yet alone

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I was the one with saddened eyes
Through no fault but mine own
I faced the world with broken smile
Surrounded yet alone

And then I fell into your light
And then I saw your voice 
Though all the shallow prodded me
Your depth received my choice

Stricken

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Dead in the water
Dead
Yet still flailing 
As the body will 
Grasping at the sea’s weeds
And the pretend hope that floats past
From above and below
I’m left knowing 
To praise and to damn the child I was 

Gut

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These thoughts circle ’round
Not quite coming home until
More precisely
Rustled in 
By a dutiful cattle shepherd or the gravitational pull
Of intuition initially dismissed

But that dog in the dust 
He knew 
What I didn’t want to know, I knew
And that summer solstice 
Which is never late
Saw me bow to its truth

Chase

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We question the dreamer
The hopeless believer
As though it’s an improper sin
To be lost on the doubt
And colossal sell-out
That flows from not gazing within

Yet who should abide
Those who would brush aside
The stardust of dreams held most dear
When for one’s lifetime long 
The heart still hears that song
To ignore this is what my soul fears

See This 

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In the new of each day
In the impossibly early 
Traffic-lights-still-blinking hour
If you dare with me
Pick up the grain of sand that represents some hope
Place it in a place not far
With goal to keep belief’s door 
Ajar 
Make the wish that others see to do the same 
Tomorrow, tonight you’ll say,
Invite the ocean