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allissa robbins Aug 2014
I wish I could hold

that baby behind me

in the grocery store checkout.



I wish I could keep

the poem you typed up

on your typewriter for me

that you lost on our first

meeting.



I wish you could grasp

the soft embers

that glow beneath my cold cheeks

whenever you say

"ace".



Sometimes

if the modd discovers my cowering,

I wish you could hold me





and whisper.
allissa robbins Aug 2014
Connect the dots

that are the freckles on

my skin.



Close the lids

that open things

are in.



Hold the books

that my eyes never

end.



Learn the rules-

the fragilities-



of a broken man.
allissa robbins Aug 2014
Green fingers

stroking broken heartstrings



Loving you

pulls at the edges of my fabric



and



Lots of moons

float across the

crystal blanket



You're wrapped in it,

grasping a bottle of

undefined knowledge



Blackest coal



of your outline
allissa robbins Aug 2014
Closing the day, going back to remembered dusk and your heart on a spoon,

Dreamland is a little too far among the gray things, but

you see the day's tears like the end of a dream, its kind

but sorrowful temperament. You seek out

the loss written in the head's tears on the silk flowers

of June's permanent pair of spectacles.

The beauty of her remembrance clouds the outline

of the far body of chlorophorm that

fills your lungs, making the dusk less obvious

and your heart jump to your throat. So now

you're sitting on the closing of the deep things that kept

you so broken for so far and your dusk is Dreamland again and

the lids above your dark regards drop slowly over,



closing.
allissa robbins Aug 2014
Don't put too much pressure

On the things you find beautiful

They will crack



Don't lose touch

With who you've been

Because you might forget



Don't leave behind

Your friends

You might feel lonely



Don't

Stay where you're unhappy

When there's so much out there



There's a world of symphonies

And you've seen very few

Like one or two



You can do

pretty much anything



Because you're strong
allissa robbins Aug 2014
Do not admit your

Innermost feelings and thoughts



Or else I’ll kiss you
allissa robbins Aug 2014
the sun keeps

shining through the

thinly-paned glass

covered, caked in spots

from the rainy days where you and i were in

separate times

separate lives

i was thinking about the

spots of classic arizona dust

and how you were sitting with

other boys

laughing and living



and i received that message

on that day

we know what it said

inspired, three words



clouded skies

clouded eyes

i knew you were out there--

while i was thinking of you--

out there, you were



thinking of me too
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