Jackie Gerhardy

You could tell me to kiss you
A soothing secret to force me from sleep
And you could tell me what's wrong
Forcing me to agree.
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In a land where the Sun was live
And where the jays floated free
Lived a woman with a farmer’s drive
She was called: Shannon McGee
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Beginning in the midst of dark
Hoping by arrival to right the spark.
And the dawn only does arise
in watching and waiting to look beyond the guise.
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With a joy that could be filled
Yet so freely
My heart encompasses itself to find
That all in its being. Therein along
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Give me a rain-spattered window
Of storm and like sound
Give me tears of clear droplets
Those that will never get me down.
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Give me Ten more minutes
Ten more is all I need
To get you out the door
and back into my dreams
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Brought to the shrine door
And tarries with a look of wonder
A countenance so abashed
Like hearing veiled, distant thunder
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