
Is who I
Will always be
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
Once upon a time. .....
In a galaxy far far far away. ........
I had this dream about. ........
In a Kingdom. .........
On a night like this one. .. .........
Years ago......
Last week. .......
Just past the first star.........
Through the rainbow. ..........
Down the street is where. ............
On the road between. .........
In that book............
There are so many beginnings
To the stories you tell
I have yet to hear
One that is true
But I'll listen anyway
Because they're entertaining
But not believable
I'll see you tomorrow
Storyteller
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
These are sentences
These are words
These are letters
These are strange shapes
These are lines and dashes
These are nothing
They hold no meaning
Without our understanding
There is an enormity  
To this nothing
You can find
This nothing
Everywhere
In the streets
In the clouds
On the food you eat
In the air
It's on our skin
And sometimes it is
Even on our bones
There is an enormity
To this nothing
A tool for
creating
For living
For everything
These are nothing
These are lines and dashes
These are strange shapes
These are letters
These are words
These are sentences
And that is everything
Courtney Gaura Jan 2015
I'm dreaming        
                        Fine but
                          All my
                    thoughts are
                       Thread
                           Bare
                            In a
                           Hope
                           That
               Can be          Seen as
       Nothing                  or as everything
          Left                    in a life
              Like this    One
                   Hanging
                       Like
                         A      
                    Noose
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