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CK Lynn

  • River of Time

    Ever flowing. Always forward. Never looking back. Gone in an instant, water slipping through your fingers. from the present to a memory. Endless days, hours, minutes. Pictures swirl, A whirlpool, ...

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  • A Whisper in the Trees

    The treetops flutter, swaying in the wind, gracefully, like dancers on a sky-blue stage. The rough-barked trunks groan and sigh like souls weary from age and wisdom. The gods breathe ...

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  • Drowning

    I don't want the phone to ring again, I don't want to hear you knocking on my door, No more notes taped to my desk, I just can't take them ...

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  • Shadowpath

    Hmmm... should this be in other poetry? Omnipotent, powerless Fearless and afraid. Voices calling, pushing, pulling. To and fro Surrounding. One white flower Floating on a stream A beautiful sight ...

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  • Over White Sands

    The girl is sitting there, Unrushed, unworried, The waves crashing ever closer. The families of four begin to leave, Children tired from hours In the sweet, clear water. The sun ...

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  • Of Fire

    Hmmm...not sure if this turned out exactly like I wanted it too, but I still like it. There is She, Who speaks of fire, Dreams of stars. She, With a ...

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  • Things Unsaid

    You never asked about The two, razor-thin scars Criss-crossing my wrist, White as snow. But I'm sure you've heard about how I did it when I was thirteen, Standing over ...

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  • Under Ebony

    A strange, spur-of-the moment poem, but I think it's okay (or better, I hope). I know you never wished as I did, On the night’s first star. Or beneath a ...

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  • Pantoum for Pyromaniacs

    The flames are magic Her eyes won't pull away She's been called names before Pyro hooked with maniac Her eyes won't pull away She loves that word Pyro hooked with ...

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  • My Icarus
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
— E. Lockhart, We Were Liars