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You are significant
Crucial and necessary to bind the balance
Of dignity and the intangible

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 Sep 2020 John Destalo
artisticAR
A tree amidst a forest
a forest amidst the
land
Darkness surrounds her,
the moon lends her a bright
strand

But a shadow looms engulfs the
night
it quivers , screams in its hushed delight
Devouring her soul, in disquieting grief
The robber of love, the sinner, the thief
                  
....amp
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Khoisan
Placid
lake of love
I want to drift
into your heart
closer and closer
to your soul
deep into you
slaked
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Onoma
a Blue Jay

pecked on a

window twice

to usher in Fall.

as leaves begin

to number apart

from trees, their

endgame

returning children

to school.
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Honeybee
Pain
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Honeybee
You can see the pain
Leaves a blood stain
Have sat at a gray window
Cried into my pillow
A lot of nights
I think about the fights
That I caused
I wish I could have it paused
Could have fixed it
At least a little bit
Arguing every night
I was in my blanket pulled tight
Or in the tub begging to drown
All I had was a frown
"Keep your head up"
It wasn't just a bump
You did this
Back then there was no bliss
I was thinking of a day
Where things might go a little my way
But it never did
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