Maya Hanson Poems

She slips down the bridge,
silent, slow
All eyes,
eyes on the still water
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As a tangle of forbiddens
slip through my fingers
half a tree grows in seconds
and an atom splits the night
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If I stay here and be
what fate wants
Could I climb that mountain
would it brew me luck
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Enemies.

Enemies surround me,
friends here or there
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I don't see her slip away,
a flicker among clouds.

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Where do I find wishes
when I spent all my dreams on you
Where do I find medals
when all the talents I had
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We've spent pennies
and dimes on the sun,
an angel to sweep in and
block out the bleak black
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Baby, I don't know
what I wish I had done
but I left this town at sunrise
and circled the whole world
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We used to be the wind
flying past essences of a broken dance
Halfway to the edge
of the sleeping world's plans
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Dear God, I told you
we have to change
We can't keep on living like this
We're missed opportunities,
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