LoraMae Hawkins Poems

Count them like the random pennies safekept for a rainy day,
the obvious cruel reasons of the hows and whys;
loss pushes love away...
Take the cold frigid reasons to hand spread them out to lay,
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Can you see me
Two halves of a whole
In part I am everything
In part I am nothing at all
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Still and breathless I stood as the world moved in chaos,
and in an eternity of seconds, I was lost…
I thought to turn and run as my mind was chanting danger,
but my instinct ran awry, I was captivated…
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A knowing measured in fearful mind
of a road that has long been paved
Shaking feet on the edge of awareness
a scarred heart laying concaved
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Laying dormant in my heart,
a dream that would be awakened,
come my love, fare me away…
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what once was
now is gone
leaving memories
all was wrong
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Today I peered at my reflection in the mirror;
And I must say it was a sight!
There I found kinks and wrinkles;
That seemed to get worse over night!
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every day they come unwanted to me
each second of their presence i hate
refusing as though it would matter
in denial that i indeed am enslaved
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