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 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Fearless
You sit there alone, tears down your face
another dark night, morning full of disgrace
he said he would call, but you haven't heard
you sent tons of texts, but heard back not a word
he touched you so tender, his hands on your cheek
did things that made your knees just go weak
you talked and talked and he shared his life's goal
you both knew that you'd found a match for your soul
but now he is gone, and without a word
flew right out of your life, like some giant bird
you're shattered and broken, was it all a lie?
this pain is so much that you'd rather die
there is one who is there, He's sat by your side
He's caught in His hand, every tear that you cried
each moment you've spent in bed with popcorn
He's been there for you, watching you mourn
the loss of love that's been ripped from your life
the wounds that cut deeper than any sharp knife
He wants you to know that he loves you so
there is no place inside you so dark He can't go
He can bring joy back into your lonely heart
He is with you always, you're never apart
Though you've betrayed Him and treated Him rotten
He loves you so much, not alone, not forgotten
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Fearless
I sneak up behind and follow you near
my footsteps you will never even hear
I smell your scent and touch your hair
it's wild and tossed without a care
I've tracked you through this lonely night
thought once or twice to give you a fright
I laugh to myself at my own cleverness
but you're enticing me with your nearness
I have the power, I'm strong and fast
but somehow on me a spell you've cast
so now in your shadow I follow behind
trying to wrangle my nature to be kind
You're so delicious I cannot wait
as you stand next to the cemetery gate
so I step from the shadows and try not to smile
so maybe we can talk for a while
if I were to smile then you will just run
and for me that won't be any fun
I like to toy with my food 'fore I eat
not to treat you like you are just meat
After we've conversed for a little bit
and lured you down to talk and just sit
then I brush my hand across your slim neck
just one little bite, aw what the heck
the place where it beats, your heart in my hand
I pull myself back and I start to stand
then I see a strange look in your eye
and **** in an instant you take off and fly!
My night is all ruined, my hunting is done
turns out you were the one having fun
But then you fly back and you land in my arms
and again, I'm at the mercy of your many charms
I’m stuck
I’m trapped
Someone come save me
They won’t let me out
I wish they would erase me
I’m so unhappy
Unhealthy
I’m stuck
I’m so alone
Someone please keep me company
They don’t ever let me leave...
When I write
You might see words
When I write
You might see letters
When I write
You might see space
When I write
You might see time
When I write
You might see energy
When I write
You might see
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Josh
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 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Josh
you are staring at me.
you do not blink.

your eyes are burning into my own.
it hurts.
you are hurting me.

stop.
please stop.
i do not want this.
do not hurt me any more.

i scream.

you do not listen.
the moon,
so bright and full,
fills the blue black sky.
it is all one can see,
not the stars
in their glory.
she casts her light
and love
onto the world,
we relish it
and discard her.
her loving face
radiates on us,
nonetheless.
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
T R S
Supper
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
T R S
I made a batch of pepper steak to make my ex-wife happy.

I tapped into my clutch of over-buttered eggs to scrap together a bit of food to show that I'm real.

I flapped a pair of fragile barbeque wings, and sang her a song.

I piped icing into a long string of lies that wouldn't last so long.
"Larry Marshall:  Your poems are like your comment. Thrown together and nonsesical(sic)"
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Aaron Combs
Chicago Sunrise (2020) by A.R. Combs

This, this song I made you, let it pierce your heart,
like the silver moon earrings, I gave you.

Hear my voice, close your eyes,

Let me hold you on high.
Let me hold you on high.

Like the Kansas fields that outnumber the stars,
let's walk on the wheat fields of gold, for even
if I can't forgive you, my heart will freely love you.

Over and over,

like red Georgia Peaches,  like Florida Beaches,
wave after wave, for I can show you the world.
Run with imagination, let it all sweep you away.  
For the diamonds at dusk, are waiting for us.

For like the Chicago sunrise, let the waves of it's sunrise,
sing you back to life, until you are alive and washed by dreams.

Embrace, hold on, like a California dream, pretend it's just me,
like the ring on your finger, let this be, let this be,
a time between you and me, like your silver moon earrings.

For if you harden your heart, lets go back to one,
let me be like your silver moon earrings,

let me hold you on high.
let me hold you on high.
For her
 Oct 2019 Laura Duran
Aaron Combs
The stars, with all their power,
are falling like Himalayan roses.
Tonight the marble moon is burning,
mirroring the hazel flames in your eyes.

Soon the twin shadows of Gemini
will soar overhead.

While the world unravels
like a crimson dress,
tell me the moment—
the moment you knew life was good.

Dust storms, spirits, shadows
will bleed across the dawn.
Inside this truck let me cradle your heart;
beneath the darkness I’ll be your armor.

Up the sleeves of our feelings,
night no longer terrifies—
cling to the hem of my words
as streetlights spill over skin and memory.

Oh, these shadows, shadows, shadows…
I feel fear as fiercely
as I feel the fire in your eyes,
while the red sky drops like razor blades.

Until we’re clothed in a single flame,
tell me you belong to me.
There is only this night:

the marble moon in flames,
stars collapsing around us.

Turn the radio up—one last song—
and let its blaze of sound
meld perfectly with the fading.
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