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Leaving
Read more: LeavingLeaving by Carmen H Gray My eyes hurt from all of the tears Like sandpaper when they shut out the world And in my mind’s eye I see Pretty poppies along those paths I roamed Eternal sleep in bright colors That belie their playful congenialness Like the blue and sunshine day And lush berries hidden…
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Little
Read more: Little“I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn’t know what was the matter with me. It was as if I’d died or something.”-Daniel Johnston Little by Carmen H Gray Do you know how much I love you so? Your sweet black curls and those dimpled cheeks Thank…
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Lexicon
Read more: LexiconLexicon by Carmen H Gray “Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.” -T.S. Eliot I asked him, “do you think it was love?” “Yes”, he answered, with substantial confirmation “Do you?” he asked I paused And I stretched that moment to…
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Today
Read more: TodayToday by Carmen H Gray It’s Easter Sunday and April Fool’s I came across an old birthday card A token of a time when I was the perfect mother In my daughter’s eyes Before the cancer and the heavy stuff Before the hormones and the teen angst Now it’s all eye rolling and pfftsss…
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Trees
Read more: Treesphoto by Ann Barnes The Dreamery Trees by Carmen H Gray A place to sit A spot to rest To climb To nest Your canopy Inspires me To be like you To transmute The residue Into something essential Your ancient knowledge Speaks to me You watch the things That live and be In non-judgment The wars…
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Love In The Time of Everything
Read more: Love In The Time of EverythingLove In The Time of Everything by Carmen H Gray When I was little I wrote about a heroine In one of my silly chapter books Writing and writing My favorite escape She had auburn hair And striking green eyes I didn’t know She would materialize That one day she would Come to be And…
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Life Aquatic
Read more: Life AquaticLife Aquatic by Carmen H Gray Look into their eyes See we are each other The wound of alienation Instability of isolation Needs a balm Something to inhibit Something to calm The heat, the pressure Our stories are singular Within our limited sight Until we see each other As combined, voluminous light Everything external initiates…
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Billows
Read more: BillowsBillows by Carmen H Gray Today I looked up and saw Ribbons of white summoning my eyes They reminded me how the time is now My hot breath the engine Forming billows of momentary exhaust In my own expansive sky For the ants beneath my feet Today I caught that second when His eyes met…
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Six Ray Sunrise
Read more: Six Ray SunriseSix Ray Sunrise by Carmen H Gray I don’t believe in accidental incidents That bright ladybug I saw the day after he died Those hundreds of monarchs suspending me Upending me when I needed a sign to hang on The tower card pulled by my oldest Upon her leaving, saying gently to me Mama,…
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Petals
Read more: PetalsPetals by Carmen H Gray A bud opens Petals painfully unravel As from the comfortable womb An aquatic existence Suddenly breathes air Transmutation is happening The moment a petal decides To surrender And yield from the Once Was To the Now Is
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