Corina Vitale

Floating in a pool of memory
Thinking about the sun
Thinking about the moon and stars
And all that needs to be done
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I’ll hide mine if you hide yours
These faces that we detest

I love you but
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Night falls and I stumble into the nightmarish world of my hidden mind
All I see are shadows slithering from corner to corner
Leaving an unearthly chill in my bones
I lift myself up off the damp floor taking a cautious step
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17 years
83 to go
Searching done by a child
Found, maybe by the old woman
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I can’t say I’m not glad to leave
I have been waiting for this moment for so long
The only thing that has kept me subservient to
My anger,
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My heart is full.
It has drowned in the despair.
My eyes leak what is left over of my heart’s tears.
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The autumn leaves are falling
The wind picks them up
Little mice scurry around a popcorn kernel
Dancing the sunlight away
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Dark
Light

Sad
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The rain falls from the mouth of a green snake.
I peek around the closest patch of jungle,
I must protect my child from ravenous mouths.
I sense the hot sticky breath of a predator.
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She sits atop her mesa of dark memories
Looking over time
Covered by butterfly tears
She falls asleep to the sound of augmenting dreams
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The cottage on the hillside maybe mine
If only my heart were to speak its name
Shall I sit on a sandy shoreline and dine?
On the shinning sunrise and feel no shame
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Touch the first born
Don’t let him cry
He believes in you
Why don’t you do the same?
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Running down a path of hope and despair
Stumbling on words of hate
Being healed by rains of love
Running up a hill of triumph and pain
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So why do they all fly away, leaving you with your bleeding wounds?
They all turn their head with indifference
All the ones that vowed their undying love to you, they have all gone
Leaving you to stand alone with your fading smile, they all go away
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We walk in the dark
Falling through holes
Crashing in life's wake
Falling, and falling until we brake
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