February 2012
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Five Minutes
Been back five minutes And the tea is already cold Bitterly sweet Icy and sour as is slides down my throat
Been back five minutes And the silence already lingers I yearn to be above the earth Away from here With no one but my own
Been back five minutes And you have already gone That other person With orange eyes and fuller words I want them back
Been back five minutes I’ve forgotten what...
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Slide
I can’t make you love me
I’m knee deep in this icy snow
Calling your name
My sweet voice echoes through the empty night
And simmers into nothingness
Warm tears slide down and away
I am soaring over this dusty earth
Longing to fly far away from here
Soft and translucent piano tunes take me away
Away from your voice
And they simmer into nothing
I want to slide down and away