Category: Poetry
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Clipped I loved youwith my whole heart,my whole soul—the way eagles trust airwithout questioning the sky.At first, I soared.Wide-winged.Unapologetic.I carried light in my feathers.You didn’t break me all at once.You learned better.You clipped one wingwith a joke that landed sharp,another with a look that saiddon’t be so much.You trimmed featherswith silence,with withheld warmth,with affection rationed…
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A Woman Now In you I was afraid of losing meLosing me in The shallows of your bluesLosing me in The baby-powder softness of your skinLosing me in The southern cadence of your speechLosing me in The velveteen of your touchLosing me in The sweet nothings that fell from your lipsI am not the girl…
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When Love Goes Quiet We sleep in the same bed like strangerssharing a bus ride—eyes forward, hands careful not to touch.Your breath is weather I no longer feel,warm air passing over glass.Conversation clinks like dishes stacked wrong,too loud, too thin,every word chipped at the edge.I taste distance in my coffee,bitter, cooling before I remember to…
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Hear Me? God, can you hear me?Are you counting my tears,do you know my heart—the weight it carries in silence?Can you feel my fearswhen sorrow settles heavy,when I am weary, my soultattered and torn?Do you hear my crywhen words abandon me,when the depths of my distresshave no name?I reach for youon unbended knees,offering what I…
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The Wind Remembers The wind remembers the day you were born—your first breath,the first tear you cried,your first heartbreak,your first love,your first skinned knee.It remembers how you learned to standby falling,how laughter arrived before language,how grief taught your name its weight.It followed you through open windows,waited in the hush before goodbyes,pressed its palm against your…
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