Linda Ori Poems

If I could just reach out and grab
That elusive dream of all I seek
Yet with each grasp I cannot hold
It long enough to truly know
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I was a youngster - a girl in my teens,
He was captain of the school football team -
The month of October, full moon shining bright,
An old fashioned hayride on a Saturday night;
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Now that you're gone -
There is an emptiness that surrounds
My space, my thoughts
The usual sights and sounds
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Words that splatter dark
Dry upon the barren wall -
Nothing more to say.
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Where do you go when you're weary,
Where do you go when you're sad,
Where do you go when your world's dark and cold
And no comfort is there to be had?
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Much as I try to hide the need,
Your words upon the page I read
Have the power to mesmerize
Like precious gems before my eyes;
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Oh, I have walked this land before -
Have wandered through some hidden door,
Left footprints on a distant shore
Then traveled 'round the bend;
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The time is now
Let change begin,
Blend heaven and earth
In an endless spin,
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Some people never leave your heart
Although they leave your door -
They linger in the loving part
And touch you to the core;
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She always had a way with men,
Could win them to her side,
She had them eating from her hand
Although she never tried;
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