Danny Speicher Poems

"Hey there." "How are you? " "What's going on? "
I wait in silent and hopeful repose
A response! So kind. So funny! So you!
Is there more there? Should I ask her? Who knows?
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If I had known those many years ago
That I was in the best years of my life
Oh, I would have grasped your hand much tighter
And laughed at what we once thought to be strife
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Oh, my beautiful one, from way back when
I never thought my heart would lead me here
But, as I ponder on all that you are
All I can wish is for you to be near
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I wasn't looking for my forever
Though I had hoped it might forever be
But, absurd when you're you and I'm me
I'd still hoped for shortly over never
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Five nights away, a million before
A knock and an answer at that same door
Perhaps meaning entry, but likely not
A spark ignites where it once sparked before
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I know a girl and, likewise, she knows me
And she is one beautiful mystery
She runs and she hides for days at a time
Her life forms an intricate paradigm
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Just like a hurricane, she blew into my life
And, ever since that fateful day I've been aware
Of changes: oftentimes with joy, others with strife
And, I could feel her all around me in the air
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You run and you hide and fear for the worst
You think I'll be upset you have moved on
Even if I'll never call you my own
I may fade back, but I'll never be gone
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At times, pain can overcome joy
There's really nothing to be done
Except to sit through the darkness
And to wait for the rising sun
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Dreaming a dream as a child would dream
Out upon the ocean, out past the stream
I, wishing for nothing more than I had
I, wondering when tomorrow might come
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