Dairedee BurrisLandwehr Poems

Urban life decay...watching the street lights
blink on, and
fireflies dance around
open windows
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The pitter patter patterns
Surround in surround sound
The lullaby that lulls you
If you'd stop and listen
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I remember the shells
One after another; we shifted
From sight to sight
Wanderers; Always moving
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Life. It's bigger than you & me.
What good does selling used cars and insurance do?
What gratification does your life get from that?
There are too many people out there being normal,
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I'm not sure where I'm going with this
Or even where I'm coming from.

These words don't substitute
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I'm tracing my way through cracked linoleum
Following lines etched with footsteps of those who passed before me
They are faceless and unknown, shadows;
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The crickets sing a lullaby in the night wind,
which saws through trees with such ease
it carries me off to high seas
a high i can't refuse;
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May nights surprise me
like sweet words from a stranger, or
harsh ones from a lover.
I am never ready for either. The
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I am the downfall of the hierarchy.
I bring powerful figureheads to their knees.
I am the one who is held responsible
Though my crime is the opening of eyes
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On some long stretch of highway
Paved with false hope and dead dreams
I watch headlight beams
In a race
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