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Three sisters, Love, Hope, and Dreams
Growing up always felt the need
To hold each others hands wherever they went
That way Love would not lose Hope and Hope would not lose Dreams

In life though it's bound to happen
The girls grew up and didn't see each other that much
Love and Hope stayed in semi contact
But with Dreams both of them lost touch

It seems sister Dreams couldn't stay
So one day Dreams just up and flew away
Leaving Love and Hope all alone
With an empty void since Dreams has been gone
I live in a state of perpetual change
Most always...

You can find me there without a care
On most days...

As I loosely hold on to the tight
To what I perceive to be the last of the light
Borrowing what's left from the wrong side of right
Most always...

Letting loose the perpetual groove
Most always...

What I like to do is as old as it is new
On most days...

With no breeze I like flying my kite
In the bright  sun counting stars in the sky
Secretly hoping and wishing I might
Most always...

I find the old in the new with perpetual clues
Most always...

Then I sell them all back to the youth
On most days...

I pull on the string that lights up the sun
I make number two out of two number ones
I'll add a dab of not yet to a mixture of done
Most always...
 Jan 2014 Laura Susan Smith
Becca
As the trees cascade their shadow,
And the day comes to a close,
You and I take up our standard poise.

We huddle together under blankets so tight,
As if this wind would not get through,
Our fort of love for two.

The leaves swirl around us,
As  you cuddle into me,
Although I know its a traitor you truly see.

Deep inside I know I have done wrong,
Yet you forgive once more,
With a heart that I terribly tore.

The demons inside cannot stifle,
As hard as I try I cannot pause,
Once again its your heart that is sawed.

Yet like a lion on the hunt,
Nothing will stop me from the game,
And I know I am the only one to blame.

So here I say tomorrow I will change,
Even though  we all know it will be the same,
So I kiss your head as you comb my mane.
 Jan 2014 Laura Susan Smith
Becca
As a  chain fence protects a herd of cattle from the wind,
You protect me from the falsehood of life.

With my  trust in your palm,
you willingly lead me into the safety of peril.

For my head upon your shoulder,
fits like an agonizing glove.

The love you possess for me,
is the same love a wife has for her husband’s mistress.

The amiable animosity that you show toward me,
is not deserving.

Your head now rests where my father’s once did,
and my mother’s heart beats as it once did for pure love.

You would know an insignificant amount about purity,
For it was you who corrupted my immaculacy.
I suppose now,
The time has come -

In spite of all,
At last;

To tread towards
The nearest sign,

To sojourn from
The past.
Is it possible to get another shadow
Cause mine no longer shadows me
It went away the day,
you said you couldn't stay
There was no brightness left so it had to leave

Is it possible to get another heart
Cause mine no longer beats inside of me
It feels no need to carry on,
since you took a part of it and gone
It's done bled all it intends to bleed

Is it possible to get another soul
Cause all mine does is ache inside of me
With an empty loneliness,  
ever since the day you left
And to think it used to be so carefree

Is it possible to let go of love
When I can't rid myself of your memory
Of the time we spent,
and all to me it meant
And how that now is all that I can see
Would I be happy with where I'm at
If I never wrote you another poem
Satisfied with myself
If I never wrote you another poem

If another poem never comes to mind
Will I feel like I have spent my time
Wisely with this heart of mine
If I never wrote you another poem

Would a tear come to my eye
If I never wrote you a poem on love
Would I sit here and wonder why
If I never wrote you a poem on love

If I never wrote you a poem on love
Would I blame the lonely stars above
For not shining bright enough
If I never wrote you a poem on love

Could I be happy with myself
If I never shared my poems with you
Would I pass the blame to someone else
If I never shared my poems with you

If I decided to never share
Toss them to the wind without a care
Not knowing where they'd land out there
If I never shared my poems with you
With my bags and weapons packed
I am now ready for
Whatever it is I throw at me
In this, my one man war

On this ****** battlefield
Where there is only I
Bravery is in high need
When it is to myself that I must die

I have waged this vicious war
For countless amount of years
From the dark jungles deep in doubt
Through the rivers of many tears

So many times I've been wounded
Waving the white flag
Once again a prisoner of myself
In a battle I seldom understand

I know this enemy intimately
Yet I'm still taken by surprise
When what I think is best for me
Is his main disguise

The difference this time on the front line
Is I'll be holding steady
When I come face to face with me, the enemy
I'm now prepared and ready
I am secretly enamored by her beauty

I watch her reflection in glass

I follow at a distance to catch her sweet fragrance

I sometimes sit where I know she sat last

I trace thoughts of her in my memory

Hoping I'll soon see her again

And that the day will be breezy

So I can watch her hair blow in the wind
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