Strangers once more,  
With hearts untethered, we part ways.  
No more laughter echoes between us,  
There’s only silence where words used to dance.  
We were everything to each other,  
Now we are nothing.

What we loved, what we shared,  
Seems distant, like a forgotten dream.  
I don’t miss the way your smile felt like home,  
I don’t feel the absence of your touch.

I refuse to remember,  
How you knew me,  
How you understood my fears and secrets.

It's a blessing we’re strangers now.  
I won’t pretend  
It was worth knowing you,  
It’s clear now,  
We were always meant to be strangers.

Now read from bottom to top.

Drawn to the edge of the water
in concert with the moon
tides ebbing, flowing,
tasting, smelling,
feeling, hearing,
waves of the sea
crashing, salty, wet,
transporting me—
Inner peace

Inner peace
transporting me—
crashing, salty, wet,
waves of the sea
feeling, hearing,
tasting, smelling,
tides ebbing, flowing
in concert with the moon
Drawn to the edge of the water






Mark Toney © 2021

I can see you
inside the closet
as I watch you from
under the covers
your eyes peak out
through the darkness
hiding
and I can tell you know I'm
scared
I know you're
there
I can see you

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Things will always be the way they are now
So I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
All by myself
I want to make a difference
But then I realise
"It's too hard"
"I won't even try"
Some people say
If we're together, we're stronger
I know in my heart that
This is wrong
And you must agree that
"Failure is worse than death"
I've heard it said again and again
Never trying at all
Is better than
Trying and failing to save the world


Now read from the bottom to the top.

Your harmful words
Pass through me as I bath in
My own compliments