Juan Olivarez Poems

In the blink of an eye,
I saw her smile.
Winsome and shy,
And without any guile.
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Have you lost your faith,
Is it hard to believe?
In spirits and wraiths,
And your heart only grieves?
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I never meant to hurt you,
I swear that it is so.
I never meant to make you cry,
When you asked me not to go.
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Old man standing in the rain,
Filmy blue eyes filled with pain.
He can't seem to find, his cardboard box,
It seems today, he's just out of luck.
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Cold on my face,
North wind in my hair.
I can feel it's embrace,
As I step from my lair.
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There are many memories,
That I hold dear.
Some bring forth smiles,
Some bring forth tears.
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What is love to an empty heart?
What is a caress, to a broken soul?
A sweet caress can be the start,
Of a love of solid gold.
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A rose lost it's petals,
They fell to the ground.
Like tears from a face,
Without a sound.
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I don't want to die, on a dark dreary day,
Perhaps my soul will not find it's way.
I want to be buried when the sun is bright,
Maybe then my soul, can follow the light.
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Time goes by so very fast,
Before you even know.
Nothing you've known will ever last,
Like the wind it fairly blows.
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