dusty mattern

It’s the little things in life

That make all the difference

Like saying good morning

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Sometimes the way we lift ourselves up is to lift up another

Even if it’s hard to do

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I often sit lost ;

Deep in plots consumed by each thought . -scheming to escape reality no matter the cost ……….

I simply cannot bear much more;

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Marginalization diminishes the spirit

Eventually extinguishing it

Until it no longer exists

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I have bad days.

Disrupted.

By the pleasures that have

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A tiny frog on a petal so fine

Lies still in a world that is divine

With eyes closed and a smile so serene

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I’ve got the gray blues

Been cold and rainy for days

My bones ache to the core

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It’s elusive

But needed

Without it

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Imagine walking through the snow into a forest full of pine trees

As you stop amongst the trees, all you can hear is the deep silence

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Your spirit still lives within my soul

I still can’t believe it’s so hard letting go

The memories we shared

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