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MIA – Missing in Action. (Verse 1) I’m living life, day to day without you. Not knowing whether not you’re okay. I know I should know how your life is, ...

(Verse 1) It’s funny how disappointing it seems. How could she miss such an obvious thing, To confuse her dreams with reality? She only wanted something more, But disappointment pushed ...

Verse 1: I have your picture on my shelf In a fairly simple frame, To not obscure your handsome face, And your letters are on my desk, And I know ...

I once thought life resembled sand Shifting along the dunes of time Beside the sea of eternity, Until the grains dissolved from under my soles And I dropped, Matter, mind, ...

A red Subaru sped down I-40. Its rattling engine echoed over fields of harvested farmland, uninterrupted by other travelers. The road was a lonely place at three in the morning, ...

Hero’s pulse galloped in her throat as she handed her ticket to the prom to a parent waiting outside of the ballroom. She hastily checked the faces of every adult ...

It starts under my skin: The burn, the blush That creeps beneath my smile And twists it to a grimace. Smoke seeps into my lungs And is not expelled with ...

Poetry seeps through the back of my eyes Projecting my thoughts forward. In turn the image Coats my throat with words To speak instruction of what is and isn’t In ...