TORN When shall winds blow And rains fall To cleanse My bleeding heart From the sorrow And the ache That’s torn it all apart When will lilies bloom And marigolds glisten When will the whippoorwill sing So, that I may listen Cause all I can hear From this heart of mine Is the whimpering Of…

GROOM I will not beg you To be a part of me So, I’ll set you free To traverse the wild and discover Perhaps many lovers Who have the time to groom And time to teach you A thing or two About love and devotion How to share your thoughts and emotions Because I don’t…

your tank I cannot love youInto loving meNo matter how I tryI can’t love you anymoreNor can I love you any lessSeems I have poured out more loveThan you can bearLike a tank You are full of my loveAnd empty all the sameIt puzzles meHow this can beHow can love like manna flowAnd be siphoned…

in this lifetime If I could live A thousand lifetimes In each instance I’d choose you But not even in this one life Have you ever chosen me Seems you had places to go And other things to do Though I gave you my heart And laid down my soul You walked away Without looking…

SWEET BABY GIRL Sweet baby girl Who wouldn’t hurt a fly Stayed in a relationship And as the years went by He beat her and he beat her Into submission Now she has a condition From which there is no remission She talks to people Only she can see And has conversations From A to…

BEHIND THE GLASS I was the clown Behind the glass I don’t want to sound Brutish or crass But those days are over You can kiss my ass From east to west And west to east I will no longer be Just a piece of meat To be groped or ogled As if on display…

CONTENT I am closing the door on Hidden truths And family lies Unrequited loves And soul ties Yesterday’s fears And broken hearts No more down in the dumps I’m making a brand new start Better days lie ahead With skies clear blue I may even make space For love anew But as for now I’m…

COME BACK TO ME There goes my heart Running away with him Heart, Come back to me Heart, There are things you can’t see And things you don’t know Or can even comprehend He is heartbreak And he is deceit He’ll write you checks Without giving receipt Heart, Come back to me Simona A. Brinson…

LOST TO YOU Don’t call me! Don’t text me! Don’t check to see how I’m doing! I am lost to you now So, don’t come looking There is no amount of searching That you could ever do To find me again I am as lost to you As Livingstone is lost in the heart of…

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