Julianna O'Bar Poems

Misfortune is…
A goal unaccomplished,
A challenge unmet,
A dream never realized.
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Do you doubt the radiance of the sun
when it sets behind a mountain?
Do you doubt the beauty of the stars
when they're hidden behind a cloud?
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If I had a word that described you
it would be more beautiful than any yet spoken.
It would fill the hearts of any who heard it
with endless joy and happiness.
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She is standing at the mouth of a tunnel.
Behind her is light and comfort
Before her is darkness and uncertainty.
Peering into the gloom gives her
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We've been scolded, scorned, warned,
Yet, still, we write on.

We've been beaten, whipped, tortured,
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If you really, truly love me,
Will you answer just one thing?
What is it that you claim you see?
What's the joy I could bring?
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I'm empty.
There's nothing left.
No thoughts,
No words,
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Who are you?
A phantom?
A demon?
A hallucination?
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Young love is like the sun,
and the lover's heart, the sky.
The morning is slow and timid,
the first rays of sunshine that creep to the horizon
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If you wish to enter here,
You must give a single tear.
Only innocence can pass,
To free us from this spell at last.
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