Poetry

mountain

solid
like a rock
you stand beside me
breathing.

I turn and walk away
taking a piece of your heart
with me.

I am alone now
in the silence

I breathe in
I am free.

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stories
of hearts broken
too young

but they are alive
and I laugh
at their jokes

I am scared
by the suicide attempts
some darkness
I do not have

but I know where the darkness is now
in me
so I can see it
in you

I can see your heart
can you see mine?

feel it.

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flows
past my pant legs
flooding my feet
I am free

I dive in
floating on the surface
you hold my body
carry me away

and I can’t get stuck anymore

the water rushes
the water knows the way.

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slammed
like a car crash
back
to reality

I try to escape
but eyes pierce
and questions cut

I join the dance
of cutting questions
dodging
then I attack
fierce
elbows out

and then we laugh
pretending
we never
fought
at all.

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I sit
looking out
at the lake

you’re there

I pause
hearts begin
to beat
in unison

spine lengthens
breath
rocks me
like the waves
rock
the small boat

rolling
rhythmic

I let go.

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gossip
vibrates
as her head
peeks over
the neighbours
fence.

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birth
drivers.

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where dreams are born.

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the mother
holds
the baby
lamb

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is
intuition.

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