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the last i ever closed my eyes i saw too many things
it seemed as though my tendencies were turning into rings
and as i spun on each of them i thought i disappeared
but what i wasn't grasping was i gave into my fears
there's nothing like a wand'ring mind to keep you half unsure
to take you into places you may never know you were  
so if it looks familiar - a face, a scene, a sound
forget what you remember get your head to turn around
remember or forget it
i used to write your name
on everything i said & saw
embraced the taste of
pulchritude i never knew at all
but just before the winter
blew its chills along my spine
i realized the truth was
never present in your eyes
so let this be the last
i ever say your name aloud
you'll live inside the
memories i'll send into the clouds
and time will put its seal
upon our broken heavy parts
i am not here for anything
i'm not here for your *heart
title and inspiration taken from Julia Stone's, "Maybe"
 Jan 2015 Julie Butler
nivek
she dances with poets
as they both sing

the music is getting louder
brought from deep silences

the other worldly
beats in their hearts

no time for emotion
the dance is too powerful
Taken into the boardroom
and sitting on a really big chair
the MD did say
I see some new faces
at that Mrs Brink over the side giggle away
and did stare right back at me
then right on the left front me
Mrs Bossom did wink at me
I blushed think I got that right
for I was not used to the boardroom dancing shoes
or the way they move
so I got right up on that boardroom table
hitting my head on the lights
and unbuttoning my shirt
did dance on
one step to the left two right
till I came to brink
at that I fell right off.


True story
:-) The sun is shining but it is raining in my heart.   P@ul.
She sat in the waiting room
Scared as can be
She felt like a little girl
Even though she was thirty-three

Does she want to do this?
Does she really have a choice?
Then she heard this little voice

“Yes you have a choice”, said the voice in her head
But isn’t it too late now, once it’s over, the baby is dead

She ran from room, dark and dingy was the place
She ran and ran at a very fast pace

She couldn’t get away fast enough
She decided to have the baby
No matter how tough
True story
people do ask me
now did that really happen
yes I say
Now come on nowbody lives this much? well I do say!
I do
they look at me
I live it all
within in my head
for I am a surrealist.
True story that's True.  P@ul.
work's for me how about you?
 Jan 2015 Julie Butler
Nickols
For all the poems
written on the subject
of unrequited love.
There are far too few
discussed on
being the desire
of the affection.

A difficult topic
to build a
foundation on.
Considering,
you're suffocating in
debilitating silence.
How could I know
if the words were
never spoken?

Like counting birds
against the blaring sun,
its almost
an impossible feat
to accomplish
battling a massive
lack of knowledge.

--and with the
cataclysm raining
down on your shoulders.
Do you feel cold
and lost in desperation?
A silent hope built up
into a concealed bonfire.

Standing alone.
Burning alone.
Impossibly alone.

I didn't know.
The words never
left your tongue.

No promises made
No catharsis expressed.
Only lustful secret
clutched to your chest.

Sometimes solutions
are not as simple as
they seem.
If only I'd known,
If only I'd been told
long ago;
then maybe
this wretched ending
could have been
something beautiful
instead
of a juvenile mess...
I wrote this and then re-wrote this and then re-re-wrote it again. All because I didn't like how it played out on paper. I think I'm happy with it now.

Sorry If I annoyed you. :^)
I'm surprised I made it home alive
Driving in the pouring rain
Completely drenched in this daydream of you
I know these rain drops are loud
& mean
But how could I possibly hear them
With a voice like yours in my head?
You've stolen my heart, darling
I've had the chance to see you move in front of me
I've touched your skin
Kissed your mouth
Do you understand how much that means to me?
For once
I'm experiencing an insatiable desire to know someone
To feel their everything

My walls are slowly breaking.
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