Theodora (Theo) Onken Poems

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181.
The Ruthless~

They call themselves Warriors...
But believe drugs and greed are their core
A conspiracy(ring) of like minded for too many years
Who always seem to want much, much more;
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182.
Illusionist

Curled 'round my memory
...with your clever trickery
Raw emotions bleed out the same...
Sorrows of yesterdays fairwells
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183.
Beauty-Defined~

I can't remember tuna sanwiches
Ever tasting so good
Or chicken noodle soup, so tasty;
Must have always been the cook;
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184.
Book Of Days

'Tis written in my book 'O days
In this season 'O living and sweet blooming love
Your gentle hands shall guide me on my journey
Into our promised land- so high above;
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185.
(((Were You?)))

Were you waiting?
Last night?

For my arms to hold you?
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186.
(((Verity)))

The whole truth is tucked in tiny holes...

And what mattered little- matters most-
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187.
(((Seascape Longing)))

Even though our block is larger now
We still relish the sand to the concrete
Skyscraper ways and bustling days
Leave us feeling, somehow, incomplete
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188.
(((Indian Summer Wonder)))

What is this field of flowers?
With cover of blue sky & Autumn sun?
Roses still abloom aplenty
Even as frosty day has begun
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189.
(((Now And Then)))

It's a sweet mystery of life...
How you decrease the distance
Between two points
By swallowing my smiles
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190.
Kafka

Short of ending up like Kafka
Who toiled in obscurity
And died peniless
I work myself up
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