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Wanting 8/11/97

Your voice like honey
Tempered with steel
Sharp and sweet

Words seeping in
Feeling the madness escape
I hold you tighter

Hoping to keep the hurt at bay
Armour slips when you touch me
I let you in again

Let you hurt me
Even as my soul i fulfilled
Even as I begin to bleed

Rainne 8/10/97

I can't leave myself
The way you left me
You left me alone
With broken dreams

I can't please myself
The way you please me
It rains all day
Tearing at the seams

I can't cease my tears
I couldn't stop you from leaving
You broke my heart
Left me on my knees

I can't decieve myself
I know you aren't coming back
You won't hold me in your arms
Left me screaming at the trees

Miss you 9/2/97

like a memory
hanging around
whispering in my ear
reminding me of joy

hard to remember
of that
elves of sad drag me down
even as I lift my head

taking a fresh breath
stuck in the mire
Seeking the truth
lost in desire

Ruth Anne's Fear 8/18/97

trapped in a miracle
smells like rosemary
rosemary for remembrance
wear it on my sleeve
use it to forget
intense peace
statistics in my head
names in my heart
tumble in to a pit
miry and bracken water
clutching the sleeve of the angel
she shrugs me off
and I fall back in

Wish 9/10/97

As hard as I try I still try to wish upon the moon
No matter that I know it does no good
I still set my sights on Fickle Luna's sigh
Waiting for Mr. Man to wink my way
Wanting him to stay
The strings still tied around his finger
He still remembers me

Soft 9/16/97

Strange words are mangled
indulge yourself
screaming to die
whispering keeps God away

Sweet 9/16/97

skin memorizing fingers
and the taste of
wet softness
butterflies get chills, too.

Waiting An Eternity 9/23/97

miserable like a petulant child
who wants to join the
crowd but refuses to be
proven guilty of needing to
belong
sits alone on a doorstep
wishing for a strength
greater than their own
to drag them into the
melee
forever waiting



All That Shimmers 2/23/01

I walk away intending to leave it all behind
I turn around and he’s there with a smile
Like a chocolate dream, you never know
What is at his chewy center

I close my eyes to stave off the pain
I open them unwillingly
And I break again
I feel like crying and giving it up
I pick up the phone and
He’s there with a ready laugh
I forget for a short while

I close my eyes to stave off the pain
I open them unwillingly
And I break again
Is he ashamed?
Can I forget the past and be his friend?
Can I set those limits
Or will I fall again

I close my eyes to stave off the pain
I open them unwillingly
And I break again
I am in between wanting him and wanting to run
Shimmery and beauitful like champagne
Eventually falls flat and empty
And I am alone again

I close my eyes to stave off the pain
I open them unwillingly
And I break again
Too hard for me to hold
Slipping between my fingers
Sliding between dirty sheets
Troubled sleep, forgotten dreams

I close my eyes to stave off the pain
I open them unwillingly
Here you stand with a heartbreaking smile and my heart in your hand.
And I break again.

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