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Alexis Martin May 2013
5/5
it's not necessarily
that I want to go to sleep,
I just don't want
to be awake
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Alexis Martin May 2013
we looked silly with our goggles on
splashing around in your pool
somersaults and handstands
chlorine kisses and tangled hair
summer is coming
oh yes,
summer is coming
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Alexis Martin Apr 2013
I don't know what is so sacred
about a pinky promise
but I do know
that I have never felt
so sure of anything
as I did with your pinky
wrapped tightly around mine
as you whispered in my ear
always
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Alexis Martin Apr 2013
Flowers are so lucky
beauty gifted with death
accompanied by the promise
of a new life next season
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Alexis Martin Apr 2013
Dad hasn't been the same
since he found out about
                me
His eyes hold a deep sorrow
and the whiskey rarely sees
the cupboard anymore
permanently placed on
his nightstand where
my picture used to be
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*He blames himself, you know
Alexis Martin Mar 2013
a car full of bodies
lungs full of smoke
hearts full of love
a night to remember
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Alexis Martin Mar 2013
tonight I'll fall asleep
to the sound of rain
falling on this old roof
though I long for it to be
the sound of your uneasy
breathing with the occasional
skipping of our heartbeats
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