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I long to be free
A controversy of sorts
Follow my lead
I could use the support

I stand apart
From others like me
It’s hardest to start
I’m sure you’d agree

Alone in the dark
It’s true I can’t see
I’ll give you my heart
It’s true, yes indeed

I veer off course
It’s temporary
It’s hard to endure
Through the controversy

I’ll never give up
I’ll enter my plea
I’ll fill up my cup
And plead insanity

When I’m released
I’ll pretend to foresee
A future that’s bright
But that’s just a theory

There are things in life
That you just can’t unsee
Under the knife
Stuck in purgatory

There’s lies I believe
The time is fleeting
A fool for your love
In 100 degrees

Burning, not yearning
The red of my skin
It’s a little disconcerning
Of what could’ve been
brenda callahan Mar 2017
words connected you and i
before any twinkling eye or sutte laugh

before any disconcerning eye or  lustward gaze

before any lingering touch or







your words teased

my word tweaked

you words poked

my words followed

yours words distanced

my words with tone

your words attracted

my words with laughter

your words warned

my words  invited

your words openly

my words enticed

your words accepted

our words engaged
Levi Windolf Dec 2018
A sack full of bones;
Tryna find a home.
Wandering in a wasteland,
Of coffee and drones.
Searching for answers
To questions unheard
Waiting for the person
Who stands out in the herd

But I've found my someone
I'm no longer searching.
It's my role now,
To help those still lurking.
In the shadows
Where they're hiding their hurting.
To come to a place,
Where hurting is learning.

Because you can't help others
Until you help yourself.
You can't love others,
Till you love yourself.
And you'll never find comfort,
While pretending to have it
Cause the beginning of healing
Is the choice to start feeling.

And I've found my someone
I'm no longer hurting
I've accepted myself
Through the love of another
Cause medicine like demazin
Takes care of all the physical
But loving one other
Is a cure like no other

So don't give up
Your life has meaning
There is more you can see
You can break through the ceiling
You can make a difference
And perhaps in the distance
A beautiful person
Will see that you're worth it

You'll find your someone.
It's a process of learning
And as time goes by
You'll slowly stop yearning
As memories from the past
Become less disconcerning
Cause you'll find your bones
And then you'll be home.

— The End —