Stanley Coffin Poems

For patience is a virtue I have not mastered yet,
As yet again I continue to wait,
The mental torment of each tic toc of each second as I countdown,
Waiting eyes upon the wall as I watch the second hand fall,
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In those solitary moments of silence my mind wanders back to another time,
A time when we were full of vision and drive and there was so much we wanted to do and that we felt so alive,
This was also a time when we were filled with passion and hope for the days ahead,
Here I sit contemplating what could have been instead,
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A capricious love one foot in one foot out, you tear up my mind,
A delicious love neither here nor there but when you let me it's so beautiful and oh so very fine,
A luscious love with depths so deep and so divine but never mine,
A labricious love you drive me wild you light that fire that I can't control then you walk away,
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How do I undo that thing I didn't do,
You waited patiently for me to pursue you and you also waited patiently for my words so they would reassure you,
Unfortunately my silence was very loud and it was all you heard for I spoke not a word but my silence it did not speak what I truly felt,
My actions were supposed to say all I needed to say so I said very little because words at times can become obsolete,
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Those words are so beautiful but as beautiful as they are,
Are they as true,
Words I've heard before from you,
I cannot live and love just off words anymore,
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While it's a long time ago I want to sincerely apologize to you for breaking your heart,
For I know it was my words that saw us part,
For one sentence was all it took,
If I could have my time again…….,
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You close your eyes and open the door to the chaos that is your mind,
A reminder of your life and stresses that has unfortunately become your daily grind,
Under the shade of a bloodwood tree you ponder the feeling of being free,
Slowly you start to unwind the ringing in your ears a sign of the frenetic life you've left behind,
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Old old love, no more new young love,
There ain't going to be no nursery no flowers nor no gifts to mark every anniversary,
Just me at the end of the day saying love throw a beer my way,
If you truly loved me you'd agree this is how we are going to be,
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If in the cold light of day you see no other way,
And that thing you cherish I do not possess then do what you think is right do what you feel is best,
Set me free and let our feelings be, For conflict is a tiresome beast it brings forth the worst in beings,
It seems it's only purpose is to injure maime and slight,
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Beyond the pain and misery upon each other we chose to inflict,
There flickered a light ever so small and so very slight ,
Hope disguised as a light that was so very frail, one slight bit of ill wind would put it out and see us fail,
By that glow ever so slowly we rebuilt our love in the shadows of all the doubt,
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