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Street roots
March 16, 2012
S ta in ed G lass
By Andrea Hope
I returned to you shortly after the tornado had settled.
All the things you took such care to forget now easily drifted back into memory,
they laid themselves out across your lawn,
they spread themselves across your feet like wilted offerings at roadside tombstones.
When you saw me coming,
you sat with a broken crayon and a piece of cardboard trying to draw me out an exit plan to places I had already passed along the way.
When you saw me coming,
you sat with a head held heavy,
having heard far too often that sometimes loving someone means wanting the best for them even when it isn’t you
Sweetheart, sometimes loving someone means wanting the best for them even when it is you
and it is you.
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I know, you are broken glass - shattered
you must be weary of your edges,
I am watercolor.
I have been waiting my whole life to paint your pieces back to beautiful
and some, will never call us anything more than stained glass
but others, who know better, will carve their temples to fit our framework
will look up and see their storie
and see us sparkling
and call this
holy.
Love
By Metin
My higher-self, my gut-feeling, instantly knows the best answer
and the reaction during my tests and trials.
Such sense is deeper than any conditioning I may have.
When I’m with you, Love, I’m a child again,
And I’m back to the times when I didn’t have any concepts and requests.
Now, beyond doubt, I surrender to your beauty,
And as I do so, I remember the reason I’m here
is because of a promise I made long ago,
Before my existence, in a dream,
That you are the emotion I would choose to live.
S is te r s 01 The R ood
c r e a t in g c o m m u n ity ,
c r e a tin g c h a n g e ,t o g e t h e r
we are
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