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Emily Norton Oct 2015
It came in the mail
Purple ink
Sweet handwriting
Innocuous?
It came from someone safe
Hate filled
Angry words
Lies?
It came on a Wednesday
Peace shattering
Panic creating
Tempest.
Emily Norton Oct 2015
Wake, work, exercise, sleep
Wake, work, exercise, sleep
Wake, work, exercise, sleep
No time for love
No time for fun
No time for gazing into the future
and hoping
And no hope of recreating the magic we had
Emily Norton Oct 2015
Heated passion of childish hopes
Ice cold recognition of adult realities
Tepid normalcy
How do I reach beyond adequacy and wake myself from this nightmare?
Emily Norton Sep 2015
The last sunset
Nothing worked
Not my phone, the cabs, or the traffic.
So much traffic!!
When you opened your door
Your handsome face was a mask of worry.
In the cab you STILL insisted
THIS was a terrible idea
Yet...
You reached for my hand and held it
With hookah, conversation, and smiles
We welcomed Ramadan and love.
Emily Norton Sep 2015
Betrayal
Seems so simple
Like something that can easily be discerned.
But it's not
Who is currently being betrayed?
Me?  In some ways I'm sure
Who is my betrayal slashing as I lie
Panting and gasping in these arms?
Emily Norton Sep 2015
Slowly fading drop by drop
Leeching out of my brain
Feelings of betrayal
Sluicing off like so much waste
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