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I'm just a Christian country boy from Swansea Mass.

  November 2023     4 hours ago

Submitted Poems 275 total

Why do you look the other way?

Why do you look the other way?

Why do you look at me with your eyes closed? Don't you want to see my soul? I'm different from you in so many ways, but you still take the time to judge me anyway. Every cloud that floats by is different in its own...

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The pain in your eyes.

The pain in your eyes.

Your eyes show a soft glow, yet your pain, I can see a shadow. Your heart whispers, but it's unheard. I can feel the gentle touch and your warm smile, yet I can hear your silent scream that hangs in the air under the moon's...

– by A J C

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Hold your dreams tight.

Dreams do come true. 

Hold fast to your dreams, for if dreams die, life is broken, and winged birds cannot fly. Hold fast to your dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field of frozen snow, and always let Your Love show. But this you...

– by A J C

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The darkness of the night.

The darkness of the night.

My love of the night let us be true to one another, for the world that lies before us, a land of dreams so various, so beautiful, so new, does not have neither joy nor love, nor light or certitude or peace or help for...

– by A J C

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The love we once had.

The love we once shared.

It was early in the morning when I heard the alarm. We searched for words unspoken, and you touched me on the arm. There are no more tears left to shed. So, pull the shades down on the window and let's go back to bed....

– by A J C

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Thank you so much.

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someday I want to get into that brain and see what's going on. I don't think it's possible.

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You have a knack of putting everything together just right.

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a lot of the gold people only get 20 something views. Maybe a couple more poems.

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Well done. Usually I only rate people who rate me back.

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I can't see why you are not a gold member yet?

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Beautiful.

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Well done.

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The quick
analysis does not work on any of my poems.

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I love the poem.

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Thank you.

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you are on your way to platinum.

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Dreams. It's all we have it seems.

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Amazing you do have a beautiful mind,

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Beautiful.

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