Pete Rivera Poems

Shining loopholes
Filling cold souls
And I'm slipping away
From the daytime
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Make your temples grand
If you wish to see
The glimmers of the moonlight
Reflecting off the sea
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Lights out in this place
Forming walls around my face

I listen to birds singing
And call out to God
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All this time
I never knew
What went on
Between me and you
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The levers are pulled
The wheels are turning
The wires
They spark it to life
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In my mind and in my sight
Are these thoughts with which I will take plight
More than enough to make you mine
I'm confident it will work out fine
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The winds of September
Kept you from your dying ember
And your eyes became open
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Somewhere deep inside
So deep inside
Far down where I cannot reach
I see a light
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Don't remind me how I messed it up
I just messed it up, I know this now
You know I know he knows of me
Now I'm alone, but no one sees
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As I forced a smile
Had it stay a while
Yeah, I knew my faults
And I knew my desires
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