Daniel

when it dies

there is a sound love makes when it dies most people mistake it for a sigh and by the time they realize it’s all over but goodbye and she doesn’t want to hurt him because he looks for her to heal she’s terrified about forever but more afraid of how he’ll feel when kindness could…
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the other side of everything

it’s ending! it’s ending! all colors are blending i can’t say i want to die but i’d love to close my eyes and open them a world away some dark night to this long day and the end has finally come to go back where i came from like some place i’ve never been i’m…
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at your word

they say i can’t depend on you for anything unless i depend on you for everything am i saved from the fires of hell by the weak wings of tinkerbell? if i doubt, will i hear your voice? does it really simplify down to my choice? if i only hear what i know i will…
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stranger

a stranger rode in from somewhere south his face told more stories than his mouth he stopped first at our general store his old boots left tracks on the floor momma mumbled and grabbed a broom followed the man around the room my father asked him where he was going he replied, “nowhere worth knowing”…
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so lonely

have you ever been so lonely you run out of reasons to stay awake? and each hour off the clock is 60 reasons for heartbreak? have you ever been so lonely you can’t remember hearing your name spoken by other than salesmen and every one is the same each one has just what you need…
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June 20

i could be depressed i could bend your ear with all the saddest stories you didn’t ask to hear instead i will smile and wait for you to call then i will say i’m fine i don’t miss you at all
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history

here are more words i’m donating to the waste of time i spend on you i lower a bucket into a dust dry well searching for some new story to tell but all i draw is this pebble truth i long for rumor in place of proof some mystery to flow through my hands at…
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used to believe

i used to believe you’d hear this someday as sure as the radio plays i used to believe you’d hear me someday when i figured out what to say i only wanted you to be happy but i hate that you’re happy now less than noble, so afraid of what you’ve finally found i used…
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i’d choose wrong

look i’m not trying to waste your time i keep reaching for words like rifles on a battlefield – but each one empty i will play dead…instead poets have said it better than i the guilt of love …never to be i’m calling my hope like a loose dog it’s chasing you…like i used to…
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never for me

the touch of her fingers her hair in the wind the smell of her showers the feel of her skin the sound of her laughter the sight of her tears her face in the moonlight the curve of each ear the look when she’s angry that wrinkling brow the look when she’s bored like the…
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