Shay B. Malden

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In solitude
you come to me
tempest
Your thoughts
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Blood
Black bodies
Poplar trees
Gallant south
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Amidst all this beauty
You stood there
Blank, vaguely unaware.
I was drawn to you.
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Sleep
With me
Hold me tight
Don’t let me go
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I had a love once
I miss his embrace,
With pen in hand
What a tranquil space.
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Words
Fragments
Of the past
Present and future
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Sweet
Heavenly
Optimistic
Relevant and
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“Spring Love”

A vibrant rebirth,
Refreshed, life is in full bloom,
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Look straight through me
See every flaw in detail
Yet find me beautiful
Feel my heart beating
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It is the sound of silence
It is the color of my skin
It was stripped away from my ancestors
It is the reason I am judged
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feelings
extend beyond
my fingertips,
onto the page...
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Ebony eyes of darkness
Entice my poetic voice
Enthralled I succumb
Entwined with its essence
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Loud silence
Screaming out to deaf ears
For actions that were misunderstood
Forgiveness without words ever being spoken
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Out
of anger
it flowed, like black oil
in the night, three teens were found
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My thoughts like a river flow
Freely without effort
It touches the unknown
Is constantly in motion
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...........................Black

.................Spirited, Tenacious
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