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Go ahead and rally your troops Perhaps that's exactly what we were meant to do Live each of our truths To its fullest extent So everyone has a moment To be represented To be called to arms... We sounded the alarm Like sirens calling out in the momentary calm But we are the tempest And that's why the darkness fears us Tears us in two As we dove into the depths of duality The reality is We've been here before And I'm not afraid to look for you in the eye of the storm Our storm Collected water molecules permeating The cold fronts of miscommunicating We've never needed words to say Relay the echoes throughout our brains The fact remains We've been through much more than the onslaught of this physical plane

It takes two to tango, But only one to dance Leaves me shuddering at the thought Of a second chance At romance Time ceases With my heart Again in your hands What I know of seconds is they have a way Of always slipping away Slowly When the clouds resonate a dark gray Heartache hangs closely And I'm mostly Expecting The onslaught of rejection Guts twist In the midsection Redirection Of my intentions Suddenly I'm craving your attention Daydream indulgence In the different dimensions Of your affections What is love but another segmented season To dive into believing That we fall for honorable reasons To revel in the death of all the reds and golds To grasp at every syllable in quiet spells on untouched scrolls Reigniting our ember souls Misspoken words are the only ones which seem to be heard Side by side, two estranged worlds Intersect and twirl Cracks in her porcelain mask reveal the face of a scared little girl One second was split for these emo...

Crooked smirk, chubby cheeks Some people say you resemble me But you are every bit unique Peppered with the duality Of your Daddy's interests Your Mama's mischief Your Grandma's heart And your Papa's affinity for Sweet Tarts Silly and smiling we sway and sing You get that twinkle in your eyes when you're learning, Beautiful little thing The way you suck your lips in when you're thinking... Or when you're hiding something Brightly radiating Like the days of summer on which you were born Water in Sun resonates warmth A balance between adventure and emotion Equally tumultuous, waves of ocean Crashing playfully against the shore When I look at you, I see more.. More to experience, more to grow I daydream about all the places we'll go To give our Wild the space it needs To wiggle our toes Test all the waters we have yet to see I promise, I have so many plans for you and me They're closer than you think Just reach up for the star...

You spread your branches out wide Enough to catch me Coarse and rigid bark Dripping sweet and sappy I find myself wandering outside On days like these To enjoy an afternoon swing Back and forth, Back and forth Not always sure If I'll keep coming back Maybe One day I'll stay But what's the fun in knowing that I know I never said for keeps But freedom sometimes seems so lonely And my love tires, As she sleeps  Dormant within me Still playfully hung up By what used to be her noose Now just looking for a sturdy branch to tell her This isn't the kind of game you have to lose Something about tire swings in summer Always sounded like good news Unaffected by the loose screws Barely hanging on by worn threads Even amongst an icy winter frost I seek the softness of your breath Leaving behind secret whispers Decoded on foggy panes Stories of what comes after springtime rains Familiarity of this space ...

I feel myself transforming into something I've never seen before, both radiant and resilient.. Like bioluminescence, a spectrum of light evolved to exist in the depths of complete darkness. - @rs.darko

A table for four set for seven people Leaving vacancies Like empty pews under broken steeples With not enough seats for us to sit and eat We abandon these spaces and sit in front of the TV While Mom is still cleaning I save her a plate And I promise to say grace Without actually believing That He was the one to bring us this food Instead of her and my step dad working a full-time job or two Just to feed all these kids and their best friends too Thinking God is the one to hold us together like glue But that glue is messy and doesn't always stick And instead peels away several layers of dead skin Revealing the fractures of our faults and sins I think to myself I'll never be worth shit Never live up to the kind heart she thought I was born with Now deteriorated by years of bitter resentment I look them in their eyes and I see disappointment I offer my help to clean up a bit She reassures me she's got it Sweat dripping from her brow I wonder what stress i...