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Buzzygirl
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since 1999-09-11
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St. Paul, MN USA

0 posted 1999-09-20 07:16 PM


The day begins
I feel its colors:
Cardinal red
Cyan blue
Look, here's a mirror
Who are you?
The lips, they've lied (white) lies
The eyes, espresso brown
There you are: you turn around
An icy figurine--
Silvery streams
Drip through your veins
But it's always the same;
I keep to myself
You're the fortunate one--
Afternoon's golden yellow but
Gunmetal gray is this realm

Lost in thought:
Cheeks now flush
A deep shade of ruby
(don't feel so guilty)
No one knows
What I'm thinking about
So let's just leave it
At that

You seem to think it strange
That I possess no gold;
It's not alive, doesn't dream
And far too cold to hold

Now two cabochons sparkle at me:
There are your eyes;
What do they see?
Is it still what made
Your heart race before?
Tell me
Before I close this door

Unknowable- you deem me so
So the depth between us grows
My smile here? It's all illusion
What's behind it's
Bitter confusion

Before me here you cast the pearls
Of flight-or-fight decisions
While I cast upon the snows
Tears and hard earned wisdom
That I should've used
So long ago.

If you pretend you might still care
Don't worry so, I'll be aware
You're coming and going
Emotionally
I look askance
At your integrity
I hide at length
But you do not seek
It hurts so much
I do not speak

But if you care to look
You should see
Me, hiding in fields
Of varying greens
In the sky at night
In lustrous moonbeams
In trees and their leaves
And in shimmering seas,
Look for the colors
And there I will
be
--
2/95



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