Brian Hinckley

Step on it good and hard,
make sure it is dead.
Hope under heel,
grinding into powder.
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Coffee replaces blood,
televisions replace the mind.
Just another day here,
in corporate America.
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Her face
shining in the dead of night.
Her soul
shining to keep the light.
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We once lived in a world of music,
a world where the tune infused our bodies.
The dance floor was ours alone,
be it at home or on the town.
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December snow falls among naked trees,
blanketing fallen leaves like soldiers on a battlefield.

Paths covered with footfalls from the past,
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Time slows;
then stops.
You have an epic smile,
shining brightly to challenge the sun.
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Rolling clouds bound across the sky,
lightning dances in that darkening harbinger.
We glance to the sky like so many before us,
just another day in Nebraska.
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Bursting at the seams,
the words roll from my tongue.
Searing like hot iron,
they burn your soul.
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It's alright,
try again.
I'm here to help,
use me as you wish.
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When you love a person, you love them without conditions,
you leave your childishness at the door - you love them.
You learn to give of yourself and you learn you are not alone,
but it's hard to love - when your love is not your own.
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Walls are built
to keep others out.
Though our walls are built
to keep the pain inside.
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I watch you kiss him;
holding him like he was me.
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I write beautiful music,
yet never strum a string.
I am an artist,
who marches to a different beat.
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You want me to be a yes-man,
bending to your will.
'I'll never do it, ' I yell,
'I'd rather burn in hell! '
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I walk empty halls
feeling oppressive loneliness.
My mind dark and empty;
save one thought.
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With cold eyes you judge me,
casting guilt and hurt in my teeth.
You burn me with words,
freeze me with your touch.
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I turn my back
for just a moment.
I can see you
and the tears in your eyes.
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Her laugh spreads
like a contagion
and her voice
could shatter hearts.
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Tossing down drinks
that flow like waterfalls,
I glean only fragments
from the world around me.
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You give a feeling that burns the wrong way
burning in heart and mind
I was true with all I said
I'm yours
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