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Pepper Dove Feb 2015
So close to me
can't reach
yet...
I keep stretching.
Water beneath my feet
eyeing my reflection.
Smile faintly
gawking at me
won't let me be,
stood to turn
then fell right in
forgetting how to breathe.
Pepper Dove Feb 2015
Black smeared speckles
peppered on tops of trees
Still
and silent
Gawking at me
Squinting eyes uncover
the unruly umbra
I too...
have been deceived.
Pepper Dove Feb 2015
I want to dig deep
into my rib cage
rip out my soul
and THROW it
onto this page
Can't find the words
to disperse
without
expressing the rage
that I keep
bottled up
CAP GLUED SHUT
but you keep shaking me up
to the point
explosion
all emotions
turned to potion
sprayed on the walls
for everyone to soak in.
Pepper Dove Feb 2015
Nestled closely to my dreams
  I build castles in air
Dancing on tops of clouds
  with my tiny feet bare
I carry on in a way of grace
  singing songs with rapture
Hands twirling in the sky
  rose petals I swiftly capture
I kiss each one
  blowing them back to the wind
My soul is too selfless
  to have harbored all of them
In the distance his eyes met mine
  with a gentle smile
My cheeks turning to a cranberry wine
  as he took my hand a while
Floating deep into the rising sun
  warm colors melt our souls
Poured into the open sea
  spiraling round and round on carousel
Until washed upon twinkling sands
  of greens and yellows
I awaken with empty hands
  and a heart that bellows.

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