Maya Hanson Poems

Love is
double the flight
and double the wait
Double the give
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I'm tired of the speeding
and dreams turned to pure hard gold
Tired of watching
all the trains pass by
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Isn't it a shame
that you'll never see the world
through anyone else's eyes?
...

You need to know
that you were never
just turning left
at a break in the path
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Collapsing bridges,
lives ripped apart,
plastic people
trade in their hands.
...

I've always wanted to write
a song about a perfect world
but I don't want to replace reality
...

You have the stamina
to make the city fall
You have the gasoline
to drive me up the wall
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Half of me is crumpled on the floor,
half of me is crumbled in your heart
And half of me stands here hoping
I won't fall and break apart
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I can feel every cave in your paradise,
I know every wisp of smoke in your memory
I can catch my breath
on the back of your neck
...

we could love like savages
where the rainbow meets the wind

we could move like molecules
...