Valerie Moye

I’ve been filling my days with cards
And my nights with you
For weeks now
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There is a TV on somewhere in the house
A fan blowing on my face
A dog barking next door
And I am someplace else
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That's it.
I'm so full I'm empty.
I'm drained.
I think my heart just deflated
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He said that most of the day is over by three o'clock
I don't agree
I was sleeping until three
The day began at three for me
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I have looked at you out of the corner of my eye
For weeks
But we didn't speak till yesterday
There was an awkwardness in the air
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All my life I've been trying to get back home
Just now realized that place is gone
No more soft grass, blue skies, or that willow tree
Just lights that drown out the stars, concrete as far as the eye can see
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Blank paper blinding me
Day in, day out
Ideas burst from my mind
Only to die, shriveling, in the light
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Leaves fall in my face
Ginger and yellow drops
Of Autumn goodness
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I still want you
Will that ever change?
Your voice alone can make me shiver
Let alone your eyes and hands and runner’s body
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