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 Jun 2022 touka
Azaria
odor remover
and soaked carpet
the memories are
harder to exstinguish
clinging to songs
and scents
i loved you more
last night
when i realized
that we grieve
the same way
it’s nice to know
it’s not just
me
 Feb 2022 touka
Me and You
New
 Feb 2022 touka
Me and You
New
Slowly, very slowly, the child stops fighting, starts to lay down shield and sword and crawls out of its dark corner, shifts towards the light [...]
 Dec 2021 touka
Andrew
Before I die
I wanna try
Just one day
Without a lie
To feel free
In every way
Help me be
Run a mile
Go and play
With a smile
Make me cry
For a while
Not get high
 Nov 2021 touka
Thomas W Case
She had that
octopus smile,
always reaching for
something.
I was her small
fish; her handmaid.
I lived in her nebulous
world for far too long.
Inky confusion...

There's a reason for
your treason, said the
old man to the shark,
but Hem forgot, a beast
is a beast, they do
beastly things.
We all have to eat.

I'm done being the
meal.
It's your Ocean,
I'm just trying to
swim in it.

You're an oyster,
and I want your
pearl,
but I won't drown
for it.
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
Challenge
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
My greatest struggle of humanity is this;
That we must wage our minds against what they are unwilling to relinquish. Where we go, the mind leads and all the unredeemed will follow.
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
Unrefined
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
lean in to me
seal my mouth
with your wax kiss
I will not part
promising nothing
to these days
though they expect much
of my unrefined soul
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
Safe Haven
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
The light bends a little
When we come to this place in the middle
Your safe place is a little to the left
I run to you just a little bit West
I seek you out in the in between
Breathing in sweet and musky, ethene
My soft hands against yours
Water splashing against iron rod
While I wait for my sins
To climb their way up to God
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
(as is)
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
is anyone more predictable than a poet
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
Down
 Nov 2021 touka
Lexie
I know sadness doesn't make you feel full
But it's one hell of a completeness
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