Alison Mary Dunn Poems

I am a candle
Burning bright
Beneath lovers lips
Blown out at night
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As I sit with you here
spelling out every tear
Telling mind heart and soul
of the things that I fear
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As I strolled by to kill some time
Monroe lay poised on show
A tiger’s eyes leaped out at mine
All posters in a row
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I say hello, one small
hello. To let you know
That I’m still here
You play the game and
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Eyes took what they think they saw
as being strange, or what was heard
explained in theory, by other viewers
Squinting to fathom what it meant
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On a whim we did
Outside the limits hid
In transcendental style
If only for a while
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I’ve seen the void inside your eyes
That curious stare that took me in
The black abyss swallowed me whole
From when you laid your eyes upon me
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We need time to stop and think
To read ourselves among the signs
Understand these lines we have written
And so reveal the message in them
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When clouds fade I see a dawn of dreams unfold in the fall of words
Floating from the blue sky like snowflakes melting in the sun
They’re always there in the cypher of change where joy and pain will meet
and disperse behind the smiles we choose to keep
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Am I here with the crowd?
Do they notice me dreaming?
I am smiling and speaking
Though my words have no feeling
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