Matthew Edan Oliver Palma Poems

I used to play a magic trick...
one that allows me to disappear in front of people...
It used to be an enjoyable treat...
one that amused myself in immensity...
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And our promises choked with every mean word...
and our touch freezes cold our sweet stares that's grown old...
and our forevers are now but an echoed hollow word...
and our used-to-be's are but dirt being swept off the floor...
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A thousand ships launched in your name
your beauty broke hearts of the few good men

Afraid to close my eyes cause I might miss you
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I stare at your picture tracing your face in my mind
Every line, every juncture, every detail that drew your smile
Every pore, every shade, the minutest twinkle in your eye
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To conquer others is to have power
To conquer yourself is to know the way
And to do this…
One must stop willing….
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An enchanting song
A someone to belong
My troubles far had left me…..
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Must I forgive you?
Must I forget?
all the pain that you've brought me
all the tears and the regrets
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happiness...
when you turn your head towards me
when you meet my gaze and smile
when you give me even a second of your time
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I knew you'll hurt me
I knew I'll cry
I knew you are going to break me
I knew I would have to die
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Still an offer of a love pure
Delicate and still naive
Yours is the love that saves

Nobody cares as your tears fall down
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