Patti Masterman Poems

I fall again toward you,
never suspecting how bottomless-
how boundless, your infinitudes-
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Earthbound- and still Sisyphus rolls his stone;
The gods are angry, and it's us they smite-
Bound in chains, and Tantalus softly moans,
Sly Hades steals half a years sunlight.
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Eyes speak for me
I that am taciturn, fragile, often tongue tied
Reveal your essence to the day, the night
When the fickle sun has taken its flight
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The earth makes trails around the sun,
The moon follows closely in its wake;
The planets want to become one,
For all of gravity do partake.
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I know why the suicide dies
I know his secret wheres and whys
I know all right, why the suicide dies
And you can bet, it's nothing pretty
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Machines worn as subtle form of endearment
Strap them on, they wear us like a brain
Do not engage the motor or the crankshaft
Or the likes of you shall be entrained
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Ocean within me
Shore to shore,
The soul of self
Opens a door;
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Please don't leave and take those eyes away-
Though days are long and hard, I know they must be,
But I depend on those, their lonely truth I see;
Please don't leave and take those eyes away.
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Love me, love me; make me real,
Love me- break the witches spell;
End enchantments, break the chains:
Give me back my life again.
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If one could make dreams into poems,
I would have such a wealth of material-
Although it might be missing continuity,
And whoever appeared in it might suddenly turn,
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