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how often
the jade
appears
some wear it
as a spear
this color
we know well
it rarely if ever
is covered
by a shell
there it is
rearing its head again
a covetous tinge
to its eye
 Sep 2013 Jemimah
brooke
I can feel my
heart heal
slowly
inch
by
inch
(c) Brooke
Youth--
That vermillion sky
So tainted by the dark ink scrawled across
The pages of psychiatrists notepads
And the cool cimmerian shade
Always looming on the horizon--
Exists only in fond memories

Compassion is smothered
By the shrill vociferations of selfish regret
And hope is a vain paroxysm

Your life will be empty
Your grave will be full
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