The Poetry Marathon

Time

Always fleeing

Never

Keeping still

Lost

In translation

Catch

Hold on

And never let go

Jump into something

Blue

Something to

Change and some extraordinary

Happy

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Living life

Only because you

Value

Everyone

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Was it by dreaming or

Writing

That I could find out what I

Thought

Nightmares or strokes of a pen

Fairy dust or ink

Screams or words

Not find of either

Does it matter

They both sired

Me

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Moving too fast

Tripping off the high

Hoping it can last

Everlasting lullaby

Hoping it can last

The feeling of riding the sky

Take me away

And let me soar

Happiness

Sad nevermore

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And so castles made of sand fall into the sea

And you lay down your axe Gone too soon

Purple haze all in my brain since you’ve been gone.

Fly on Little Wing I say

There’s a Red House over yonder

I hope you’re there

Setting the place on Fire—

Let me stand there

But castles made of sand fall into the sea

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Rain

gives water

takes away

happiness

gives sleepy intentions

Singing in the rain

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I wait

I wait for you to

Finish

But instead you say

Nevermind

Come as you are as you were

Can you feel my love buzz

I wait.

I wait for you

But you scream stay away

Come as you are as you were

I’m waiting

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Words I don’t say:

Help/Gift/Wish/Happy

Help-the word that means you can’t do something on your own. And maybe so.

Gift-things that presented to get out of trouble when you do something wrong

Wish-Something that you hope will happen by coincidence.  It never does

Happy-That bubbly feeling someone gets. Warm and fuzzy feeling.  Doesn’t exist

all these things have one thing in common, I wish I could change the definitions.

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Who do I write for, they ask

Do you think it matters?

Why do you do it, they ask

And so much I want to come up with the

Right answer—

Everyone

But it’s not that simple

Nor should it be

The right answer is up to me

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