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 Jun 2017 Charlie Smith
nim
filter
 Jun 2017 Charlie Smith
nim
I confuse people
And I filter things
I breathe in
The silver dust of clouds
And breathe out
Golden rays of sun

I take in myself
The bad words and
Negative
Thoughts
And out of my mouth
I spill the poems
Of the Earth
And the songs of peace

Nobody understands
How I work
How I filter
Everything
Into a daydream

But
Years pass, and
Filters get *****
Nobody understands
That
I keep everything
In myself

Nothing lasts forever
More time had passed
Before I
Was ready to be thrown
Away

I took my
Final breath
Held it in
And as I was looking in the sky
I breathed out
And watched all the
Black, negative energy
Pollute the
Dying sky
And our meeting is so eloquent
that we can sit together for hours,
felicitously mute.
I get it now
I understand
I know what they meant by their cheeks hurting and their stomach twisting.
I know what they meant by longing to be with him, just for one more minute
and another
and another.
I get it now
I understand
I know why they always look longingly at their phones, awaiting another text
I know why they sigh deeply just by looking at his photos
going through
one by one.
I get it now
I understand
I know what it's like to be in love
and to fall in love
over and over again
every day.
see
i look in the mirror
and scowl at what i see
because the creature staring back
isn't truly me
Rain smacking the glass.
White light, automated doors.
The hospital blues.

Waiting room TV
showing Caribbean sands.
Forget where you are.

A black man and child,
lonely wife, poet, vegan.
Guess what happens next.

Elephant painting.
You can tell a child made it.
Elephant, it smiles.

The elevator
opens and I step inside.
The sick frown. I frown.

Once back in my car,
the rain stops and I put it
in drive and floor it.
 Jun 2017 Charlie Smith
Elle H
I wanted to be the one.
The one who made you feel love and happiness.
The one who made your smile bigger.
The one who made your eyes shine brighter.
The one who made you see the world in color.
The one who you wanted to be with till the end of time.
The one who you would love unconditionally.
But, instead she was the one,
the one who made you feel love and happiness,
the one who made your smile bigger,
the one who made your eyes shine brighter,
the one who made you see the world in color,
the one who you wanted to be with till the end of time,
the one you loved unconditionally.
I never knew why she was the one,
so i kept asking myself why i wasn't.
Endless ocean in the sky
Billions of glowing eyes
Watching us
Yet mine
Are locked with yours
And open are the doors
To worlds,
Secrets of the universe
pretty old one, that
 Jun 2017 Charlie Smith
august
power
 Jun 2017 Charlie Smith
august
and i will shove
divinity so far down
your throat

you'll choke on royalty
it will taste like holy wings
but you too weak

to swallow a crown
like mine
you couldn't handle

being a god
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