April Swanson Poems

I wish to know the truth,
The truth of life.

How to be perfect,
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It was strange and it was soothing, and you could even say amusing-
The way it came to me.
When I think about love,
I think about when I was little
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I’ve never been the type
To venture out on my own
Being by myself was normal
I never felt alone
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Lonely are these days
Followed by these nights,
Lonely am I,
In so many ways
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I'm the host of imperfection
But you see past all that
I’m not the prettiest by some standards
but in your eyes I’m the best
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Sometimes I am in my own world,
Bleak, Isolated from others.
Most the time I can’t understand diseases,
Why they take away our sisters and brothers.
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I press a leaf against my cheek,
It crackles like a log smoldering in a fire.

The wind stirs, bringing a rhythm of dancing colors,
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You turned out even better
Than I often dreamed you’d be;
You’re more than I had hoped for;
You’re a sweet reward to me
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Drown out, the voice that breaks the silence
And takes the joy out of everything

We made a plan that was subject to change
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My heart
Broken. Shattered.
Crushed.
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