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For my love
Forlornly I will rest
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in this melancholy nest,
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that hums for me the tune
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of my beloved doom; /
1m
Dec 17, 2012
Unwanted Gift
The burning
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that runs its course through my veins
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is not there
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because I asked for it -
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it i
2m
Jan 18, 2012
Astrid Orbit
All I know of you
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is the love I had for you
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when I fell into this dream.
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You were beautiful, /
4m
Jan 7, 2012
Baby Girl
I know you don't know this
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but that's why I'm writing it.
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When you called me baby girl last nigh
1m
Feb 27, 2011
Ohio
The closest I can
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get to you is
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the farthest I can
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get from here -
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the farthest I can get fr
1m
Jan 30, 2011
Smoke
You invade my space,
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Making my eyes tear up
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And my lungs burn.
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You even make my mind dry.
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Ta
1m
Dec 13, 2010
Trees
I can feel the trees breathing.
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I can see them
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inhale our blemished truths,
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pulling them deepe
1m
Oct 15, 2010
In My Bones
Your words hum in my bones.
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Not the honey sweet hum of jazz
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as you watch rain smooth over golden
1m
Sep 30, 2010
Where I'm From
I am from garbage trucks invading the streets,
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bringing young ones to the window.
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I am from the
2m
Sep 27, 2010
Day 1 - revised
Wishes and dreams
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carried by the wind
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to a place
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no one knows
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but everyone dreams of.
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Moth
2m
Sep 15, 2010
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