Excerpt:
I hold myself from the edge
not so you can be the one to save me,
but save myself from you.
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Tag / poetry
Cast Out of Eden: The Grave
Excerpt:
So, I left the table,
seeking another restaurant,
only to have them follow me,
said that I could never leave,
until I told them
I never asked them to stay.
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Cast Out of Eden: Iron Maiden
Excerpt:
I put myself
inside
to flee you,
only to entrap myself…
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Cast Out of Eden: Doll
Excerpt:
Like she did to the doll now,
but the glass hands are cold now,
feel brittle to the touch,
fragile,
as if they could break
with just one careless move.
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Cast Out of Eden: The Vase
Excerpt:
..but the sentiment felt odd
since the love had grown cold,
fading,
ailing,
like a floral arrangement,
long after the feed packets are gone…
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Cast Out of Eden: Soles
Excerpt:
I tried to pick of the pieces,
but I can’t for what was crushed,
smeared,
is impossible to remove..
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Cast Out of Eden: Our Tragic Kingdom
Excerpt: We were supposed to come back
by the bridge,
before the guitar solo,
but the resolution never found
its third verse.
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Cast Out of Eden: Low Tide
Excerpt: I stand in silence
waiting for you
and the high tide
to sweep it all away.
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Cast Out of Eden: What Can’t Be Saved
Excerpt: He fumbles on with broken feet,
forever broken,
as I watch it all,
knowing that I can’t save him.
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Cast Out of Eden: The Painting
Excerpt: All that you wanted it to be:
imperfect,
crooked,
but perfect in a happy way.
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J.L. Smith 