Justin Tanabe Poems

I am drawn to you
Like a moth to a flame.
Again and again
I am incinerated by the fire in your eyes
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When I pass away
Bury me standing up
That is how I want to be remembered
As a person who was never brought to his knees
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Killing a human being
Is never a good thing.
Even in self defense.
Or in the fight for freedom.
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He was the devil incarnate
To call him a murderer.
A misogynist.
Is the greatest understatement.
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Sometimes in my nightmares
I relive that horrific day
when I picked up the phone
and heard you utter
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Sleep my darling
Rest in God’ arms
Like a cradled baby.
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Where art thou
My love
My darling.
Art thou sleeping on a cloud.
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Two lovers were trapped
on the top floor of the World Trade Center.
Because hell screamed from the sky
And collided with their earthly fate.
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April 20 will always be horrible
a horrible date.
For not only is it
the birth day of Adolf Hitler
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Gabriel took her home last night
He wrapped his wings around her
As the sky opened and pulled
Both of them up.
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