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Feb 2013 · 408
Bird
Russell Slater Feb 2013
Sparrow
I watched you fall gently
I watched you hit so hard
I watched your struggle

Sparrow
I cup you in my hand
Wings bent back
And out of place

Sparrow
Your chest rises shallow
cage bars are showing
My concern deepens
Jan 2013 · 644
Close
Russell Slater Jan 2013
Distance
More than miles
The space
Between us

I see you
Only from afar
Your touch
Lost its meaning

Driven away
By confrontation
Pulled close
By temptation
Jan 2013 · 661
Peat
Russell Slater Jan 2013
Liquor
The bite no longer
Effects my throat

No dry burn
To delay the onset
Of my natural state

Don't stop
Flow is too important
To disrupt
Jan 2013 · 740
Untitled
Russell Slater Jan 2013
A home for neglected hearts
Each battered and bruised
Still fighting
Yet, never to find each other

Yearning only shows the cracks
The fragility of something so strong
Hoping only weakens conviction
When there is no action to take
Jan 2013 · 474
No omega
Russell Slater Jan 2013
I look at the sunset
And I realise why lesser men
Believe in heaven
Jan 2013 · 491
Paternal
Russell Slater Jan 2013
Our Father
Now - there's a sentence
Heavenly or Mortal
I've yet to see evidence of either
Jan 2013 · 424
Morning
Russell Slater Jan 2013
Street lights
Extinguish as I pass
As if my shadow
Too much effort to cast

Sky still sits still
Path still wet grey
Lone footsteps echo back
Against the early morning
Jan 2013 · 459
Pour
Russell Slater Jan 2013
More than I could ever drink
Less than I'd ever want to

The lines blur on the bottom
Of a two bit council pool

Unaffected by the glassware
So more I pour

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