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The Tides

December 14, 2010
By hadleey BRONZE, Coquitlam Bc, Other
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My heart jumps
far ahead
from your eyes
your hands
like the salty black grey waves
that crash
and break.
I want to breathe
to sigh and be washed away
The shakiness
forces itself
against my bones
against the bluebruises of my heart.
Open up.
Give way
to the expansiveness
of my love
like the tides.

© Heather W., No., Brunswick, NJ

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