chantelle ribeiro Poems

A mirror breaks
Her life a distorted reflection
Her madness and obsession
She rocks herself to sleep
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I look at you
Still a beautiful woman
but life has written
its complex lessons
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Old photographs are all that's left of you
The Autumn leaves have fallen
All around upon the ground
Scattered like my memories
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There where you are
Where the angels live
you are free
Free from the pain that held you captive
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It smells like Summer
Like wet earth smells after a rain storm
Fresh and sweet like wildflowers
Like the sultry scent of the ocean
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When you smile
you chase away the darkness
Your inner light blinds me
So beautiful and translucent
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I am so tired
Nothing makes any sense
A zombie following blindly
Stumbling, dragging my sore feet
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The uncertainty gets to me
Wandering inside my thoughts
trying to make sense of it all
Sometimes your words shake me
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I sometimes catch you staring
a look of wonder on your face
as you search my eyes
watch my lips
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Water
It gives life
It cleanses
Like tears do to the soul
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