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Words

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    Words My throat...   how it aches front to back   words would be too much to speak but never enough   and your hand over my mouth is only physical placement   meaning nothing when it comes down to prayers and bloody knees Angela Minard 2013©

How We Leave

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How We Leave We hide in quiet spaces to dream  the pulse of madness throbbing each labored breath a reminder be still be still be still   Disappearing within the chanting rhythm  of silence Angela Minard 2013©

Breach Of Contract

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Breach Of Contract Everyday there are promises to keep We make them to ourselves silently swearing we will be better... try harder... Spoken aloud, they become chains We hold on until September October... November... the shadows following along daylight companions Tethered by verbal contracts vowing to stay We hold on until December January... February... becoming numb to the harsh winter wind We are nothing  more than fragile hearts and frozen smiles weeping with dry eyes, screaming into the emptiness We hold on until March It hurts to breathe as we move through each moment with heavy limbs on a slow                motion                            descent to nowhere We held on until April leaving handwritte...