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 Nov 2013 Derek Yohn
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Rip my heart out of my chest
Grind my bones into dust
You need to stay out of my forbidden places
I can't get you out of my head

I remember when I was little,
Reading all those fairy tale love stories
All I ever wanted was a:
Happily Ever After
Knight in Shining Armor
Wedding Heard Across the Land

But instead I have this:
Poems written in my bed
Love letters left undelivered
Smoke in my lungs
Liquor in my stomach
Bile in my throat
And you are nowhere near my lips

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 Nov 2013 Derek Yohn
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I think love is pink
Because what is love,
If not the rosy blush of your cheeks,
Or the way my heart beats when we hug?
Love is the color of butterflies
Flapping their wings in my stomach
And I feel
As though my blood would run
Dripping, pale pink, out of my nose
If you said you loved me back
It's funny though,
I have no need to worry
Because you're already in love

It's sad though,
Because you're not in love with me

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 Nov 2013 Derek Yohn
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My thoughts always seem to come back to you
And I think
That even if I was stranded in the desert
I'd think of you til I died
Because everything I'd see would remind me of you:
The sand dunes blowing like your hair
The sun shining as bright as your teeth

If I had dehydration
I think that maybe
Water would be the last thing on my mind
Instead i'd be dreaming of your lips
Unattainable like water
And as my body would grow weak,
And I'd fall to my knees
And as my body would die and waste away,
The wind would whistle through my bones,
And I bet if you listened closely,
You could hear your name in them

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Perhaps beauty is not a thing
Perhaps it is a place
That resides elsewhere
Beyond the fair one's face

Perhaps a hint of kindness
Behind a secret smile
Perhaps a certain stranger
That stops and chats awhile

Perhaps a fragrant flower
That dances in the breeze
Or maybe the whisper
Of the wind through the trees

Maybe its that person
that simply says "I care"
Or it could be your lover
with the dark and shiny hair

It could be the person crying
With tears cascading down their face
Nothing left to live for
Until they find their saving grace

Many things are beautiful
you just have to stop and see
like stopping and reading this poem
Now, that is true beauty.
her rose red lips invited
him to partake of a kiss
with the spark now ignited
their smooch did sizzle
What's wrong boy?

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(She gone)



Streets



Mothers and the Child

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Gone

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Wind

--

Blowin Rain

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Ain't mean nothin at all

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Truth/illusion?

Who invented this game?

I ain't playin no more

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(Maybe)

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Where the train goin?

The end a de line?

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Nobody sayin

••

It's time

To go my own way



Come on

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What's wrong boy!

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I know

SHE GONE

Take it easy  

Lets go find her
Yeah but den if  der  ain't no god.......?



Yeah but den if der IS.........?

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Movin

Makin it GOOD!

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All de pageantry

(All dis ****!)

••

Movin



Call yer shot boy


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God?


Maybe yes
Maybe no

Either way

Here you are
 Nov 2013 Derek Yohn
August
You're at the bottom of this bottle
I think I'll find you when it's empty
And if you're not there hiding
I'll toss back another and another
Until you're sitting down there for me, waiting
Amara Pendergraft 2013
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