Tori Beals Poems

The ocean opens up
the ship rocks side to side
hold on tight to the railing
just to make it through the ride
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The stars align
you see a sign
I see serendipity
Someone is killed
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Upside down
downside up
does it matter to you anymore?
You don't like it
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Do my eloquence you trust?
Because I know I don't
I know what I want to say
and I just know it won't
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Sometimes I lose my mind
sometimes I lose control
I need to find the beat
find the rythym of my soul
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Time never stops,
the world continues to spin.
When will we learn that greed,
is not the way to win?
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Math is its own new world
its own problems and solutions
but it is perfectly exact
there is one absolution
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Stars shine in indefinite silence
the current moves forever flowing
crickets chirp their chimes undying
lightning bugs are always glowing
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Tonight, in the sky's dark canvas,
is the moon, full of all our blood.
I believe the enemy has overran us,
and our fathers shot dead in the mud.
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Can you see through the fog?
Think through the confusion?
Breathe under the water,
or rid your mind of its contusions?
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