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You inspire my best poetry
Mostly because I hate you so much
But that’s just me projecting again
 Oct 2013 Ashley Centers
drowning
I.
 Oct 2013 Ashley Centers
drowning
I.
She
brings
the rain
And
I can’t hear
a word
she
says
In the silence
that
fills
my heart
She
brings
the rain
There's something about
this darkness
that sends shivers down my spine.

Could it be the way you
turned off the lights
and held your hand in mine.

Haunted with a dreamless sleep
without you next to me.
It’s you** I think of
Before I go to sleep.
It’s your voice that calms me
When I laugh myself silly.
It’s you who I think of
When times are slipping.
It’s you that will reason
With  the stupidity from me.
It’s your eyes which keep me moving
From day to each day.
It’s your warmth in your touch
That makes the butterflies take off.
It’s your kindness.
That makes me want to be a nicer guy.
It’s you that I need
When I feel lonely.
It’s you that I want
Just to hold close.
It’s you that lets me know
Everything is right in my life.
© Josh Buller 10/09/2010
God scatters beauty as he scatters flowers
O'er the wide earth, and tells us all are ours.
A hundred lights in every temple burn,
And at each shrine I bend my knee in turn.
 Oct 2013 Ashley Centers
palekiss
Another cut,
             another scar,
                       another burn
Her mum is not far,
      she cries
                   and cries
                              and cries
looking at the cuts on her thighs.
     She feels like a failure,
                  mumbling "i must of been blind"
     a flashback of the abuse
                     entered her mind.
       Was it all my fault?  
Could I of stopped the first kiss?
             or was this fate?
                      no.
                              I
                                    deserved
                                                       this.
A faint glimpse of what cannot be grasped
puts me over the edge and into the abyss.
Desire is the drive, but comprehension is the end of
the battle that’s impossible to win;
for the double-edged sword draws blood no matter
how it is swung.
Blessed is the man with his eyes wide shut;
****** is the man who couldn’t help but look.
Light turns the inside of my eyelids red
As the sun rises.
And I can still taste last night's cigarettes.
And the room is too hot.
And it all comes back to me.
And my stomach churns.
But I still can't *****.
 Sep 2013 Ashley Centers
Lala
With those silver eyes,
that sly smile,
you can run away.
But I will remain.
Living that life of yours,
Built on split-second decisions,
Intuition alone. You make my
Head spin, whirling dervishes,
Never stopping, never slowing.
Worry to happiness to love,
But no, always love. Never
Flickering nor wavering in
The face of your cold-shoulder.
Never, never.
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