Kerri White Poems

Sometimes, I hunt for the depth of your eyes.
To think that just now I know
what I thought I had known for years.
It magnetizes inside of me;
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I don't think you're sure of anything
and if you were, just where would you be?
In order for you to be actually happy
You just might have to have me.
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Finally
I love someone who is capable
of understanding me,
but his intentions deduce him to perplexities and indignations.
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It's funny how what you need
becomes only what you want
funny how it crawls around
in attempts to redefine its insides,
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I don't know where the road ends.
Sometimes I feel like I'm not even standing on pavement.
Those days, it feels like I'm in quick sand,
and I wonder if the center of the Earth will care enough to stop me.
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I hope it's not too late
to put in a request.
You're a month away,
so maybe there's still time.
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I wonder if I smiled
If it'd be okay with you
if you were my reason?
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If everything happened
exactly as you want it to
would you even know what that might be?
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When you're not around,
I turn you into a song.
I channel through
the world of lyrics
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"I was away from you
While you were hurting.
I chose to burden others
With your pain, instead of
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