Author: Annalise Wellman
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Children of the Wind
There’s a whisper in the wind. Giggling and hymning tales of the grim, Rolling in ashen charcoal plumes: Indigo ink stains hiding the moon, With embers from beyond burning bright: Licks of velvet in the satin night. The evening playground sets the scene, When the sun dips down below then sea And the devious breeze…
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Ocean tides Bluest eyes Take you in, Take you away Feet in the sand I’ll stay and wait And though the breeze may come And call me away My heart will stay Perched on the cay For the long awaited day When you come back to me in May. ~Annalise
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Wildflowers
Buttercup fields in a meringue scene If I wander here, will you stay with me? Shadow specters behind the trees Knee deep in amethyst weeds I can’t lie, you terrify me. Come and go like spring Haunt me with your everything. Time stalks prey it has wounded deep Icy eyes watching from glassy forest streams.…
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There Are But a Million Questions
Tell me you don’t care Then I show you why you should Life is the game The directions are misunderstood, We live in shame Throwing names in vain Whispering please stay I don’t want you to go away Soft is the claw of life to constrict, It slips around your silly fist Slow is suffering…
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The Fine Line
All to well, I knew it true, The feeling in my chest A premonition in the queue. Wake me up when September is through. The thoughts, they creep When I’m trying to sleep, The same feeling as 2016 Terrified of the unseen Silent screams of what could be. The shaking in my voice asking “why…
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Thank You For the Cardinals
The day you died, The world crumbled to ashes Through my tear-soaked golden eyes, As I watched your chariot Pierce the sky. In my dreams, I felt your fierce fall. The seventeenth was the day I lost it all. And sometimes when my thoughts fly away, I touch my hand to the photo frame, And…
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The Pen Whispers What the Mouth Can Only Wish
When you hear my name, Is there a tear in your heart? Or is there still a spark? I’m sorry I left you in the dark. The mind does foolish things with fear. It told my feet to run, Away from someone who felt like my right lung But, then again, I was young, Too…
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Oh, The Irony Of It All
It is wild how a word can change your world. You let one slip, Then suddenly it’s a shifting abyss, And you can’t quite get a grip Wondering how it ended up like this. But, is it not insane that with all this power We still play the silly games, And wonder why it all…
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It All Comes Back… (*Trigger warning *)
*Trigger warning* *Trigger warning* All I remember was being afraid. Fear is a game and nobody is to blame When someone feels pain Reaffirmed in the scars that trace my arms And the burns on my chest That carved my name lest I would forget it in the mess. I remember there was almost nothing…
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No More Blue Christmases
Meet me under the mistletoe, Take me to see the snow I’ve been dreaming of for so long I will never let it go. Show me the lights dazzling the streets Watch me dance in the glow Frosted smile in the cold, Hazel eyes only for you, Never filled with tears again, Never blue in…
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