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 Mar 2019 D L Smith
Bluejay
There's a little silver band
Coming your way in a day or two,
It's got that name only you know
Her as, from your darling Poetry.

We both know it's nothing special
Just a part of her story
That she'll never be strong enough
To tell now that the fire waits
And the chemicals have made a home
In get perfectly sweet little cells.

It was an early birthday present,
A materialized memory of becoming a teen
And falling in love with the taste of ink
As she cut herself on the pages daily,
Not realizing just how beautiful
such a thing can be.

There's a little silver band
Coming to you in a day or two,
It's her way of saying "I love you"
Even though it's just a ring from
your darling, little

~Poetry.
 Sep 2016 D L Smith
Queen-Midas
You had made everything forbidden for me.
The way I couldn’t witness anybody smiling without recalling your ghostly smile.
The way I couldn’t touch anybody without remembering your soft caresses.
The way I couldn’t love anybody without thinking back to when I had believed that I had loved one who had deserved such a love as mine. How, you had been so silent, as though you had never yet to love or be loved.
You had made everything so forbidden for me.
To Z.K., with all the sadness of my oppressed heart.
I will always love you and your forbidden love.
 Aug 2016 D L Smith
a m a n d a
(sometimes)


my favorite
wine glass
broke today,
shattered.

faded purple glass,
heavy in my hand
a crackled texture.

i was
careless.

i put it too
close
to the
edge.

i remember
buying it.
choosing it.
only buying
one,
because i
am just one.

i'm mad at
myself
for becoming
attached
to a
piece of
glass.

because all
my favorite
things
break,
crack,
fall away.

and now there is
glass in
my foot
to remind me

of all
the things
i place
too close
to the edge.

— The End —