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 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Mads
I do not feel love for you

Long ago, I was consumed
by a diabolical
everlasting
flame
flaring out of control
I was defeated
like a house of sticks
blown away
by a wolf
Swept onto shore
like an abandoned
shell.

I do not feel love for you
I am love for you.
Your flames consume me
warm me
burning passionately
with everything I do
You rebuilt me
With our future
brick by brick
through the wind and rain
we built away
You collected my empty shell
You created something new
from my empty self.
I am made of my love for you.
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Anonymous
She leaves in four days
We have matching friendship bracelets
Along with matching smiles
And the same features
She will soon be 2580 miles from me
Instead of a thin wall between us
There will be a vast ocean
No more drunk poetry
No more sister days
No more door slamming and angry fights
No more home cooked dinners from her
No more library dates
Or our car washes
Just the forced silence of her absence
And an un-empty apartment that feels completely empty
Without my fellow introvert and best friend
And oh how ironic it is
That the emptiness can feel so heavy
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Tatianna
Out of all the flowers I chose you,I chose you because you were a flower that stood out in the garden, bright and bold. You looked as if you were never hurt, nor did you want anyone to hurt you. I choose you because you looked so delicate, and I promise to never hurt you.
Messing around with words.
How did you know?
Was it
The look in my eyes?
My demeanor?
My straight face and
Tight gestures?
Before I spoke
You were gone
Swept away in the wind
No need to explain
You understood my silence
The silence was the end
And the end
Was inevitable
the end is always inevitable
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Mads
Growing up
Too often a regret
Too often synonymous
        With morose days
                And nostalgia at every corner.

I cannot sleep without my teddy bear
      It makes me feel like a protector
               It makes me feel protected
                       And loved
                                 And not so alone.

I will grow up in due time.

For now
       I feel a strength
               A warmth.
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Setenance
synchronicities
are the starlights
to show the way
i once knew why
i came here
don't know
if i'll stay

the moon
is pouring
down
fills me up

eyes are open
looking for
answers
in the
empty

not sure
what to
extract
what to
reflect
back

i'm only seeing
pieces
of
the waves
dancing
to a time
far beyond
the
capacities
of
my design

the moonlight
is
beautiful
but it's ****
to write by

can't read
a word

there
now

it isn't
so
abstract
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
Setenance
i'm alive
******
you can't
****
this
you can't
suffocate
what i am
though
i know
you never
meant to

someday
i hope
you see
me

someday
i hope
you see
yourself
 Aug 2014 Nick Durbin
jai
I guess forever was just words to you
I shouldn't have let your lies seep through
Maybe my skin was too thin
Maybe I shouldn't have let you in
But now its all over
And now you are gone
My heart was like a diamond
Trapped in a safe
The combination being you
And those snake eyes saw right through
I never thought it to be possible
But the only thing harder than my heart of diamond
Was yours of ice
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