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I face that mysterious door,
Fighting my way
Step by step
Through mounds of paperwork
And applications to where I suited.

All for that intangible future
More fresh and striking than anything here
“I will go.”

My future is manifesting itself slowly,
Inexorably and inexplicably before me.

I choose to gaze at my future as infinite opportunity,
Infinite joy spread over infinite possibilities.
As that joy becomes tangible,
It also becomes more finite.

But from where I stand
I see everything ahead.
I can finally leave
Everything I’ve been tied to
And prove to myself, “I am myself.”

(3/21/14 @xirlleelang)
Guarded by my self destruction
I tend to fall apart
A hidden seed of imperfection
Lies deep within my heart.

Surrounded by my wants and needs
I know not where to turn
I follow while my conscience leads
But still I never learn.

A broken stranger, lost in time
Not knowing right from wrong
Caring too much, my only crime
I’ve called this love too long.

The words get harder everyday
It’s time for this to end
But I’ve loved too hard to hear you say
That I’m nothing but a friend.

(4/10/14 @xirlleelang)
 May 2014 Raven
My name is Sophia
I hear your knocking,
I hear it well
I hear your screams
they're barely a yell
I can make out every single word you say
I wish you could see that they're all in vain
I'm a hopeless case
In other words a waste
because no matter how loud you get
I won't ever be able to forget
The last time that  i ever let somebody in.
 May 2014 Raven
Faith
I watched as her words came out in the slowest motion;
lips made of cherries.
I knew right then that I wanted to cherish her flavor.
 May 2014 Raven
Kahla Mercadante
"Before you left you slammed me up against a wall, ripped open my chest and laid a broken record on my heart. Now my insides only play the same **** tune, screaming at me "he never loved you."
-Kahla Mercadante
 May 2014 Raven
Brandon
Into You
 May 2014 Raven
Brandon
Pull me out
Into you
Lace the heavens
With you
The best place to be
Riding the skies
Where was it
You went
When we got so high
The clouds became
Closer to the ground
We gave in
To lift up
Pull me out
Into you
There's stars
With your name
They call out
We were free
It was
A good night
To watch from above
It was
A good night
To sink into below
It was
A good night
To sink into you
 May 2014 Raven
Cam Zelen
An angel has been gained,
yet there has been so much blood stained.

In these families' lives,
the men can little as comfort their wives.

They will weep and fill with sorrow,
pray that there will be a better tomorrow.

The cruel truth of reality is true,
and for a while their eyes will only know blue.

Younger then 85 is a terrible way to die,
their loved ones can do nothing but ask God "why"?

Yet perhaps God knows this,
as the families stare out into the vacant abyss.

They may find peace with prayer,
tell them that God is there.

There is a reason for what has been done,
do not worry, you will see your son.

McKenzie and Brogan are in a better place,
do not let their time on Earth be a waste.

Think of the good times and memories made,
do not let the incident put those in the shade.

They will be looking down from noon to noon,
saying to their families, "I promise I will see you soon".
 May 2014 Raven
Jonas Gonçalves
The orange paints the clouds
as if it needed some care.
and everything else is painted with darkness.
Then, the sky is a an impressionistic painting.

The light vanishes bit by bit
as a lamp about to burn
and everything else about to rest.
Then, the world is a modern poetry.

The city shivers
as a cold and tender skin
and everything else shivers too.
Then, the doubt is realist prose.

The Sun lies down on the horizon
as a nightly kiss of farewell
and everything else kisses me too.
Then, love is a reciprocal.
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