… Read moresandstorms
hailstorms
raining bullets
raining tearswhiplash
backlash
fading sun
ego crashtorture
torment
painful blisters
sanity rashlaughingstock
sneering crowds
laughing my way to
I go on mourning… to resurrect that buried in you
… Read moregosh it hurts
not to hold you
to kiss you
to touch youit so hurts
every time you break up
and let your anger
No matter what shade your skin
… Read moreno matter where
sun rises or setsno matter what
shade your skinstrength of who
shines within yourises above fear
makes us the
A single drop
… Read morea single drop
life createsa single drop
annihilatesa single touch
magica single touch
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I know how the heartless, the careless, live
… Read morenow I know how
the heartless, the careless
livenumb me to life
to be everyday
dead
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Season of separation
… Read moreseventy-two degrees
yet my bones ache
chill
season of separationhovering over
last smile
the goodbyeeighty-two days
of candle blowing
quietly
blow away
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I DECLARE, cut loose, heart’s anchor
… Read moreI DECLARE…
cut loose, I will
heart’s anchor,
safety of fearset exposed
vulnerable sails
in tempest
of unknownsand love, yes, hurt
and grow,
Drenched in “F**k it all”
… Read moreAh…
a never-ending siesta
shaming a
belligerent
sundrenched in
numbed beat
of
F**k it allcollapse of
fist-held fear
long, slow
infusion
smile
–www.shawnzahedi.com
Le rouge à lèvres foncé
… Read moreen disant ce que je dis
je mente
car ma tristesse
n’échappe pas mon sourireet chaque mensonje
tant beau
n’est que le rouge
à
¡Que horror!
¡Que horror!
ver la vida
de mis abuelos
en los ojos
de mis hijos
say what you want
that’s how it is
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