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 Mar 2014 Et cetera
Auve
I whisper the same words to all who pay attention
yet, to all, conveyed is a different image.

Restrained to the page I lie, free for interpretation
both depth and simplicity, words without age.

I am myself, but I am each who read me
The outlet of untold thoughts begging desperately

to be free.
I was just thinking about why I love words. To me, a poem can be shared by everyone everywhere because the unchanging words convey a different meaning to each of us. It touches us each in a different way that pertains to our lives.
 Mar 2014 Et cetera
Enigmuse
Remember how you said that
only God will judge us
and when I told you my secrets,
you left?* I do.
******
 Mar 2014 Et cetera
drizzt
It sits in my stomach / Resting, waiting.
Unsolved, / But not unwarranted.
A problem.

It stirs / it bristles as it sits up and stretches.
Yawning / pandiculating.
It's awake.
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It begins to gnaw.
Eating you alive from the inside.
Encompassing the whole of your mind.
Focus.
Focus.
Focus.
You can't.
You run.
You can't.
You hide.
You can't.
You breath.
You can't.
You can't.
You can't.
It is there.
It lives on.
It cannot die.
It thrives.
It grins.
You collapse.
It wins.
I have no trouble with problems that relate to others, for those I can solve. The ******* are the ones you have with yourself, simply because no one can help you. Or at least that's what you think.
 Mar 2014 Et cetera
Trey Craig
How we are like a snowflake each our own shape.
We’re all born pure, and land wherever the wind takes us.
Our destination is never for certain, for a cloud over a calm field,
May have flakes land in a distant fire,
Or fall to the concrete and get shoveled aside
Forgotten of their magic and stomped to ice.
Not you, the flake on the other side of the mountains,
The flake that is part of an aura of calmness and peace.

How we are like a snowflake each magical and full of potential.
Some turned to snowmen or formed to angels,
Others turn to ***** for a joyous fight,
Some flakes fall on mountain tops and remain up there for years,
Others fall to that same mountain and cause an avalanche.
Some fall to rivers and wash away and are never seen,
Not you, the flake that remains the same, that is untouched by time
And unscathed by hands and prints, needing no other form to remain beautiful.

Some flakes get walked all over turned hard and cold,
Unfavorable to be around and hurtful when one falls.
Other flakes are turned to homes providing shelter and comfort.
You’re that flake free and soft, still able to fly with the wind.
You’re that snowflake in the wilderness, the clean snowflake
Not covered in dirt, not marked, and not yet on top of the mountain,
But that snowflake that is full of so much potential and beauty.
Oh how we are like a snowflake, and how you’re brilliant among us all.
Strong and powerful. Wrapping you up in their embrace. So delicate, yet so hard. Hard to break. Hard to escape. These wings aren't made for flying. They're made for holding and comforting. Loving and protecting. Tears make them stronger. Nothing will ever break them. Come and be safe. Know you're alive when you enter their shelter. Hide from your fears and cast out all doubts. No worries are present when you're surrounded by these wings. My angel wings.
You like to mold me like I'm clay. Form me and shape me into who or what you want me to be. I'm not a puppet that you can control by my strings. You don't own me. But you see, that's where you and I are different. We're like fire and gasoline. Just waiting to set the other one off and blow up everything around us. But you like to set the trap. You douse me in gasoline and light the match that sets me on fire. When will you learn that I can't breathe in your fumes anymore?
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