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

Altered

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If I 
Must feel but
Stay silent outside
With wide eyes
With fine heart 
And pen for my sword 
Will you

If you 
Must come but
With honor toward me
Stay farther
Stay shorter
And slay me no more
Will you 

Admonish

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The moment it came
I wished it away
Closed my eyes 
Admonished my spine
For daring to want more than a lazy ceiling fan from above
Giving rise 
To the chills on my skin here below

Pace

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All this breathless talk
Should end soon
So there
Nearing the end
I’ve planned as an afterthought 
To kick out your feet from ‘neath you
May only the prairie grass catch us