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Mike Adam May 3
Emptying night soil
From the bucket

Evoking memory of Romantic
Dinner 'neath sparkling
Chandelier.

How intertwined we are
Prison, Hotel
Body, Soul

Lovers soil and sparkle
Together
Mike Adam May 2
Pouring molten metal
Into golden moulds-

counterfeit value

This is how gold
Blinds the eye.

Hoard in a wood-yard
To build a better future-

This is how time
Tricks the mind
I love,

the desperation
as if wandering lost on a mountain.

I love the solitude
and the loneliness of being
compelled to love.

i love the desperation.

the wolf hidden in my wild heart
howling at a streetlight

and the sorrow of distant echoes in my head
and the laughter coming from an empty bed.
the mountain ledge whistling in the mist.
the pierce of thorn from the rose
clutched tightly in my fist.


some never feel more alive
as love fades into the silence
of sweet lies and blue skies.

just never show the fear that's in your eyes.
never shed a tear for the rose refused.
  May 2 Mike Adam
November Sky
You don't
have to flinch—
the branch
that bends
won't break
from a wind
that means
no harm.

Fear
is bark
that peels
without
a wound—
as if
no one
could offer
a soft cover
for you.

Love
isn't a task—
it’s shade
when you
feel bare—
it's the quiet
that stays
when you
don't ask.
Mike Adam Apr 27
Fitful Sleep
Dreams Flit

In and Out-

If Dreams were Real-

How could We Tell?
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