D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly
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Don’t need you to love me like I love you; Just don’t make me hate you. Let my eyes drink in the sight of you. My heart skips a beat when you’re near, Two when you’re not. Hold me tightly in your embrace And make me believe I’m the only one. If there is another, […]
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Holiday turkey carved by the hands that stabbed me in the back; Casserole dishes served by the hands that slapped me; Desserts prepared by the hands that left me bruised; Table seating family looking on with the eyes that burned me and the smiling mouths that bit me. I pasted on the smile I practiced […]
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Believe when the nights are long and you feel all alone when your dreams turn to dust and all your friends are gone. ♥ When your body groans and everything in you aches when you can’t keep your food down and bad dreams keep you awake. ♥♥ When everyone tells you there is no hope […]
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I don’t know how to be honest when you’re looking at me like that expecting me to be more than I am. If you’re wanting more than the real me surely you cannot expect honesty. How can I be true when everything you like about me is a lie? To give you what you want […]
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Late at night lying in bed Arms folded across my head Restless I ponder on the day ahead And all it takes to earn the bread Needed to keep my family fed. I try to remember the words I read. It was in the bible, something Jesus said, But I can hardly think, my head […]
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If God has called you to be the head, It’s not something you do; It’s someone you must be. It cannot be something you think about It must come naturally, Like a smile when you’re happy Or a frown when you’re not; Involuntary like your eyes blinking Or the beating of your heart. The […]
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Behold, what I have I give unto you Not because you were always good Not because you were always right And not because you worked so hard. What I have I impart unto you Because even before you were born, I loved you. And despite your worst mistakes I believed in you. What I have […]
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Whenever the clouds labor and birth its rain, I see pieces of your broken heart splattering my windowpane. Your cries are silent yet I hear your pain And knowing I caused it is driving me insane. Your tears like chandeliers hang in my brain. Pretending like I didn’t care was both foolish and inhumane, But […]
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under the willow tree where I was dumb enough to believe you loved me, the blood of my innocence seeped into the ground watering the roots of that tree. I hope it doesn’t destroy the willow the way you destroyed me. © D.L. Lunsford
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Rage boiling like water in a heated pot, Can’t turn it off. Pressure in my head, think it might burst. Stars shine even in the daytime Brighter than the sun. My knuckles bleed when I punch the walls, But it doesn’t relieve the pressure Because the faces I want to bash Remain clean and twisted […]
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D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly 