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  Freedom in the Rain

  

  By allisonleighann, Columbus, MS

  To wake in early hours And drift back down to sleep Is a peaceful, easy feeling, A comfortable place to keep. And when cold, clean drops are falling In rhythmic patterns on the ground, One can find the sleeper sleeping, Warm and happy, safe and sound. The sleeper sails on in dreams Whil...
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  Moving Past.

  

  By allisonleighann, Columbus, MS

  I dream to be a traveler You wish to stay at home. I dream to have a husband You’d rather me be alone. I wish to garner knowledge Of everything I see But your constant, defying countenance Is most discouraging for me. I don’t care what you want for me I don’t care what you do You go ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  That Crazy If.

  

  By allisonleighann, Columbus, MS

  If I could tell you what I think What I’d really like to do You probably wouldn’t look at me Nor would I look at you. You outshine the Orion Your joy makes me want to sing. Your touch gives me a stomach of cliché butterflies Makes my heart yearn for a ring. You’re more than my bes...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Beauty.

  

  By allisonleighann, Columbus, MS

  There is beauty apparent in everything, If we’d only stop and see If we’d stop to look around us From the gray skies to the sea. There’s beauty in babies crying In the hail storms raining down It’s even in the chalkboard scratching And the smiling of a clown. We don’t normally ...