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 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Ashton Sky
take my heart
take my hand
take my life
from where i stand

take my home
take my car
take me away
so very far

take away my breath
take away my mind
take my spirit
make me blind

strip me down
to not even a body
leave me along
before i start rotting

were made up of so much
so many things combined
but what is it that makes us
really alive
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
elizabeth
I sat on your bed,
confused as to why you asked me to stay
Your sister downstairs,
left to think what she wanted

You sit down next to me,
finding the courage to touch me
Your hands move lightly,
fingertips brushing my back, my knee

Our fingers collide,
but we are feeling too much to stop
Left waiting,
the back of your hand pressed to my leg

You stare at my lips,
I realize how dry my mouth is
We both know what's coming,
but neither is brave enough to start

It won't be much longer,
you press your forehead to my shoulder
With one sweeping motion,
darkness overtakes the room

I see nothing,
but feel your mouth against mine
Three months separated,
distance finally closed with open lips
I can't remember much
But I can remember the good
Old times.
We start forgetting stuff
When we are getting old.
Because our mind,
Is waiting for
Better memories.

(m.v.a)
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Jamie
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 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Jamie
*
I want to kiss you under a thousand stars
As any thing less just won't do
But above all else
I miss you
I am thankful to this moment,
for you are not here.
You are not
weaving your fingers through mine
nor are you
kissing the center of my forehead.
And yet I am thankful,
for each moment you are not here
implies a moment in which you are.
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Matthew
Jigsaw
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Matthew
We're two one-sided cardboard pieces
Segments of a cloudy sky
It looks like we would fit together
But we won't
But we try.
But we try.
Eyes glued to tiny screens,
the thought of eye contact is faint,
Words are limited.
Silence is all you hear along with the shocks of the buses' wheels
I look around,

Eyes glued to tiny screens,
plugged in,
cookie cake in hand.
What are they thinking?!
A smile wouldn't hurt!
What is beauty?
The train whistles.

Eyes glued to tiny screens,
doors are open,
people get on and off the bus.
What journey are they on?
What part of the day am I getting to share with them?
A smile wouldn't hurt.

It's funny how I teach my students that eye contact is very important.
Am I setting them up for failure?
I look around.
It's like I am invisible.

Eyes, glued, to tiny screens.
I could probably sit here naked and no one would notice me.
A smile wouldn't hurt.

The breeze feels grand,
but who am I to judge?
Eyes glued to the screen.
I am just as bad as one of them.
A day at the bus stop.
Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal

Pouring redemption for me, that I do

The will of God, wallow in the habitual, the banal,

Grow with nature again as before I grew.

The bright stick trapped, the breeze adding a third

Party to the couple kissing on an old seat,

And a bird gathering materials for the nest for the Word

Eloquently new and abandoned to its delirious beat.

O unworn world enrapture me, encapture me in a web

Of fabulous grass and eternal voices by a beech,

Feed the gaping need of my senses, give me ad lib

To pray unselfconsciously with overflowing speech

For this soul needs to be honoured with a new dress woven

From green and blue things and arguments that cannot be proven.
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Elise
Diaries
 Aug 2014 Lexi Cairns
Elise
As the awkward silence of a thousand heartbeats pass
I am left to think there is nothing left for me
I don't like diaries they feel far too personal
they speak of pain, bitterness, shattered hopes and dreams
Mine no better than others
All consuming love drowned out by the angry waves of grief and misery
Buried by the storms you left behind as you walked away
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