Poems of the WORLD and US --by Matthew Tallow--

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Soaring

Soaring

for all time

makes death

worthwhile.

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Turns

Our

bare-faced

wanting

turns

the world

hard.

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The need

You

protect

yourself

by

keeping

apart

from

the

crushing

heartlessness

of

the world,

freed

of

the need

to

be

so

careful.

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Inside us

The unknown

we

have

inside us

decides

for

itself

no matter

what

we think.

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Much

The beauty

of

the vast ocean

isn't

too much

for us

to hold

within.

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Before

The world

decays

and then

grows back

before

we can

see

what is doing

it.

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Diamonds

All

the soul

needs

is

to see

the diamonds

of

the sun

glittering on

the ocean.

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Minds

The ocean

wind

scours

our minds

of

unneeded

thoughts

and

admonishes us

to embrace

a faultless life.

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Hearts

Feeling

loneliness

at

the ocean

comes from

abandoning

our

own

hearts.

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Our flaws

Our

souls

hide

from us

when

we

do not

embrace

our

flaws.

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Living

Accepting

the hurts

of

living

prepares us

for

the moment

of

death.

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Silence

We need

silence

inside us

to live.

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Happy

Now

we know

we were always

happy

even though

we thought

we

weren't.

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Look around

We

look

around

at

the world,

space

keeping

us

apart,

but

we

don't

need

to

commit

to

each

other,

our

steadfastness

already

well

understood.

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Give us

Our

open-mindedness

asks

the world

to

give

us

more

understanding,

knowiing

it

will

all

almost

make

sense.

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For ourselves

We

want

so much

for

ourselves

but

we hope

the world

also

sees

us

helping

others.

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Forgetting

We are lacking

a full

understanding

forgetting

what we know.