Shannon Greenwald

I can tell that you
Missed
Me by the way you
Kissed
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You can sense dread in the trees as winter approaches.
With it’s freezing temperatures, and robbing of the sunlight.
With it’s chilling winds, and blinding storms.
And yet when I look to winter all I see is the beautiful new fallen snow, and the crystals hanging off the sleeping trees.
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I have a dream,
of famous words and free birds,
Sitting under a tree and just being me.
Nobody faces identical hardships
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So aptly named for the regal and powerful Queen of the Nile my feline has been a gift. She came to me in a time of great need, when all I wanted was a furry form to sleep with and pet when comfort was needed.
Cleo is a therapy cat, though only for me. She has always been calm and consoling during times of pain.
Her nickname, one of two, is Black Lightning. And the name has been well earned, she sometimes feels she must be in the other room, NOW! Jumping and making great leaps after dust or a bug is also quite common.
And yet have never I seen another cat hold themselves quite the way Cleo does. So profound it is that she walks with amazing grace and a powerful air, even more so then is granted as known for her species.
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A little birdie told me once that I had died,
When I left school a certain person who was
Near and dear to my heart,
Told people, everyone in fact that I had died.
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As I sit here alone in the dark with the black crashing in like waves trying to drown me, my thoughts go out to him.
Always to him the one, who understands me, helps me and with whom I can only know pure joy.
As my thoughts travel out, out into the night I can’t help but wonder what danger lurks out there,
waiting, watching, wondering when the time is right to strike and take my thoughts away from the one happiness I have ever known.
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You knew, didn’t you, that I was sick
And I was leaving.
You didn’t want to be alone with them
They didn’t love you like I did,
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My goal is to express emotion. Pure and simple.
The only purpose I ever have in writing anything is so that sometime someone may read what I have wrote and feel that my words are so close and profound to the exact thing they felt in their heart but could not themselves express.
I feel like it’s my duty to write because I feel others emotions so much that it effects my own life.
I feel what others feel and I have a knack for being able to say the right thing or know the right words.
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Somethings are far to perfect to hang on to,
If only I could rewind time.
Your dreams live within me
Forever in my heart,
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Man I can't believe your not here,
Chattering in my ear,
Battering me with your care.
Without you here it's not easy, and I'm sorry my love
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Never have I wished for anything more
anything more then you
A pinnacle, a beacon
my marvel and endearing.
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I am a pencil
Writing gracefully upon the paper
I am a paintbrush
Stroking wistfully upon the canvas
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Remember the righteous without revolution, reveal risky rogues.
Rosy to rove, regular to reward, rejoice in rescue,
For they recede from reconciliation and recite reckless rasping.
Recover your right, resist ruin, and recoil from their rule.
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To sacrifice ones self in the name of something greater
Day after day
Never knowing if you’ll see her face again.
You do it for love,
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Friends are something of a rarity,
You may have few true friends
And yet you are friendly with tons of people.
And for some you may have no friends, or one friend.
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A beacon of light in the night
Yellow on black a tantalizing sight
For all who behold the hope in the night
There shall be no fright.
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Falling to heaven with grace and dignity
For the perfection of those around you
But its dismay to you in everything you do
The world around you chaos in your eyes
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This thing I wish
Can never come true,
Can never be so,
Will never happen
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No matter what happens I’ll always be by your side,
No matter what comes your way I’ll always love you,
No matter what life hands you I’ll always be there to help,
No matter what you go through I’ll always understand,
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It hurts so badly
The feeling of uselessness
Not being able to save them
You would do anything, yet you can’t save them.
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