shannon wright Poems

how do I write about our love?
as if it can be captured in a bottle
or kept quiet in a small cage.
there are no words
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I will always be your friend.
As long as you will let me.
But is our friendship just to disguise our true
feelings?
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exquisite tenderness would best
define this love we have
exquisite in every sense of the word
and tender to a fault
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I heard you today.

I almost said I heard your voice today
and for all intents and purposes
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maybe I come across
cold
uncaring
unfeeling
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They know we are in love
we are their insecurity
each glance is measured
and every word weighed.
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Loving a soldier is like believing in ghosts
you know he’s out there somewhere
but you can’t feel him and you can’t see him.
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as the days pass
and the time flies
minutes have turned
into hours
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I stood beside you
as you slumbered
peaceful in your forever sleep
hopeless washed over helpless
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I’d drink a bottle of your tears
and eat a pound of your pain
to take away what never should have been yours
in the dead of night I will wrap them up
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