Chasing My Soul

ride through the desert
like you're chasing your soul
because girl,
you're only getting older
you said,
you're only getting older

21 January 2011

poem by R.L. Allen
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Any Other Way

just so you know
that even if
i could
choose

my own life

my
own
destiny

my
future

my
soul

i wouldn't have it

any

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Lit

the room explodes
one massive heartbeat
pumping, pumping
as i dance
you dance
we dance

we all dance with
a drink in our hand

to forget
forget
forgot

but i don't come here
to get drunk
don't come here to drink
because

what good would it do?

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Summer Was (II)

Summer was the longing we felt each other feel,
Like the certainty of hope in a newly spinning wheel.

Summer was the sunshine that shouted through the rain,
Like a prayer up to the heavens, like calling out your name.

Summer was the picture frame that lay upon my desk,
Like an old, forsaken memory burning in my chest.

Summer was the love that you threw down from the stars,
A kiss from you to me: a simple message from afar.

Summer was the breeze that blew right through my soul,
Like a storm upon the beaches, wild and uncontrolled.

Summer was your music that played inside my heart,
Like a clock whose hands were turning, winding back towards the start.

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