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John Destalo Aug 2020
we ask why
not for

we do not
want more

you speak
words from

memory

everything
is in your

head but

all truth
is embodied

and never
complete

so you can
not answer us

in any way
we can believe
John Destalo Aug 2020
floating alone
in the ocean

there are two gods

the sun and
the moon

rule the
cloudless
sky

creating extremes
in feelings

and faith
bi-polars of

pure light and
deep dark

and what is clear
in these moments

that happiness
comes and goes

in waves
John Destalo Aug 2020
you are a
beautiful bird
so colorful
and delicate
living a life of
sudden movements
chasing a breeze

I have no net
I have no cage

so I hold out
my hands

in the gentlest way

and hope
you land

in them
to rest

before you
have to leave
John Destalo Aug 2020
I wiped my
mind clean

erased all
the excess

all the things
that no longer

have meaning
to me

it’s so easy
to let things

linger and
build up

let them
weigh me down

so last night

I wiped my
mind clean

of everything
that means

nothing to me
John Destalo Aug 2020
the music was
mystical

deep and sad
a scream just

when we needed it

we moved in
and out in

a way that
could be called

a dance

our blood polluted
our minds clean

we waited until
the lights came on

and when we left

the streets were wet
the air smelled clean

it must have rained
John Destalo Aug 2020
before you slept

I heard you
pray for peace

it was

a lifetime of
little pains

that led to this

the night god
whispered

your name
John Destalo Aug 2020
an egg
on the edge

cannot float
it falls

we fall
the abyss

is not as far
as we think

we think
we are high

but we are
rolling down

the hill
toward the

edge we
cannot float

like an egg
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