Erik Gillette Poems

There is a thing crawling under my skin
Making me feel like all the world is here with me
Like the strangers roaming the streets beside me are my kin
That we all journey together through the troubled sea
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It’s true
It hurts a lot
But it’s what seems to help when we feel blue
And yet we all know it only thickens the plot
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The thinking man sits on a throne of stone
All the while looking in the abyss of past present and future
Wondering on all that is still to be known
Had he seen what was ahead would he of had his eyes sutured?
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I found someone that day
Under the grand light of the stars
Where children come to play
And then leave as men ready to spar
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I found a friend today!
and im cheerful as can be
makes me feel that i'll be okay
and have fun climbing some trees
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I'm convinced love is the devil in disguise. Tempt me not to take the fruit.
Because it will be too late when I realize that the fruit is full of decayed soot.

Love curled me up in its hand and crushed every bone in my body like Rodney king I felt hopeless and alone.
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Why do I stand here in the dark of this eve
Looking around for someone to feel some relief
Alone I stand guarding this door
It seems as pointless as a ship captain guarding his moor
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Tomorrow Mourn’
A chance to remove life’s thorn
A days past removes your cast
And shows you hope will always last
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