Lust
Such a soft gaze dawns with a wonder
At how we’re drawing closer, like railway lines
Hoping the horizon holds the promise of touch
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Regret
Inching closer, a sudden rash swing,
And the dry twig cracked beneath the rose,
Leaving only the beat of fleeing wings.
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Destruction
Burn fiercer, fire
Raise your great waves
Crash your tide upon us
Drown us among your crests
Deluge is with flames of salt.
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Waking
Delicate webs of green sleep crystals
Crumble on waking, like buildings falling
As dream civilisations turn to dust
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Unwinding
On the coffee table the remains of the day,
A tumbler of amber whisky, an ashtray,
Lazy wreaths of smoke rising calmly.
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Fatigue
The last flame in her grey eyes glowed
Like the final light in the cigarette ash
Being stubbed out on the hard pavement.
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Gratitude
As her patient writhed, she recalled the red crosses
By her wrong answers, his pedantic wounds to her pride,
With love.
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Dread
In a bustling shopping mall parking lot,
She stoops to find her child’s pacifier,
Somehow lying by an abandoned trolley.
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Affection
Your coat, warm, like the marshmallows
We toasted over the campfire
While you guarded us in the shadows.
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Guilt
In a voice of ash he told the public
Why justice was violence, hatred, murder,
For those without conscience, only children.
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