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Viewer She was watching Others Live their dreams. Watched and watched And watched Until she got tired And started living Hers.

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The Eye (Part 1)

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I know I’m sick even though I feel just fine. My head is not even hot. I checked just like mother taught me, by touching my forehead with the palm of my hand. But I know I am sick because it keeps twitching. My left eye keeps twitching . It keeps moving like a tortured snail torturing me.

While walking to her garden, I told mother about it. about the strange…

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Sometimes

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Healer I Used my whole body to shield you. For a moment I forgot I’m only flesh and bone.

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Downtown Walk

I spent an hour clearing my head Walking around the city Walking around downtown On my tongue I tasted sugar And ginger on cakes

I smelled heaven out there roses and Sunflowers bathing in the sun The scent of abundance and desire Wrapped around me like a cocoon

In that place where there is so much In that place where there is never enough

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Words

I was thinking of you the other day About where you were I was thinking of all those feelings How overwhelming they were How beautiful they were

I remember walking on the stars I was walking on the stars Where the wind was sturdy And I was steady Until I saw you And you brought me down And we swam on words Oh, we swam on words How wonderful it was

But then I looked into your eyes Saw that they…

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Fire Watching Let’s go fire watching Feel the heat of the flames On our skin Let’s our eyes act…

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Like you

Like you, I want to hold my breath too I want to go along with the tide And let life and time take me along. I too want to be able to hold those feelings in And like you, I want to not care.

What the secret to indifference, to know when to stop and stop Stop even before then. Because like you, I want to be able to say “never” And really mean it.

Never

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Dreaming I Dream of dreaming. How about you?

Fickle A painter should paint that is what I told him. A hunter should hunt and a teacher should teach.

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The reason I’m single

My friend tells me that as I get older I should be more patient with men, but for me the opposite is happening. As I get older, I am becoming more impatient with men, and I don’t think that is necessarily a bad thing. I simply think that my senses or instincts are heightening. I am noticing, at a faster rate, traits in men that irritates me and admitting them to myself at an even faster rate.…

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