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Recollection


When you want to run, to hide And conceal yourself inside, a crowd So the world bounds you Remember what it really takes To encompass such solitude The acute awareness of yourself And the comfort of your […]

Fissure


I lead you down a path That was dark, And wet with fear Dripping with hindrance
You lost your way I disoriented you You trusted me, And I lead you astray
So patient, and so clear You looked into yourself To understand in a different […]

Reality in Darkness


By Jenny Pirkle
I was born about noon in the shade of magnolias Wearing the rose-colored glasses of trust Everything to lose, but still I flew higher When I took that one fatal glance at the earth
You were born on a night without […]

Absolved


I twisted in knots inside myself, And swung back and forth about you. This is me, everything is, this is life. We both know what we are responsible for. I will hold myself accountable for me and, You hold yourself accountable for you. We crutched each other, and splintered […]

That Which Evades Me


The dust settles silently in a place of relief and gratitude.