A.J. McKinley Poems

Butterfly moon of a flightless dawn.
Marching softly with a rhythm gone.
Angels coming in a darkened morn.
Demons ascending in a vertical form.
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And I was alone with my thoughts.

Memories swirl in a unison of faith.
Change has been inevitably declined.
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I am the creator who cannot find
The soul in which I burn
A witch of fire, frozen in ice
Freedom is a flight I yearn
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Bittersweet
And I fell
Laughing, crying
Another song
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Ambrosia falls from nectar's lips in waves of molten lust
Crystalline caresses yearn for luscious flesh engorged
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Shadows of promises broken
Gloom within this page
Lightless thoughts keep dancing
Pain will never age.
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Dreams in yellow, blue, and red.
Wish fulfilled while solace dead.
Frozen memory on a gilded page.
Thoughtless sorrow defines this sage.
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She has broken wings.
Her pain is vain.
The child hurts.
The woman sings.
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I flittered like a frozen butterfly in a silver artic haze.

My wings wilting erroneously from a chill since unbridled.
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Closeted I stare at this red door.
Ajar, but as open to me as a vault.
My nightmare is my salvation.
Silence now awakening, keeping me distraught.
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