Mark Arvizu Poems

Who tinted your glasses?
Who poisoned your well?
Who did you open your gates for?
Who told you about Hell?
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I sent my last telegram today..
It was a happy message full of dots and dashes..
The carrier was solemn as he left the station..
Nevermore to see smiles or sad faces..
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To peel back the sky is what I desire
To know all the truth is what I aspire
To throw my mind beyond the wind and whim of man
To see past the now
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Where is home?
Is it where the heart is?
Is it where the mind is?
Is it where your dreams are?
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I used to fear the dark, but now I welcome it
It did not kill me nor make me stronger
It does give me a solace that I desire
A sounding board for my deep thoughts
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Looking back I realized that time had made me wise
And everything that they had told me was in their own minds
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I ran down the green grass hill
I felt I had stood on a thousand times
An open place valley of echoing sounds
That over the days did fade in my mind
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Sky blue
Always on the move
Chasing 'way the clouds and rain
There to make somebody's day
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I love to smell the jasmine blooming in the night
I love to hide in the darkness

The voices laugh in the background
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