Smile On My Face

You put a smile on my face

With you sweet little grace

And our lips when they touch

I feel such a rush

Like my head will explode

Cause you break the mold

And all that I know

And all that I see

Is that when I am with you

I’m all that I want to be

Like you fill me up

With all of this stuff

(Butterflies in my stomach
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I have a recurring day dream in which I vomit-regurgitating everything inside of me.  Lately only words come out.  I feel so full and big and strong, but really, I’m as frail as can be.  The slightest fault I find in myself is a million self-imposed daggers in my own back.  I hate myself for it, but really I hate myself for ever even hating myself. ( Read more... )

A million pounds upon my chest

And still, and still, and still.

I cannot rest-

Held back, restrained,

Within my own skin.

I feel, I feel, I feel

And still have not been.

I want it all,

Without the scars.

Don’t make me bleed

If I don’t have to

This is the last time

I tell myself.

But I know it will happen again.

And again.

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I’m a firm believer that kisses can cure wounds

But sometimes you just don’t want them to

My legs have never been weaker

My resolve has never been stronger

I refuse to give in

I refuse to feel

I want to run away,

But forever I stay

I can take the pain

I look forward to tomorrow

And all there is to gain

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The Woman with the World’s Biggest Heart

It was windy.  It was slightly cold.  Smiles only appeared as customary greetings-appreciative acknowledgements of respect.  It was bright out-the sun beaming down on the midday crowd.  I had black sunglasses on.  I wore a tie.  My father had a torn piece of cloth pinned to his shirt.  My ( Read more... )

Ode To E8

There have been countless times that you have granted me the utmost satisfaction.  And for less than a dollar; you come cheap.  You fill me with warmth when I am cold.  You refuel me after a exercise.

I come to you un-showered, dripping in sweat from the eight kilometer race, still half-panting.  And you never deny.  I come to you ( Read more... )

SHIT LIST

She taught me what a shit list was.  She put me on it.  She told me-looking me straight in my eyes-that because of my misbehaving I was now on the top of her shit list.  She sent me to ( Read more... )

The Alligator Tunnel [The Fear Remains]

Michael Goldenberg

[It was the world’s biggest adventure, it was my biggest fear.  Before the fear of losing house and home, parental arguments heard down the hall, and a budget so tight my mother served pasta three nights a week and leftover pasta another two, Alligator Tunnel was the only thing to be ( Read more... )

The Allagash.

There is never silence.  This is the loudest quiet place I have ever known.

The water wisps effortlessly within the river’s banks.  In the morning insects hover above small sections of water-a small twitching black cloud.  A blanket of conifers curves up a sloping hill in the distance.  A maple tree by the rocky shore hides a ( Read more... )