Pen and Paper Stories. Vacation for the mind.
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The List
Oh how you grow And taunt me to fail… Oh how you stop In forgotten detail… Oh how you try To not let me forget… Oh how I wish Success I would get… Oh how I wait To remember you exist… Oh how the goals Just stay on the list.
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Breathe Out
Breathe inBreathe outRelease painAnd self doubt Love moreLove youNow forgiveAnd find new Cry moreCry lessFind peaceBecome your best Breathe inBreathe outBreathe inBreathe outBreathe inBreathe out…..
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Dreams
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Standing Still
Round and round Around to go Looking for straight Or what to show The wave is high As showers weep Lost in the dust Logic sleeps When moves could be made The world stood still All in the hopes Alone the heart would heal. Beyond the circle And what was done Opportunity lost Within the…
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Unraveling
A moment after momentsUnraveling to start againAnother beginningBefore knowing the end A final tugTo fall apartNeatly balled upTo protect the heart And now the matterTo start it allDown the laneAnd up the wall. And when said and doneI’ll purr once moreHopefully a little betterThan those days before
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Joy
I sit on the roof The bustle is below Searching for answers Within what I know I remember the butterflies And birds in the trees I see the world And the world sees me A re-acquaintance Life and me enjoy- But finding purpose Is like a gnat to annoy. So then I listen Beyond the…
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Power
I am merely a whisper Within the scream A hopeful wonder… Or pleasant dream. I am the thought Within the action… Hearing the voice When losing traction. I am the love Inside the hate. . . Or the narrator Within your fate. I am the control In letting go… Building assumptions Inside the know. I…
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My Little Old Man
The loss of you haunts me As well a lesson understood And my heart aches Because you were just so good. You brought much joy And of course frustration too And you filled our hearts differently Just by being you And when we had to let you go Life didn’t stop And knowing that seemed…
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New Year 2019
Christmas is over And the year almost too What will the New Year Bring different for you? What will you keep doing What will you change? Is there something to keep Or more to exchange? Will you find hope Or keep it high Will you forgive the past And give the future a try? With…
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What Should Have Been
The day the world dropped me off Moments it seemed From a blissful weekend Before meeting reality for the millionth time… And “go to hell” I thought Before knowing I was there Or where I belonged In between What should have been.
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Broken Heart
My heart was broken once-So far beneath my coreThat kept waiting for perfectionOr to be something more… Time never seem to healA brokenness not to hold backThe emptiness seemed terminal-Reasons became the facts… Until one dayA doctor loosed a tongue-And showed a pictureMy heart wasn’t undone. Yes, there was a crack-But new love glued it…
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The Mourn
Twirling like a ballerinaLeaves fall at season’s endWith happiness too. Snow silences the noiseWhite graces the dirtAnd the sacrifice. Animals fight to liveHouses beg for heatWhile singers praise a silent night. Now only the shadowsAnd life’s peaceful sleepGrace the eyes of the mourn. One hundred twenty days to countAs darkness has the timeBefore Spring brings…
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Winter Sadness
Sadness comes with winterDays are hardly thereNight existing too long in space and time On the ledge to look straight or downWith silence beyond the gift of snowThoughts swirl like cotton in summer A fear steals the oxygen – …And then the gasp…As weakness takes a leap inside While sitting on the edge alone. .…
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It’s Life
It makes you thick It runs you thin It finds an way It always been It knows no bounds It never stops It takes the hits It gives out shots It is the present It is the past It is the pain It makes you fast It doesn’t need me It doesn’t need you It…
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Wanting for More
Does it matter The earth falls through my fingers Like wine on the floor The smell only lingers… And I brace For a period of regret After the memories Only Alzheimer’s could forget… And I wait Just like those moments before Getting nothing But wanting for more.
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Thankful
I am thankful For all life does give I’m thankful for family To have a husband and kids I’m thankful for my parents Who taught me wrong from right And even my brother Who helped improve my strength and might I am thankful for food And the sacrifice in all things I’m thankful for holy…
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Life
The whisper of knowledge is profound Whether in our bodies Or on the ground. The sound of silence is loud and plain Whether ignoring another Or enjoying the rain. The presence of sleep is noise Whether in the plants Or that death employs. The sound of peace is foreign Whether in the news Or deep…
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When Night Falls
When night falls… Ghosts awake
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Twenty Years
Kenny Rogers – Twenty years ago Twenty years ago I was twenty And as clueless as can be… My parents were both healthy As they shook their heads at me. Twenty years later I am forty And my parents more of a mess I still have lots to learn My survival still a guess. Twenty…
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Wasted
I’ve Wasted years Missed youth I’ve wasted tears Missed the truth I’ve wasted money Challenged bills I’ve wasted love Looked for thrills I’ve wasted thought Emptied the mind I’ve wasted heart Not being kind. I’ve wasted breath Gambled time Now I’m wasted On cheap red wine.
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Only
Only a fool Would miss the day Only a fool Would dismiss me this way… Only love Would keep me here Only love Would pass the fear Only you Would miss what is Only you Would leave it like this.
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Such A Waste
Oh bitter world what have you done? Will you wake up or fall like the sun? What will it matter and who will it take? For the difference to come we all die to make. For when we lie on our final bed… so many mistakes make wasteful tears shed. And what was important, matters…
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The Plan
A voice is silent in this yelling spell Eyes open ears While a tongue breaks the heart Healed by drying tears. And whispers in the leaves Fall like screams Just like the memory Soaked by dreams. And I’ll wake Just like times before But gone to the wisdom Or hope for more. Where is this…
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REMEMBER
Just like yesterday I remember anew I remember where I was And what I thought too. I remember the shock And pain inside Yet still not comprehending How many would die. I remember the strength And the church down the street I remember the love Among strangers who’d meet. I remember this now Like I…
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Trying
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DOGGED life
Chaos is normal Walking outside Waking up Falling asleep. Within the noise Is a love Cherished memories In moment’s keep.
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Waste
Time honored distance Just as night appears Howling may be absent No less present the fears. Skin holds wincing Eyes show the shutter Lonely’s cold hands Find heart’s panicked flutter. For pace is but a sprint Running Life’s pace Mist by the shadows Lighted by the waste.
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Moonlight
For not the stars But the moon Guide my steps And thoughts home.
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Remember When
Heavy now The head sways But thoughts escape Like sinner’s ways And laughter Like years before And the lyrics Melting the core And I was Just like then On a walk I can’t remember when
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Head Space
Head space A soar in the clouds Reality Life’s landing post And the reason To fly.
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