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  Reflecting Glass

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  The glass reflecting your eyes was your enemy You felt out of place in your family’s arms The only thoughts that made you smile were of fantasies That you clung to because you knew they were incapable of harm You gathered all of your strength to shove away the spotlight And cried in the shado...
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  Hm, let's see

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  Well, let’s see I’m supposed to write a poem ‘Cause the teacher said so And, let’s see I don’t know how To write a poem But, I guess I’ll try Because I’m a good student And I do what I’m told Most of the time Now, hm, let’s see Hm Where to begin How to start What on...
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  To Be

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  Follow, fly and falter Learn, love and listen Grow, giggle and guess Sing, spin, and sleep Be whoever you wish To Be Cry, cuddle, and care Ask, answer and accept Dare, dance and dream Be whoever you wish To Be Paint, pretend and protect Taste, talk and teach Be whoever you wish To...
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  A Dream

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  A whisper of love lingers As steps sink and silence spies Lips lay stone and hearts lay fallen A tall white door divides A Juliet and Romeo The handle need only be touched Turned, opened slow To enter a dream Rain sings, slicing trees Grass is pelted and skin be cleaned Words have packe...
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  Heart and Mind

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  It is raining The hooves of water horses smashing into the damp grass My heart longs to bound outside and play like a toddler in the puddles But my mind, the concerned mother, worries my heart will catch a cold. It is summer My friends are playing tag right outside my window I can hear their y...
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  For Me

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  I dream of a face I’ve never seen A place I’ve never been A boy I’ve never known A life where I’m not alone I dream of my hand that’s never been held Entangled in his, where love isn’t misspelled We walk and talk and listen and laugh We joke and we smile and do nothing on behalf ...
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  Distractions

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  The TV is talking to the screaming teapot They're conversing about the stereo who won't shut up And the radio who can't control its volume The DVD player is dancing to the music of the singing iPod The iron is steaming, the toaster is burning The microwave is beeping and the oven is roasting ...
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  Newborn Winter

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  Ivy veins from my toes to my lips Tangling and twining at my hips My hair is weeping willow leaves Red rose buds, my heart’s own thieves I stole the glimmer from the sun Against the golden goddess have I won The moon bestowed its gem on me To triumph darkness and reflect on the sea My fin...
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  Promise Me

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  Promise me I’ll find love That Cupid’s arrow will pierce my skin And I’ll find where my true and hidden love has been That a sweet kiss will lay upon my cheek And sing that happy melody I seek Promise me I’ll be okay In a drearily dark and painful place I’ll find a sweet, sunny ...
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  Overused

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  A broken leaf on a broken tree Broken acorns in clumps of three Here there lives a broken family Of a broken mother and three broken babies Her broken shield protects them from the broken storm The broken gray and broken wind on a sad and broken morn The broken tree falls brokenly to the brok...
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  A Brave Heartbreak

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN

  A bold and broken bow After a true and torn performance A flower plucked from a fire A diamond in a pile of dust A daring and darling dance A pitied and proud performer A tear of joy and sorrow Mourning and marvelous music On a shaky and stable stage Slippers of support and sores Cowardly ...
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  Beauty's Shadow

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN
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  Caged

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN
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  Petals on Keys

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN
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  Framed

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN
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  Purple Water

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN
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  Roses are...

  

  By k.elaine, middlebury, IN