I Give

I gave up on the dream today
While polishing my resume
It matters not how hard you play
Dreams are work without the pay.

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Gentle Heart

Oh gentle heart I hear your silent beat
I sense the tender touch of gentle hands
Your spirit sings a song so bittersweet
Of fantasies from lost, forbidden lands
I listen for that beat that stirs my soul
And wills my heart to shed its cool pretense
Each vine that intertwines around the pole
Envelops and adorns the weathered fence.

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Summer

Tall grass swaying
in the breeze
Chipmunks playing
in the trees
Turkeys lurching
cross the lawn
A snorting buck
appears at dawn
Day grows old
dusk invades
Summer’s magic
spawns parades
Whose colors change
and rearrange
As sunlight slowly fades.

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