Doris Cornago Poems

Tough is when you need to walk the road alone
People ask you questions, answers contested
Resolved not to depend on anyone but self
Independent of others diminutive views
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Fleeing darkness from enclosing
Fitted spool on spool threading
Rush to fix the net maddening
Not just my daily usual fling
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Sharing a pizza is fine but having yours alone is a dream
Big or small appetites are suitable for one bite more
A lot of our complaints are settled with a stream
Delectables chosen from a menu, a scream
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A rejoinder to this man
Escaping gravity pull
Finds resistance
Freedom is not
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You would never know if you took a safer road
What lies on the rough side, growing wild
Woudn't be familiar with animals
Language spoken to the
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Sometimes the flickering light gets awesome bright
Sometimes it dims and you tend to drift far way
When things are not working right, don't sail
But stay and get your thoughts focused
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The sigh of a whisper echoes in the mind's stillness
A quivering drop from an empty cup suspended
You and me in a slow motion skirmishing
With words, motives unknown like
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There was this lump one morning
Looked back at what have been
Compared to what should be
Picked up my pace took up
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I've touched people as I meet them and shook their hands
Or tapping their shoulders in camaraderie
Some people like a quick hug or a buss
But the best touch is one of the heart
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Away in that land where sly dragons roam
Been there, a city of well-paved streets
Deceived, no rubbish anywhere but
Evil lurks in the hearts of men
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