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 Nov 2024 Jeremy Betts
Nostalgia
Tears fall out of my eyes when I don't wish for them.
I don't understand why I am like this.
Is it my fault?
Or is it yours?
My body aches with exhaustion
when I already have been sleeping for years.
I am okay
At least, I tell myself that.
 Nov 2024 Jeremy Betts
Natasha
Is it when two souls come together to unite or a drug that inhibits the mind, intensifying the senses of your heart combined.

An instinct that we crave to feel deeply emotionally attached.
Like oxygen we need to breathe, the removal of it deepens the need.

They say love is blind you can not see.
Is this the one who's captured me.

Minds in a daze lost in a maze.
Jolting you out of control, engulfing your body and soul.

Taking your hand alluring one in with that magical flute to captivate every inch of you.

You're lost in a trance enjoying the dance longing for it to last.
Increasing the desire not to drown out the fire.

Illusions of what we are led to believe.

Chemistry hits and that attraction exists, fireworks explode releasing pheromones, heightening the primal instincts inability to control the burning impulse.

Why is love inclusive and has many faces?

It's a basic human need; it's in our nature to proceed.
Love doesn't have to rhyme.
It doesn't have to be shouted from the rooftops,
or written in the stars.
Yet it is a poets job to make it so
To elaborate, exaggerate, compare it to the incomparable,
Capture the unsnareable, share the unshareable. 
Like fingers finding fingers in the dark,
or tender hugs holding grief at bay.
The conversation of her eyes through a teardrop,
saying more than a million words could convey.
 And this is where we find the meaning of love,
in the quiet moments where no words are spoken.
Where tender kisses and soft touches
become a dance to the rhythm
of two hearts beating in unison, under a lover's moon.
Shared only in the reflections of their eyes.
I love you.
But the way an addict loves the high
The way a drunk loves the burn of alcohol
as it slips down there throat erasing memory’s for a while.
Love isn't always blood red roses and softly held hands.
When you love
Sometimes It's just another way to self-destruct.
 Nov 2024 Jeremy Betts
Liana
Dear, The thinkers, Dreamers, Poets, Artists, Passionate people, and Questioners

Thank you
Without you, the world would be nothing

From,
A strange stranger
You give the world life
it is quite simple
really
this world
and all its spinnings

joy
into            into
sorrow

clarity
into           into
madness

day
into           into
night

sooner or later
everyone’s flame
goes out
floating off
as we do
like slow ghosts
of smoke
in the end
all that matters
is that you find yourself
on one side
of the fence
or the other
no explanations
or apologies
needed
My sons keep me connected
For them I give much thanks
Please keep them protected
Guardians in the ranks

Quiet in the night
Silent is the Way
Gatsby's green light
Won ton soup xie xie

Rick Steves in Berlin
And in Toledo, Spain
Thomas means the Twin
Let fall the Purple Rain

              Bullet train!
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