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  May 2023     16 days ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

Shore

How can I be both the shipwreck and the lighthouse?
Man overboard while guiding my own ship onto the shore
How many causalities will be the result of my hands?

I pray just one

I pray just...

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Pen

Sometimes I wonder if what I write can be used to live
To carve out an existence through a stable hand

The first time I read The Count of Monte Cristo I thought
“How can such ecstatic life and desperation come from words on a page?
How...

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Sunflower

I love the way I always catch her smiling at the most mundane things
Like cooking a meal or talking to a friend

I remember the first time we met
I said “You are like a sunflower”
The way her smile touched her eyes and her eyes met mine

I...

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Life

The tides rise and fall
Coming and going
Hypnotic in their consistency

The sun rises and sets
Horizon to horizon
Blazing with endless persistency

Life comes and goes
Days pass us by
Good and bad in...

– by josh lucas

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added 11 months ago
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Calm/Storm

How often have I repaired my heart
Just to see it torn apart

How often have I hidden myself
Just to be exposed to the light

How often have I told her I love her
Just to hear no response

How often have I stared into the grey
Just to...

– by josh lucas

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