Category: Poetry
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BREATHE
When your mind jumpsAround, up, downBreathe Things are so certainThe uncertainBreatheTime changes no oneBut isn’t time changeBreathe It’s how you deal with timeDeal with your mindBreathe S. L. Cottle
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REDISCOVERING YOUTH IN THE DISTRICT
Youth comes backday by daywhen you start to shedthings away When’d you startto feelso trapped Making eyesthrough Metro doorsGrabbing numbersoff the platform Taking a helpful strangers handthrough a Stanely Cup won crowdlifted up to yellin celebration Midnight bike ridesstopped for rooftop wine Waved downfrom a quaint boatThrowing your dressoverboardbehind your bodyCool in the Potomac Portraits…
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SUNKISSED
The coolnessThe heatToes wiggling beneathIt goes to your soulA lightness covers your wholeBeing S. L. Cottle
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WARMTH
From the smile on my faceTo the cold toesYou find misplacedUnderneath the covers S. L. Cottle
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EMPATHY (FOR A TENNESSEE BOY)
I looked at youacross the roomAn unsettled feeling from someoneI’d be close to very soon I didn’t want to talk aboutyour impending freedomYou’ve already prepared I can comfortably watchyou inhaleand exhale that thingput my father closer to deathor God,your father sounds familiar with Him I’ll keep my eyes emptyOn the insideI wanted to giveA reason…
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TO FEEL SUMMER AGAIN
A butterflyready to dry its wings A driveacross the countryTo feel summer again Trapped in a cocoonThe needTo feel summer again Wanting what was left in placeIn place for a reason,memoriesGliding under treesDiving into dirty waterKissed cheeks Was I looking at you“What do you see?”“Love.In your eyes.” Or making those eyesat the sunfor setting S.…
Sara L. Cottle 