shannon wright Poems

how can one stray sock make me undone?
I spied it underneath our unmade bed
and I realized it was all I have left of you.
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My secret is out and now you know
I am in love with him
I am in love with you.
And I am scared.
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One man’s cult is another man’s religion.

You do know that don’t you?
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Our love is just another casualty of war
I had no idea what it meant to love a soldier
But now I do- trial by fire- as it were
The 8000 miles that separate us
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Is self-fulfilling prophecy really just fate in disguise?
Is our all important free-will just a front for destiny?
Maybe the agonized decisions I’ve thought I made
Were all planned out ahead of time.
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the future has become the present
the red circled day has arrived
all those months of waiting
tick tock watch the clock
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what’s the matter?
you seem a little down
are you ok?
are you crying?
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you are playing games with the devil
as your cheating hands and lying hearts
seek to fulfill something inside you that’s missing.
a conscience perhaps?
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I wake up and reach for you...
you're not there.

I do my work, meaningless & rote,
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what do you do when your world turns dark and grey
one moment the earth shifts and nothing is the same
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