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 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Andre Baez
A love story is a symbol
Followed in the footsteps of poems

I once witnessed the sight of a halo
It was propped up by a set of horns
And enhanced by a pair of wings
In a form of which I would adore

It was in the midst of a vast sea
Of insecurities and misanthropy
Shared by all of my fellow invitees
Whom shared with me an agony

Such anguish of teenagers,
Why must we endure loneliness?
We wouldn't know that trials
Are much easier outside of court

Because courting is a method
Constructed through generations
Of evolution of the human species
In order to survive, but we divorce

The chore of love is too much
An inferno and essence of ***
With importance unforgotten
As mates are pursued in excess

As such, mates were pursuing you
How obvious your halo truly was
With it's light shimmering in truth
However it only served as a cover up

For your ***** past, unshared
With all of the world, could not
Remain hidden beneath light
For the darkness is devouring

And I am that very same darkness

I am a likeness that seeks refuge
With no place to go as I am half of life
I peek at your horns and sense
Opportunities for my right to shine

Shine being given only to a few
A select sum of conundrums
Of whom I would beckon to come
And share with me, a bit of fun

Oh the ecstasy, and the travesty
Of what follows from such things
However, I do not dwell, or sing
Songs wishing them back to me

Truly you are an evanescent glow,
As such, I cannot afford to keep you
Because you would heal my darkness
You would fulfill each of my dreams

However the adventure...
Is what appeals to me,
In this light, I ask for forgiveness
As I have wronged you constantly

Only for you to come back to me,
It is a horrific work of life,
For you to feel the need for me,
Is only detrimental to your shine

A love story is a symbol
Followed in the footsteps of poems

The first step to finding love is pain,
And angel you will hurt all the same

The first step to finding love is pain,
Unfurl your wings, and fly away...

From me.
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Cindy Munoz
Seeking for help,
you come to my rescue.
So instantly attached,
a perfected match.
The distance causes a strain,
from two different coasts.
But a love like this,
could no longer be bought,
nor simply found.
Something created amongst ourselves.
A beach and a city,
will forever hold us apart.
All these thoughts,
over a short conversation.
But the moment that I had to go,
and leave you behind.
Will be the moment I regret the most.
Despite my feelings of sadness,
I know what that moment meant,
for you and I.
Which is why,
I smile whenever I hear your name.
Rather than cry.
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Cindy Munoz
Given the chance,
I'd stay with you forever.
Your kiss grips me tightly,
and holds me from the truth.
Deceits and wrong intentions are all I can think of,
but I am constantly hoping,
and wishing that your love for me is true.
Not a doubt in my mind,
that you're withholding the truth.
But how can I help,
falling into your open arms.
Alone for years,
your company keeps me warm.
No longer able to stand,
the thought of you with someone else.
I push those feelings aside,
and leave without a goodbye.
To continue a life,
without the baggage that you carry alongside.
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Deborah Lin
I stood under the showerhead today
cleansing myself and wondering
if the same thing could be done to my past.

Head first, I
lather my hair,
massage my regrets into my skull
and I let it sit.
I’ve done this enough times that
I think my brain
has absorbed them all
The sorrows seep in
and decide that one rinsing
        - and neither was two, or three, or four
wasn’t quite enough
        - my arms are sore so I guess I’ll just move on.

Next, my skin
is subjected to vigorous scrubbing.
I can never
remove enough layers of shame
I can never
exfoliate all my guilt
and when I look down, my hands
contain ghost stains of crimson gloves
        - “Out, ****** spot! out, I say!”
I wonder if
anyone else sees me this way
I wonder if
the callused and scarred tissue in my heart
can be so easily removed
like dust, grime, oil, blood.

I slump against the tile wall,
letting the water scald the coldness inside me.
Is it easier to live when you close your eyes
instead of watching the things that nearly killed you
swirl around in infinite eddies
down the drain?
I flinch at the way the water
gurgles down the pipes, wondering why
it’s so easy for them to take it in
and let it go.

The water stops. I shake off
the last of the tenacious water droplets
and I run my hands down my wrists, my ribs, my face
It is good to feel like your body is a clean slate.
I remember what all I scrubbed and scraped and
rubbed off, and I think
*No more. No more. No more.
Obscurity in The City

                                Roots in The Desolate

          Taken in by Wind

                Lone tone in Paradise

                                          Black shades in Red

                     Holding the drum's Roar

         Crooked grains in Glass

                              Shot down stars Glow

   Rug by the Roadside

              Crimson tide in Blue

                              Ghost windows without Paine

                  Tireless metal boxes perched

      Torpid tornadoes remain still

                      Structure floating motionless; inert

          Drifting, they lay, dead in one Place.
Things that d r I f t cannot lean on another one's spine. As each line d r I f t s, no letter clings to the border. And FIXED they will always remain.
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Klvshp0et
Drunken letters
Escaped her mailbox
Like ruffled feathers
And saturated at her feet
As if it was flurry weather

What we use to be is
No longer there
So I've written down my wrongs
To try and make it fair
And my everyday thoughts of her
As well as what we use to call love
Is what I am willing to share
Even though my tactics are rare
It is what's going to strip me
Of my insecurities
And leave me bare

God I hope
I wish
I pray
That she reads my drunken letters

I see my letters like flares
Gaining height in the dark
Hopefully they are bright enough
To get me somewhere close
From a far to her heart

They contain vast descriptions
Of her beauty
The way she carries herself
And how she moves me
How calm and sweet her voice is
And how she soothes me
How much I miss her glare
And  how my mind fools me
That no one can compare


I hope she gets my drunken letters
And see me as a troubled soul trying to do better
She's changed like the seasons
And my mind just won't let her
Because if there was a way to measure
The love I have for her
I'm sure it would be in all of my letters

God I hope
I wish
I pray
That she reads my drunken letters.
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Milena S
I rarely followed the dictates
of my withdrawn heart
Rather I was led by the rationality

But every glance of yours
unleashed a ****** of my feels
And myself

I miss you
I miss my silver linings



*ms
 Jul 2013 Gary Muir
Axiana
My spirit needs to breathe
I am drowning in fatigue
Breathing without moving
Floating in unease
I hear hope is blooming
Somewhere inside these
Patience bearing ocean flowers
I am too high up to reach
This need awakens me
To will my lungs to breathe
I tried to hide from destiny
By staying just beneath
Shimmering surface dreams
All colours of the sea
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