Lora Cooley Poems

I'll set you free
You're so quick to raise your voice
"If I can't find a mistake to blame, we didn't have a choice."
I was your chance to feel complete
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The stones lay like bones by the ocean
The waves crash contempt on the land
Someone was trembling
Somebody reached for their hand
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Was it something I did?
I can fix it if you trust me
I care
We made a promise
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Speak of anger
Forget the fears you've kept
Erased
Let every lonely body finally break its fear of flesh
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I spoke too soon
You don't understand
We had no control
They stole it
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They stored their passion in the corners of their mouths
They said
"I wasn't happy. I wasn't happy were I was."
I am here to beg forgiveness for I know I tore two worlds apart
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When your heart starts racing
Your blood starts pumping
We tie the laces that bound your body
Hold you close to the earth
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I recall once how we paied such close attention
I should have stopped between empty buildings when the coast was clear
We throw our difference and urgent adolesence in a basement
Sharing sweat with stranger boys and girls
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Help me sleep
It's cold
I'm broken like the sheet of ice on my car
Where I caught my reflection
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Sometimes I think I'm scared
Movements beat in emotional cues
So much fear I've touched
Makes it love or lust
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