Phillip Dodham Cormier Poems

The sword clattered to the ground
As the lovely Maiden stepped forward
His eyes glazed over
Such beauty he had never seen before
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Why do you stare?
What am I to you?
Who am I?
Am I nothing but eye candy?
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I was there by your side
I helped you
We spent long hours together
Then I realized I meant nothing to you
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Sara was a girl
Nothing special about her
Just another girl in the crowd
No one ever noticed her
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The ice-cold hand grips my throat
My voice too small to cry out
I am trapped.
Nowhere to run
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My heart is in two
I lie bloody on the floor
She stands over me
Never, never did I think it would come to this
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Why is it gone?
Why can’t I write?
Where did all my creativity go?
Where are the characters that used to fill my mind?
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I sat beneath the old oak
Through the year without moving
I had nothing to help me enjoy the peaceful days of summer
In the fall I continued to sit motionless
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I wish to feel your arms around me
The soft caress of your lips against my skin
I want to feel your body against mine
Your hair brushes against my face as we lay together.
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The ceiling fan slowly rotates above me.
The fan’s shadow is cast across my body
I lay motionless, thinking of times past
Times of excitement
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