Tagged: longing
with twin azalea
with twin azalea
blossoms tucked into her hair,
mom summons us home
.
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missing the look of
missing the look of
the moon from this particular
street is perhaps too
specific – the tilt of these
branches, the curve of the sky
.
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circumstance is a
circumstance is a
word that takes up
space on the page
that flaps around
in your mind.
the truth of the
matter is
if circumstances
were any
different, we
would still
find ourselves
here, hands tied,
longing for
the sake of
longing
.
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we will spend more time
we will spend more time
on longing than actually
doing anything
about it – dream, dreamers, then
wake up and get to work on it
.
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we’ve been here before –
we’ve been here before –
six days before christmas and
not yet home – somehow,
it feels different, homeward bound
plays in the distance, with teeth
.
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in every language,
in every language,
a longing for
home –
an idea,
a plan,
a stab in the dark
.
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after so many
after so many
layers, numbness will settle
in, a longed for pain
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: layers
during this part of
during this part of
our journey, we will tire, some
will abandon their
posts, there will be whispers of
mutiny, we will all thirst for home
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: mutiny
perhaps when we add
perhaps when we add
up all of our privileges,
it makes sense that we
can spend an afternoon, aching
with an indefinable pain
.
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some days, surprises
some days, surprises
come out of other surprises,
pink and still longing
.
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