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 Apr 2017 Samantha Lee
ryn
We all look up to the same sun.
To the same moon we confide.
We all look at them the same...
Hoping for the light of day...
Wishing for peace at night.

Unfortunately...
It seems that they are not just.
For their light is selective.
It is not available to those
heavily shrouded in the dark,
drenched in tears.
It seemingly favour those
who'd shamelessly croon for their boon.
Miscreants who shirk
their responsibilities and fears.

I beg you...
Guardian of day and sentinel in twilight.
May your arms be kind and fastidious.
May your reach be deliberate,
purposeful and extensive.
Find those who cry but without voice.
Cradle those who've made decisions
without the luxury of choice.
Shed some love so they could see
past their laboured breaths in mud.
Raise them to their feet
so that they might
have a fighting chance to live.
 Mar 2017 Samantha Lee
Peculiari
When you gave me my heart back
I was amused
because not only had you taken
extreme care of it,
but you had also sewed old holes,
healed past burns
and cured previous cuts.
pb, thank you for that.
Myth unlocks the question,
—magic then affirms

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
 Mar 2017 Samantha Lee
Anna Starr
things fall apart
and like a nudged glass chandelier
we came crashing down
on cold, hard marble

wouldn't it have been nice
to be made out of plastic as well?


maybe then,
we wouldn't be in pieces.
what we had isn't recyclable. i don't know what to do.
dancing are all the stars in the midnight sky
as the shining moon looks upon with a smile
and I'm lost in a dream of dancing with you
you love only you, dancing the night away

my dream,  a lovely dream, a beautiful dream
a sweet, sweet dream, sweetheart of my dreams
a dream of dancing one dance on a summer's night
with you, dancing stars and a shining moon
xoxo
It never seems the right time.
Watching night pursue the day.
That one light spread across a blanket.
That one rebellious soul that sees all but never says a word.
You shy away, but still I chase.
Wandering about until it gets dark enough to truly see you.
There I wait, knowing only persistence
we're at stage one:

you say, "the light
is hurting my eyes
now more than ever."

i squeeze your hand
in mine and whisper,
"let's make it worse
together." you take a breath
so deep it rattles
the entire
room.

i can't see past
four years ago, but your eyes
are closer to mine
than i've ever felt them before.

i can feel your heart
in your ribs, knowing
it used to be higher.

i tell you that i had a dream
the other night
about us falling apart,
about you
losing your lungs,
losing your mind,
feeling worse
than i ever could, and
letting a missing love
lead you
to the glistening
dark
blue stones.
man is mortal.
but a poet is immortal
he lives through the million words of his own.
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