Janine Ecks Biography

Your ghost on the horizon calls my name.
My arms reach out, yanking against the chains.
I cannot reach; again my will is drained...
I fall, I crush your memory to my core.
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See this shore, this tree, born of this sea?
So, my lover, so are we.
Now all the pieces fit,
Completing the circle in a world of entropy...
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Legions of lies, and my logic
In the face of illusion flies!
Was anything true that was uttered by you
Who triggered the heart's demise?
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The fire is creeping closer.
The nova has arrived.
The sun has blinked some time now;
Too long the world's survived.
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How many wads of crumpled paper
Have gone into that trash can in the corner of your kitchen
Twenty million words of pain
Delicately crafted verse of desire
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