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 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Ciel Noir
Axe
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Ciel Noir
Axe
there was a time
I was connected
to myself
and to it all

my heart feels like a piece of wood
just waiting for the axe to fall

I know it will be split in two
I don't want the suspense to end

but deeper down I look within
and want to be the tree again
when i was younger
i watched the birds and the bugs
and i loved the way they looked so
L I V E L Y
but now i wonder if
i admired them for the
H A P P I N E S S
i craved
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
ju
rough
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
ju
little girl, drawing.
chalk on the wall,
red brick on the path-
she’s more than quiet.
not all of it bad.
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Rob
Sometimes
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Rob
sometimes my soul bleeds in the night

sometimes there’s a stillness so fragile so right - captured in an unfolding moment of life

sometimes thought obscures the well where I bask in a sea of warm flowing light

sometimes structure in my mind gives way, where left meets right geometry takes flight, creating a prism of colours blending logic with the light

sometimes a poem takes flight
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