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A friend of mine told me
I write when I’m sad
She said it is as if I am in pain
And I said when I write it rains
When I put the pen on paper the clouds get dark
And when I stop
The birds of the sky sings
Coming out to play as the sun is out
 Aug 2020 Christopher
Myrrdin
Settle
 Aug 2020 Christopher
Myrrdin
I can't ask you for the truth
In case you ask me for it too
 Jul 2020 Christopher
Myrrdin
Coping
 Jul 2020 Christopher
Myrrdin
At the end of the day,
I just need something,
Anything,
Inside of me,
To fill the voids,
If it comes in clear baggies,
Or leather jackets,
It matters not,
If it just stays for a while.
Sky running past orange bobber,
hair full of scales
Moon beheading the queen
of cicadas and nails
Heart hardening like concrete,
eyes blistering salt
Naturally finding fault,
cut clean to the bone
Lighting all the candles in our
little sinking home
Fish making processions,
I'll never be alone
 Jun 2020 Christopher
Jack P
Have you ever liked someone so much you regret meeting them?
I LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME

I like to say
your name

when you're
not here

turn you
into sound

conjure you out of
thin air

so that you appear
before me

dressed in sound
only

memory sketching in
the rest of you

as if sound
was just an outline

and love
colours you in

adding the voice last
so I can hear you say.

"Hello you..!"
and there you are

as present
as present

can be.

I like to say
your name

when you're
not there.
 Feb 2020 Christopher
West
Idekam
 Feb 2020 Christopher
West
I have never prayed as much or as hard,
then when I realized I might not believe in God.
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