Claudia Krizay Poems

It is nearly midnight; I can read the clock inside of my mind.
I can see through the darkness
Wicked hands reaching forward- with dagger- like fingers-
Sharp and threatening-
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Every place I look my world is caving in and
Everything I touch falls to pieces-
I had never felt at home within the old brick house I grew up in and
Though only in my dreams I saw a tornado touch down and
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When the sky turns deep purple in color and the mountains appear
An unfathomable shade of magenta-
I see the sunlight sparkling upon the shadows in the creek below.
Sunlight would reflect against crystalline stones and the
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You are so far away, I say,
My life is an empty cage
Inside which they put me into last night-
An empty room, an empty space,
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Shadows appear and disappear-
Faces behind trees are looking and I never knew,
I never believed in closeness being safe and
Eyes opened towards the sky were said to
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Rain is falling and I hear more than I care to- while I am
Seated upon the floor, tearing paper to pieces-
Randomly pasting beside cut outs onto cardboard,
Zebras and kangaroos are hiding
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Today is an
Idle sort of day
Autumn-like-
Almost
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Sometimes I hear the sound of a bolt of lightening
Strike any tree, and
As I walk through the darkness of day,
I only can envision
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Only in my dreams
There exists such a place
Where there lives someone who dwells in this unique terrain
Defined as the heavens,
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As I walk the streets of
Ill-fated expectations-
I have often crossed
Over to the other side
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