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AprilDawn Apr 2014
Scrambled  up
this  muddy hill
for just a peek
at that sweet   horizon
try to convince myself
that today’s the beginning
of something really  good
I didn’t use it all
  up yet .
Searching   for  good times again.
AprilDawn Apr 2014
Come
and get it
big boy
so ready for pick up
give it the old heave **
it ain't no good
to me
just smellin up
my scenery.
Trash day.Nuff said !
AprilDawn Apr 2014
slowly  settles  
over tall brick
cookie cutter houses
cornflower sky
  licks the swirly pink
cotton candy clouds
  leaves
the orange sherbet
horizon
ablaze
This day is all  done
except for  the sleeping .
A beautiful  sunset dog walk in the burbs of Houston.
AprilDawn Apr 2014
flood into
this solid construct
I have built
brick by brick
to make everyday
survivable
another  edge crumbles
when whisked off
by granules
of salt soaked regrets.
Brick house , trying to be mighty mighty in the face of  sorrow's continuous onslaught   . Written in 2007.
AprilDawn Apr 2014
dying
to know how
you were stolen from
the light of day.
Many  unanswered questions after  the sudden death of my partner of over  20 years still remain , nearly 12 years later.
AprilDawn Apr 2014
You’ve slipped out
of my unconscious
mind
with an ease
I never expected
You’re somewhere  
  in the shadows
pinning my hopes up with  
invisible tape
that a normal life is still
within reach.
Over the past few years   my late husband  has barely made a cameo appearance in my dreams. I always felt guilty that  he stopped being spotlighted  so frequently  and yet at the same time  I needed to leave dreaming space for  my  future.
AprilDawn Apr 2014
for  a quick jot
it’s in  there somewhere
fumble under
my last vacation’s
embroidered coin purse
bunched up nose  tissues
pink lip liner
yesterday’s crumpled
grocery receipts
a neon yellow memory
  falls out  of my hand
and screams ****** ******
in the middle
of  a quiet  hallway.
How a random  object  in your daily  goings on can take you right back to a specific  time and place  .That one spoke volumes.
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