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 Jul 2020 Nicole
Travis Green
It was midnight, and the rain
was falling heavily outside
of my home
on the dark grey streets.
The full-grown trees
were shaking their leaves
to the dreamy beat.
I never expected
that your affection
would have a huge effect on me,
causing me to think about you
every day and night,
your existence so vividly detailed,
so much more than any man
I had seen before.
I loved you before I even knew you.
I missed you when I wasn’t around you.
I needed to take it slow
and let these feelings ride,
but I couldn’t deny you.
I wanted to embrace
your warm touch,
flesh to flesh,
lips to lips,
our breaths in unity.
I wanted to hear your melody,
rock to the rhythm of your nation,
kiss your silky, delicate neck,
rub my hands upon your
youthful and soft cheeks,
your beautifully solid feet.
I wanted every night
to be spent with you,
to fall asleep on your
broad, capacious chest,
so close to him,
to the man I cherished.
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Poetic justice
I write because it makes me feel like someone is listening,

- or am I finally listening to myself...
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Ernest Hemingway
They ****** us in;
King and country,
Christ Almighty
And the rest.
Patriotism,
Democracy,
Honor—
Words and phrases,
They either ******* or killed us.
I danced to the music
In the moonlit sky
the fireflies danced with me
as the night drew nigh
the air was fresh and cool
the firepit was burning logs for fuel
the bats were flying across the garden
the owls screeching I have to pardon
the feeling was of freedom
in the beautiful garden of Eden!
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Sylvia Plath
Color floods to the spot, dull purple.
The rest of the body is all washed-out,
The color of pearl.

In a pit of a rock
The sea ***** obsessively,
One hollow thw whole sea's pivot.

The size of a fly,
The doom mark
Crawls down the wall.

The heart shuts,
The sea slides back,
The mirrors are sheeted.
 Jul 2020 Nicole
James Joyce
Alone
 Jul 2020 Nicole
James Joyce
The noon's greygolden meshes make
All night a veil,
The shorelamps in the sleeping lake
Laburnum tendrils trail.

The sly reeds whisper to the night
A name-- her name-
And all my soul is a delight,
A swoon of shame.
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Ellie Sutton
We all want to be liked
To have people see
The version of ourselves
We choose to be
And say, yeah
That's someone I admire
I aspire to be like
We all want someone
To look back on
The snapshots we've accrued
Over years of holidays,
***** nights,
And picture perfect food
And say, look
Here's someone who's got things sussed
We all want someone
To validate our lives
To comment that we're doing just fine
You're great
You're pretty
Your smart
Well, I guess that's a good start

We all want someone
To click that **** thumb
And validate the effort
Of keeping the mask on
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Ellie Sutton
Stand
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Ellie Sutton
I will stand with you
Until my feet shed the blood
That pours from my heart
 Jul 2020 Nicole
Ellie Sutton
Tonight,
Sleep is almost as elusive as you
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