alex haywood

Isn't it wonderful
that when it's time to go
you don't
and when it's time to come
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I cast a stone at the sky
hoping for some kind of sound
A phantom feeling answered me
rain on rainy ground
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I kissed my wine
the cool liquid on my lips
such a contrast to hers
yet the taste
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Today I danced while cooking
kind of slow, hesitant at first
like the kids smiles
watching mom-dad
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Indian summer
Sweltering heat
Our bodies
slick
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What if our only purpose in life
among all that we do
is to utter one word or
do one deed
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I crave your mouth
in a way that makes me think
I want to make up
for the chastity of my youth
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I already know
how it feels
to love with a poet's passion
Yet I've never been the object
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I've broken a feather
can't fly anymore
the winds that once carried me
won't work their magic
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My every thought ends
in an exclamation mark today
and each one like a papercut
shreads me.
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Sensuous day today.
The morning coffee
caressed my tongue
the car glided down I-95
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You know rain drops
why a spruce is tall
the vastness of the sky
the reason stars don't fall
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Racing from the tunnel
to the surface streets of my face
the tightness in my chest
signals the dangers of faith
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Do I really care what happens
to the camels
on this caravan to my end?
Were it in my power
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So frail yet so brave
holding on to hope
yet knowing
you were on your way.
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Darkness covers outside
but I'm not done
with the day yet.
Like an unlit candle
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I've left through your thoughts
Are you still breathing?
I was hoping I'd left
a trail of golddust
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It isn't any lies you've told
I know of none, my love

nor have I seen lust
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I wish my hands
didn't smell of you
this morning
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In a translucent moment
I saw beyond your reasoning
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