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I sugar coated the abuse
Now everything tastes sweet.
He was easy as a breeze on the outside
He had a raging storm inside
Busy searching for the stop signs
And the turns kept passing him by
Even the most colorless of roses, still have life and purpose…
It takes the right person to bring the color back to life and bloom to its highest expectations...
The past is not defining,
And the future’s a distraction;
So living here and now,
Is such a prudent action.
 Jul 2021 Vanessa Gatley
nim
leaves
 Jul 2021 Vanessa Gatley
nim
a leaf falls onto the bench,
completely mute. you pick
it up, begging it to make a sound.
i wonder why, it won't work wonders;
i wonder why, has it fallen down,
i wonder why, are we all
just leaves, now
on the ground?
The words that you read
Eyes that see, have the power to receive
The mind conceives, as it wants to believe
Don't make of your wife
Your home decor article.
Let her be
Your sun that
Never stops shining.
Be her  moon.
 May 2020 Vanessa Gatley
JD
You
 May 2020 Vanessa Gatley
JD
You
Your beautiful face
Suddenly appeared in the crowd
And within in millisecond
My sad face blossomed
 May 2020 Vanessa Gatley
Anvillan
Random pillows,
piled on a chair.
Different sizes,
different fillings.
Red, yellow,
plain, some with flowers.
Life’s a pile,
different stories
different looks.
Each is different
but each the same.
Each lies waiting
for that hand to
change their fate.
Like pillows in a pile
waiting, always waiting.
Life today?
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