#aussie poet

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"This smile enchants me still. You will always be a joy to me."

– Eva Dean

Poem #028 from my book Chamomile. Available now, link in bio.

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The Man From Snowy River by Banjo Paterson

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Friends and foes may scab my bones. Their words will never be worthy.

For every reason

the sides of

the creases of

my smile are

upturned at

our “laughing until we bleed,

there is no one else

we will ever need,

you are you and I am me”

friendship of futility;

there are a thousand and one more

in justification of every reason

I will never be sufficient

as someone who deserves your respect.

Psychic vampire you

seek the blood

of those who are

more blessed,

but you know well

and better than most

the whirling worlds

of weeping wisdom

that the facade

of a smile-shaped scar

can mask before it fades.

We are both familiar

with the incessant

ticking that precedes

the collateral damage

of your sharp-tongued

hand grenades.

We both know

emotions are

ever-fleeting

in their

ever-changing

“they’ll never

phase me”

manner

of prim and proper

pride

but you release

the vortex of waves

and send them my way

anyway.

I am not the sponge

dirty and discarded

after I have washed

your dishes clean

I am the fire

as it gloriously burns,

you are water,

quenching your thirst

exhausting my flames

you sweep it under

the rug and act

like we are the same.

I run towards the future

only to trip over

it edges - repeated history

piled up beneath it, protruding

from the ground we hoped

only our feet would acknowledge.

All we can do now is face it,

or I can push it towards

the ground again as I stand up.

Scrape the scabs off my knees

leaving smooth flesh

unless you look closely

we are smooth sailing

unless we look closely

at the turbulence

our shape-shifting hands

of pride and ignorance

have created.

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Ode To The Friendzone

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June 13, 2017

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Submitted several poems to several publications and competitions and now I am le tired. Cross your fingers and toes for me, please and thank you xxmk

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Sailor It's lonely out at sea ⚓️ xxmk