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It's determined not
By your flow of words
Nor the rhymes
That makes a rhythm
Those are countless

It's by the courage
You simply give
To the new ones
For that shows
The love of poetry

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Was the death star
a death sun to the planet closest?
if so, i'm one.
 Jun 2016 Rainey Birthwright
taia
her fingers dance
over flower petals.

the pinkish hue
slowly turning to red.

as the movement quickens,
her digits dampen.

the soft caressing
escalating to furious fondling.

the sheen of her skin
is bright from the sweat.

angelic moans escape her lips,
and her back arches.

the ****** of the story-
after all, this is what she came for.

how can what feels so heavenly
be considered so unholy?
wow um don't know where that came from but it happened so...sorry to offend. if you were offended.
I have to believe that in the frail light
Of this ever darkening night
That our silhouettes will somehow escape.
Will run away from us,
From this place
Of harsh words
And sharp realities.
These words which currently impale me
Cast no shadow,
So they must not be real
Or more so less real than you and me sitting here.
Gazing at each other
As lovers do.
Perhaps, though we may end
And dissipate into the thickening air,
Our shadows may maintain some sort of secret love affair.
Perhaps our silhouettes may remain star-crossed lovers
Running away to meet under moonlight.
So even though there is finality on your breath
And a chill running across the absence your hand left on my chest
I have to believe
That there must still be a remnant of you in love with me.
He bought his house at an average price
And lives there with his average wife
In his average car with average miles
He ferries around his average child

He'll be the first to admit
His labrador is average thick
In an average job he's kind of stuck
He used to smoke and then he gave up

His average cat has an average tail
Through his door flies average mail
Occasionally he does aspire
To something grander, something higher

But average suits him quite alright
In fact it's really rather nice
I saw a TV programme about a racehorse that won everything. When it died they measured its organs and bones and found nothing exceptional. All measurements were absolutely average. So average is good!
I don't write poetry
I write emotions and experiences
interpreted as demented delusions
heartbreak and heartwake
mindsets and trivial stories
from the past, present or a predicted future
deciphered in to something meant to explore
it's all the same without a brain
to make the words written more than words
a poet only does half of the work
your emotions, your experiences,
your delusional interpretations,
your heartbreak, your mindsets
your past and your personality create the poetry
what you take from it is unique
a little piece of someone else
just for you
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