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In between here and there, close to near-
Lies a place to see
Full of things unknown
Especially to me

A place where , you never grow old-
Where Children laugh-
And fantastic stories are told
A place I wait to see

A safe Haven for all-
A place lost in time,
Free from the fall
Leading to Death

The light slants through the trees-
As they run
Their souls it sets free,
Granting Immortality
Attempt at writing in Emily Dickinson style. In honor of the loved ones we have loss.
 Feb 2013 Gemini Baker
Maddie
I set out on a simple task.
Looked at the sun and started to ask.
"Can I change the world dear sun,
like you so often do?
Can I change the world I asked,
I want to shine like you."
The sun could see
She stared at me
And threw my question back.
"Can you change the world you said?
Is that what you asked?
My child you shine as bright as me
And with that mind, you have."
I hope this makes sense.
 Feb 2013 Gemini Baker
Whiskurz
If I could write like Edgar Allen Poe
Then everyone would know my name
Or maybe paint like Da Vinci
I would surely know his fame

But I don't have any life changing words
Or paintings to hang on the walls
They'll be no hall of fame for me
Or any other famous halls

If I could tell a captivating story
Like the stories that Mark Twain told
The things I'd write would be on display
And be worth their weight in gold

Or compose like Wolfgang Mozart
My music would be admired for years
A piece of history that will last forever
A legacy that never disappears

But if I were like any one of these here
Then my work would go unheard
And then who would tell my life's story
As my soul gives birth to word
 Feb 2013 Gemini Baker
Maddie
I only write about love and sadness.
Is that all I know?
Is it sane, or madness?
I'd hoped
you'd care enough
to question...

you were silent.
© 2013 Jene'e Patitucci
survival of disappearance
stranger than the way it is
with unknown translation
like an escaped oblivion
or quatrains from a vanished book
written on yellow paper
with purple-black ink
casting shadows among the shades
that group the lime trees
in their huddle of powdered gold
gathering scattered thoughts together
in an epitaph to the vanishing of
extreme affection and devotion
that passes away
in the hand of the wind
 Feb 2013 Gemini Baker
Metallis
To whom can I confess a secret?
“It depends on what you tell them,” they say.
They’re scared I might be sent away.
Resenting depression; heart of regret,
If I shut up, would they forget?
Would it sit in their minds and slowly decay?
Look what you’ve done, is there no other way?
You’ve given them everything to misinterpret.

Now they look away, like I have three eyes on my head.
They whisper and they judge.
At home I lie in dread,
I am confined to this bed.
With your mistake, I will hold a grudge.
They avoid me because of that thing you said.
We sit in the same room, but it is completely silent
I feel the bond, but think about the little things
I should say it, but think it can wait
With my problems there is nothing to get
One day you are gone and I sit with regret
It does not help to say it many times
We sit in the same room, but it is completely silent
Now it is too late to say what I wanted
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