Ryan Cole Poems

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Do you still love me, she asks
fragile moment, simple words
Fear and longing mingled like our breaths
hanging precariously in the air
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Dawn

Dawn
In my youth only seen as the end of the night
As a challenge to be faced in the hours
between last call and someone’s bed
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3.
For Katja

Russian women, she says,

Learn young how to move their hands
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4.
Another Tuesday Morning

Another Tuesday morning

up before the sun
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5.
The Beauty Of The World

I hate the beauty of the world
The moon, the stars, and all the spaces between
Hell is not a place, it’s an absence
And all the beauty just reminds me
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6.
The Bouncer's Lament

I can laugh
It comes easy to me
And I smile readily enough
They say I have a nice smile
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7.
The Parts You Saved

The parts you saved
were not the things you valued most
It was just the stuff that was close at hand
And the things you lost
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8.
Lets Get Lost

Lets get lost
Lets run away
though there are no circuses left to join
We'll create our own
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9.
Celestial Navigation

She moves across the heavens
passing Venus and Mars with her fingers crossed
Unbound by any laws known to Newton or Einstein
Eclipsing sun and moon
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10.
Her Name

I try not to say her name
As if it held some power
To cast a spell
I don’t say it aloud
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