Karen Edwards

In the veil between life and death,
the deal was struck as I drew breath.
A fate which I cannot deflect,
the reaper comes now to collect.
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Let me get this off my chest
like the ill-fitting bra
that has been suffocating
me since before dawn.
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Life inherently moves forward,
progress, change, passing moments
racing onward until the minute
we cease and cross the veil to
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Daises dreading the inevitable,
eventual choice of the nervous young man
scanning the flora. Never the pick, passed over
in spite their fresh, innocent appearance. Always the
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The strumming guitar sings of life,
sings of cheer, of beauty and hope
things a heart holds so dear.
Great poets endeavor to instill
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Long thought quiescent,
they come unbidden
the quintessence of
a flamboyant fairy tale,
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Dawn breaks, the muted
glow of the rising sun
unveiling a masterpiece,
a still life, painstakingly
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Bitter, icy effigy
formed haphazardly,
compacted from the
slush of gutters and
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On New Year's Eve, it's bright and clear,
a gathered crowd lets out a cheer.
Balloons released, confetti flies
and fireworks light up the skies.
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I'm dazed and confused, Lord
for I just don't understand,
are you tired of your choirs?
Or are you starting up a band?
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It started in my childhood,
by sixteen, I was trapped,
held firmly in nicotine's
evil grasp. Winning battles
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Unbidden, yet not unwelcome
he whispers in my ear.
sweet lines of verse,
though unrehearsed,
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The world streaked by me
out the driver's side window.
Glimpses of possibilities
flash and then disappear
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A dusting shrouds its highest peak,
regal handprint of the divine.
For mortal man could not create
a masterpiece of such mystique
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Little girl lost alone in her room
hugging her knees, as she played
the same tune, <i>sometimes it hurts
so badly, I must cry out loud<i>
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Falling...
Steadfast, silent
Frigid frosty flakes of fluff
Drifting from December skies
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