Tara Crown

The wind in the bending pines
flushes my thoughts
and clears my mind.
Sitting on this Earth-body
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Last night I caught and set free a lightning bug
Oh, right around nine times
By the tenth time I had him he was lookin kinda stunned
So I set him free once more.
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for beauty
lay by me
and see my light
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Sometimes I look at my life
And see Im outside looking in
Hovering above that bubble
In observation of my own sins.
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I'd rather not be
a balloon on a string,
bobbing and nodding
silent agreements with the wind,
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Inside a capsule of brilliant words
and silent laughter
gliding with the stars
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What is this love between you and I
But a fable,
No solid thing.
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A zooming, barreling
noisy thinking contraption
My attention
driving the scenic route
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How can I possibly know
from this distance
if you have ever shed a tear
for me when I withhold
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Come away with me to the island tonight,
talk with me at water's edge.
Listen soft, the words I speak,
they leap from my heart's ledge.
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Eternally grasping and never reaching
I think about you all of the time.
The sky is so gray and cold and so am I
and you are on my mind.
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Why do I stay up nights?
And then dream those frights?
Who are you that shares my breath?
Do you see my brain?
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Would that I could
Break from this gray
This changable mass
This lump of clay
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Turn oil into clouds
Trees into one story abodes
Deep creases tell a story
Salty on my lips
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Gather up your heart from the dirt
where it was carelessly dropped
in passing
The one who held it with ignorant hands
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Where is the risk in saying 'I Love You'?

When you hide behind your mysteries,
the smouldering intrigue like a magnet to
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You said it was like
our souls were trying to touch
but our bodies got in the way.
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Daring
Arms spinning
Flying
Windmills turning
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As you walked today
in quiet unquestioned flow
like water over stones
you left parts behind
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The language of
your body translates
your addiction to
my touch.
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