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Instead of going with the flow,
why not stop the flow?
Instead of letting it grow,
why not let go?
Instead of drowning in to your feelings,
why not swim out of it?
And most of all,
instead of dreaming,
why not wake up?
Face the reality
Stop the false hopes
Forget the half-wishes
And save your yourself.
That's how I fell out of love.
"You're tough", she said.
And I thought.
Am I tough because I really am
Or I'm tough because I've got no choice but to be one?
I hope I'm the former.
 Apr 2017 Debbie Taylor
Danika
Springsteen sang about glory days
and I laughed
and swore that wouldn’t be me.
I looked around this small town
at these large fishes
and knew I’d find a bigger pond.

But here I am
holding up jerseys
reading newspaper clippings
looking at old pictures
corsages
valentine’s roses
yearbook autographs
picture day poses

and can’t stop talking about
glory days.
4/26/17
Where did all this come from?
Where did it all begin?
Don’t let me sit here wondering now
I don’t know where it eventually ends
I put the words down on the page
I let them simmer in the light of day
There’s nothing really stopping me when
I type them down to make them stay
I can’t let go of this little thread
It spins itself as I watch it fly
My fingers touch the hallowed page
The light goes on and I start to say
The things I’ve thought
The way they’re made
There’s nothing here that can’t be said
I won’t slow down or go around
It’s through the wall I step again
Did you see what I had to say?
Do you think there’s better way?
Let me know and I won’t deny
I caught you watching so you can’t pretend
I’m living the dream as you walk on by
I’m happy in this place we’ve never been
Writing for me is pretty much a spontaneous indulgence. Knowing how to stop having fun is impossible. Well, I do require sleep and sustenance. Still, I love weaving a poem as it comes into my head one line at a time. Sometimes there is a basic floorplan to follow. Other times it is a pure “stream of consciousness”. Either way it’s all spontaneous.
 Apr 2017 Debbie Taylor
S cape
inanimate insanity
I'm crazy you know
you might not understand
you can say I'm catch 22 ing myself
capture me with a clause
say I'm pretending,
that I'm guilty at hand

I'm crazy you know
although it may not be visible to the human eye
far more complex then your vision
the insanity lies

I'm crazy you know
you might not be able to feel it
but within my thoughts
I'm not able to conceal it

I'm crazy you know
but insanity cant speak
inanimate objects aren't real
they're lifeless and bleak

I'm crazy you know
but this object doesn't seem inanimate
its not lifeless or quiet or empty at all
its life ******* and loud and rigid and raw

Im crazy you know I don't know how to prove it
maybe when the toys come dancing at night
their personalities vibrant and bright
you'll see their true forms
organic and living
Their spirit involved its energy spinning
once you see it you cannot disagree
Insanity is not inanimate
you haveto believe me
 Apr 2017 Debbie Taylor
Star BG
A light poem of whimsical words,
colorful phases from a poets view
is like sugar confections.

They travel into reader as if eyes are a mouth.
They melt inside mind becoming visions to ponder.

Light poems I favor but if a dark one comes grabbing my eyes
I praise it because, in every box of chocolates there are some hard ones
equally as good.

StarBG © 2017
inspired by a private group called Sweet Treats
 Apr 2017 Debbie Taylor
mikecccc
one day
you stop making
stupid kid mistakes
and start making
stupid adult mistakes.
how do you tell the difference
between
who you are trying to be
and
who you truly are?
entranced in moonlight
a moth swims through the pale glow:
the heavens d
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                         s
                          c
                           e
                            n
                             d

4/25/2017
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