Joanna Pavlides Poems

I write every word
With hope
That you will read it
One day
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The road taken so many times
Losing yourself
And then trying to leave it all behind
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So many lies
But I believed them all
I wanted to run
But I stayed
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Through the pain and anger
Through frustration and hurt
Memory of you laughing
Comes again and again
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Did you know
I speak with angels
Every time I pray
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My heart is stubborn
And screams like a child
It does not want to
Say those goodbyes
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So naked I stood in front of you
Full of hope and full of fear

Locked in your arms I slept that night
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If only I could speak
The words of my soul
We wouldn't be so lost
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It was not body’s desire but my soul’s need
To be close to you to feel your skin

A need to bathe in warmth of your gaze
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My soul is still longing
For the divine light
You wrapped around me
By the river that night
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