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Luke Oct 2018
The words I want to say
remain unspoken.
censorship keeps them choked within,
gagged on rags of impoverishing self-hate.

How could I ever tell you?

I  * * * *  you
Luke Oct 2018
Sweet aroma of arabica
Gentle growlings of a brew
Warm comfort in the morning
Well, at night too.
Luke Oct 2018
My dear miss Able asked me about a hidden place.

A place where words go to find lovers.
A Tinder for f̶o̶r̶e̶p̶l̶a̶y̶  wordplay.

Where "She" swipes right on "Him" to create "Them".

Where "Un" and "Faithful" got together and made "Faithfulun"
Because "Faithful" is also seeing "Dyslexia"

Where my friend "Alone" swept left on "Everybody"
And never changed.

And "In" became "Indecent" when he, infatuated,
Increasingly indulged
Into "Inappropriation" while dating "decent" and then Indiscreetly descended into "Insanity".

Where "Baby" got "Back" after "Laid-Back" split when "Laid"
got "Off".

Miss Able doubted this place even after her first son,
"Question" who took her surname.



But this place does exist-

Where gold is mind inside a poet.
Luke Oct 2018
She'll read this as proof of my thoughts when she's away
That my mind never drifts, or heart ever sway,

And this beautiful ache I know as space
Is just another way to know her grace.

So I'll wait.

If only for a moment of her time,
I'll take what she gives,
A minute, or lifetime.
Luke Oct 2018
I could speak my mind in a thousand different ways,

And find these all insufficient.

But a single word spoke in heart,

And the world forever better.
Luke Oct 2018
Make me smile
Or take it away

Give blue skies
Or turn them grey

Wish me well
Or curse my name

I'm in love but not loved
So it's all the same
Luke Oct 2018
Everheart,

Fragmented
you give yourself away
and lose another piece
While you starve
these beasts will feast

Disconsolation proves
Rejection causes collapse
Wretchedness moves
To reside in these cracks

You've been here before
Far from tomorrow
Where promises live
And happiness borrowed

You cry to stop the beating
You scream for an end
But the cycle keeps repeating
And you'll start again
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