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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
only the gentlest hands can brush away tears
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
our hearts break, and take us out of relationships that are too painful for us
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
put out the candles with your fire—I’m on fire
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
Redhead All over the house Strands of copper hair Like filaments from a cobweb Collect. If you and I Were ever to part— For months, perhaps years, I’d be combing out, Brushing or picking up Strands of significance, Traces of you In my life
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
Sadder than a ticking clock, the moments without you
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
suffering breaks us until there’s nothing left but gentleness
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
summer is in me—clouds and lakes of shadows, rippling under the trees
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
the fragrance of pine resin is frankincense poured out—a balm of stars and snow and moonlit nights
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
the heart aches through nights—the broken places of neglect
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
There must always be a secret to be unwrapped at Christmas—that’s the rule
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
the same—on this page, or the end of your fingertips—always the same
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
the struggle is not with others, but within us, to do what we are called to do
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
This will be a winter so desolate, only memory can fill the emptiness
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
we compose our life in stories we tell ourselves
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
when you fear ridicule, you’re close to being original
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
you are a ring tone on the phone I didn’t answer
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
You are my winter suddenness—a glass of red wine spilt across a white tablecloth
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
you are the mysterious fire at my finger tips
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
You don’t read to exercise the mind but to take voyages
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
you know the way of the wind in the night—the desolate alleys my soul takes
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
you know the way of the wind in the night—all the desolate alleys my soul takes
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
you’re gone and your unfinished poem lies alone on my desk— empty of tears, I only hope it rains today
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
Your steady rain of words soaked me to the skin
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By AnonymJohn J. Geddes
Your window square a yellow kite, and the Moon a white balloon
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