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I'm Toto I'll pull the curtain
for the world to see what
the all powerful really is.
Liars, Charlatans and fakes.
Bury truth. Sell agenda.
Wake up, Neo...
I tripped the light fantastic
back in the day.
I dropped acid and dressed
like a high clown prince
and dreamed us in forever
in the place we always wanted.
Where did you go?
Where am I now?
 Dec 2020 Amber Heaney
Simoné
It took me seven years
to realise
the words in my mind
were too deep for
my mouth to dig up
I thought it was easier
to open my skin
and let the truth
pour down my arms

It took me seven years
to realise
nobody should be allowed
to touch parts
of your home
or hold pieces  
of your heart
that you don't yet understand

It took me seven years
to realise
I will wear these scars
forever
I'll carry them
through every smile
every kiss
every concerned gaze
I'll carry them
to my grave

It took me seven years
to realise
the pain carved
into the walls
of my castle
etchings of
attempting to disappear
are not a story of weakness
but a tale of
how I survived
 Dec 2020 Amber Heaney
Rose
Blind
 Dec 2020 Amber Heaney
Rose
I crave to write the way I used to write
With punctuality and natural rhyme
Maybe now I just don't have the time,
The passion, or right mind
These words, I can just no longer find
I don't see things the way I used to
It's like I'm going blind
How soft was your voice
Never angry or too loud
Voice of an angel
If
you
speak
with sweet
lithe tongue, my
sanguine heart will hear.
If you sing refrains unsung,
my soul becomes a tear.
But, if you say you
love me not,
I will not
live
the
night.
For you are all there is of me,
my
heart,
my
breath,
my
sight.

— The End —