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  • May My Heart Always Be Open

    “may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it’s sunday may i be wrong for…

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  • Fear Not

    For Gina, Who Is Stronger Than She Thinks by Carmen H Gray Expose It The “what if” Let it subside From your warrior heart Watch it dissipate Like the giant wave That has finally broken Spreading itself longingly Onto the shore of your soul Reshaping energy From the overwhelming Anticipatory energy Into a peaceful Gentle…

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  • Supernovas

    Waxing and Waning by Carmen H Gray I see the once bright stars That gazed upon me Starting to wane Dim, dimmer, dimmest  Transforming light energy Into something new All dying stars Bring once unknown stars  and new elements Into the universe again

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  • Outside In

    Body of Thoughts by Carmen H Gray Last night I floated above The reverie Gazing down Into the cool, dark waters I found my reflection Staring back at me Almond eyes Deep pools of misty darkness Full round lips Pursed in deliberation Slender fingers gently tapping The quickening space between the breasts Faint breaths warming…

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  • Feeling Yourself Disintegrate

    Disintegration by Carmen H Gray Whispers, sideway looks, blank stares Backs turned on me I recognize the repudiation When you reach for magnitude And your brightness expands Some are blinded Some are scattered Some are reduced to small specks The torrent of stardust  That trails behind you The bitter is never without the sweet Self-exoneration…

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  • A Beautiful Facade

    “Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world… Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe.“ Irving Penn A Beautiful Facade by Carmen…

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  • Inside

    THE human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed;­ The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. And days may pass in gay confusion, And nights in rosy riot fly, While, lost in Fame’s or Wealth’s illusion, The memory of the Past may die. But, there…

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  • Exhale to Life

    Exhale To Life by Carmen H Gray A rush of tears Like a deluge in the summer heat Flood my bruised heart Cleanse my mind The Great Exhale That was in a holding pattern Breathes New Life Survival Progress Tenderness Into me The swelling and pain Blue-black wound Healing Changing Into a flesh tone Of…

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  • Time

    Time by Carmen H Gray A ghostly and constant companion Walks with me down the thorny paths Through the bend in the cool river Atop the snow-capped mountain  In the evergreens, along the babbling brook In the star-studded velvet skies in the deep of night Beyond the pale, violet clouds at dawn She holds fast…

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  • The Sun in My Dreams

    As I Grew Older It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun— My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky— The wall. Shadow. I am…

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