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After the fire raged
And we were left
In a fleury of ashes
What came to mind
As you watched me
Walk away
Down a train track
Of memories
And accidents
Would it be the collateral damage
Or collateral beauty
In my wake
I know the answer
And it’s why I left
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Lock and key
Make me wanna crawl
Through your windows
To take you by storm
But instead I step back
Well aware
Love should only enter
When invited
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An oasis treasured
Into a place I go
Marked silently
Between the trees
Except for the falling snow
And the crackling
Of a winter warmth
You prepared for me
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Mostly I am related
To unmellow yellows
But occasionally?
Outrageous orange
Slips in the mix
Yeah, obnoxious even
That includes me too
Though mostly
I fall between the blues and grays
Call me timberwolf wild
Or his midnight hue
Knowing some days though
I was born to be scarlet red
With a trace of burnt orange
From the embers I’ve left behind
In his bed
So tickle me pink
Beneath the sheets
And I’ll straighten my new frames
On the outside to at least come across
As antique brass
Or maybe instead
A fallen in line cadet blue
But when no ones looking
I am all the colours
It just depends
Who I am with
Me alone or me with you
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There is only one
That holds my heart prisoner
It’s the melody in the mist
Over moors
And mountains
And I am its willing captive
Free
Inside its mystic song
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Scottish Highlands, my photo
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What if I told you
The lettered loss
I suffered
Was by the hand you withdrew
Taking my words
With you?
Would you scour
Your book shelves
Your nightstands
In between the couch cushions
For every drop of ink
And sentiment they came with
Or would you toss them
Before you read them
And read through
My heart once more
I don’t know
how it would help to know
But I just can’t let the thought go
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See how your light
Curves around
The edges of my soul
Your luminescent touch
To the dark places
Of my heart
Watch how shadows dim
By your presence
And how love sheds
A new day
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You scattered moments
Of light
In my night
And memories
To harbour in dreams
The kind you wish
To never wake up from
And relive
Over and over again
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How time
Was mesmerized
Into submission
By cobblestone and brick
Mortar that kept
History’s tomes
Locked away
Forever
In our grasp
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Entirety in Bits and Pieces 