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  Steps

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  I take a thousand steps in the wrong direction To test the strength of my heart I keep on walking past all these demons I turn around Take a thousand steps back in the right direction and continue walking that way Only, now I know for a fact Nothing conquers my heart I am as s...
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  Moving Forward

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Burning through the daze With these fiery intentions Demolishing those walls Setting them ablaze…...
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  Beneath It All

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  He’s as dark as ever Throwing fire with his gaze Attracting demons in his footsteps and trailing behind shadows His emotions at their peak Hurt him and you’ll know rage Take to him; like a moth to the light Take to him; like no other Allow him to accept himself, And learn to love him; ...
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  Self- Destruct

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  He told me never to tell a soul, of our intentions. Holding secrets Never confessing the sins I committed. No one’s defending These lies, I spit burning holes in the truth Setting any ounce of honesty ablaze A rage Scorching all in its path, leaves no trace of life. He to...
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  There

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Into the abyss I go. When I’ll see light, I will never know. Growing Darker… Sinking lower… . .. ... Into the abyss I go....
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  Direction

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  What way is best to go, which way should I turn? Maybe, I should let the world Decide what I’ve earned…....
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  Hidden Light

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Walking down this street of gold and everybody wants to know, How the lights shine so bright Everything that lies in plain sight Is not safe. Harbored in the docks The stolen lights Etching gold into the creases, Crumpled up in this little world Everything shines....
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  Drowning and Beaten

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Sinking in the deep.. Blue’s and black’s engulfing.. Screams and shouts not reaching The surface I wish to be standing on I’ve been knocked down No air within’ my lungs Bruised body. And a bruised mind. Still sinking, Surely slipping under Darkness is casting through me, Slow...
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  all You are

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  When I stare the white folding walls In their faces The luminescence of the lights Blinding to the sight Invisible paint Covering the walls Not seen, but seen The folding walls Transcend into (life) As I stare into their faces Blinding to the sight But so beautiful....
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  Beneath My Scales

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  I live in this world like a fish in a tank why must I see life through glass see-through and breakable why must I make my home these walls I'm drowning in the depths trapped in my own mess and gasping for bubbles of air that seem unreachable the beauty is materialistic plastic and old...
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  Why Do I?

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  I walk today only a sliver of myself that I was yesterday traveling a journey of many years more than I can afford To lose precious moments is to lose myself I walk today only a sliver of myself that I was yesterday....
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  The Taste of Beauty

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  the powerful beauty of the breeze that flows and fumbles through my hair it tickles your skin explosive shivers rush up your spine it's a cool wind coating a comforting warmth the beautiful colors racing through the swirls of leaves dyeing everything it touches Oh how beautiful an arti...
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  truly?

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  the girl would speak 'I love you' and the boy never spoke how would you know you say good-bye the boy speaks 'no, don't leave me' and so the answer is there not spoken through words.....
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  What's Done

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Make the jump Take the turn Watch the tragedies Stand still Don't know what to do How to react Grab for something Ask for help, Too late Time took its toll You waited too long Watched, Didn't feel Saw their pain, Watched suffering Now it's your fault You could have don...
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  HE who's All Powerful

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Walk through a night. What you see may startle you, may be a surprise. You stand there abandoned; a feeling that lingers within Just waiting, and waiting for something to come out, anything to emerge. But night carries on with little light to be shown Washing down upon you Stranded, ...
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  Mother's Day

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Mother’s day is a time of appreciation of one of the greatest creations of God! But…. Some mothers feel they’re not good enough, they set bad examples for their children, something they do will have negative influence If they make a mistake, then the whole world’s turned upside down ...
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  Smiles Live On

  

  By poet.lover, Pineville, PA

  Seams come together, Stitches cross All, is pulled close. Emotion seals these wounds. Needle pierces sharp pains of joy, As strings are pulled tight tying everything together. This once hurting heart becomes a painful mess of smiles, As even the happiest feelings Can be of extraordinary p...