Vanessa Brown

Young lovers entwined on the grass
On a beautiful hot summer's day;
Weary new parents breaking into a smile
As they watch their kids giggle and play.
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Every day i wake up.
Every day i live my life.
Every day i see you,
But your heart pulsates with a beat true to someone else.
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Was i wrong to think you cared about me?
Am i right to think that you don't?
All i wanted was to gain your love -
Is it obvious that i won't?
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What is love?
An abstract word thrown recklessly about,
in this modern age of chaos.
Uttered between emotionally charged individuals,
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Trudging through a crystal encrusted blanket of cotton snow,
A solitary light casts a prism of sparkles;
Surrounding, consuming, but i remain dark and dull,
I look back and see my footprints.
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One day in front of a TV show,
My young child turned to me,
And asked with innocence in his face and heart
'Do you believe in God, Mommy? '
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Every time you glance my way
My heart is moved to tears;
Praying that you'll embrace a love
That conquers all of my fears.
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What becomes of the broken hearted?
Do the wounds ever truly heal?
Or will they simply be masked over
With another laugh, another smile?
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I stand in the arch of a doorway
Looking into a dimly lit room;
I smile as i see my beautiful friend,
Just watching TV in the gloom.
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There's a red silken dress
Hanging up on my wall,
With cascades of lush fabric
Swaying in sinuous folds,
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The pills are there, lined up,
And I'm counting, counting, counting -
Breathing in, psyching myself;
Suddenly there don't seem so many
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They lie there in their autumn coats
of brown and gold and green,
crackling, crunching and crisply rustling,
As the wind romances them with whispered secrets.
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Lying awake at night,
My thoughts filter through an hour glass,
Melancholia thunders incessantly,
Against my fragile heart.
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Sitting here alone, my heart bursting free,
As i wait for the phone to ring:
To give me the sign that i implore,
To show that you really care.
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What if you don't love me?
What happens if you do?
What if you decide to phone me,
Or what if i phone you?
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When you were sitting by my side,
My heart began to pound,
With wistfulness as i realise
That i need you to be around.
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A sea of faces wait expectantly,
Watching, smiling, caring,
Enveloping you with loving gazes,
As you open a much adored gift.
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One day she'll appear to you,
Your starry eyed vision of splendour;
In a delicate mist of unparalleled beauty,
With a heart so young a tender.
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Losing hope, i stumbled and fell,
Falling into the cravasse of desrepair;
Tumbling, twirling in the consuming dark,
As my beliefs teetered on the rocks.
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Confined to the darkest cell of a room,
I gaze out the window and dream -
My mind wanders back to how lucky I am,
And i can't help but squiggle and beam.
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