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Johnny Cammish

Johnny Cammish

Shadows

It’s been said that
I’d love a shadow
If it smiled at me.
I smile and agree:
Talking to people
Online is like
Talking to shadows
And I met you
In person first -
I have seen you
In flesh and
I was awed
Even before your
Lips met mine
So if I can love
Your shadow -
I can love your all

Autres oeuvres par Johnny Cammish...
Cathedral

In the midst of unimaginable faith surrounded by unattainable wealth I have eyes only for the light dancing through the stained glass do we not live only to discover be…
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The Pursuit of Happiness

Happiness is an elusive beast it is best not to pursue it through foliage and fen You’ll never catch sight of it tha… Instead, wait in darkness and bait…
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Thetis

I’m light Quench me slake my smoking chariot In your flood Before the smoke gets too much
Airy Nothing

It would seem I am stuck With a seething mind. So I see three roles before me; Would that I could - I feel that I should,
Dynamite

Seemed I danced To a short fuse And lit another And now it’s all gone Blown sky high
Pandemonium

What, God fearing? I do not fear… For if God is loving as is so sai… He should not be wielding the divi… And if he does, unto all those poo… He cannot be just nor properly fee…
Moulding

I felt you Press into me I eased round you like A memory foam mattress Though I hope for more
Waiting

Waiting Is exhausting but I just keep on Waiting Because I think you’re worth it Even though I lapse and sometimes
 1
Dumped

I’ve seen others dumped Cast off and forgotten With sweet rotting I’ve seen them decompose Into sweet liquor as people
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You

In truth, There is no 'you’ You are but a lie, a clue You flatter yourself thinking, That my entire thought unceasing Is but on one individual,
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Candles

Flickering uncertainly but still certainly flickering our candle dripped we had trays of wax time and trauma saw to that
Gesticulation

Would a grand gesture change your… I endeavour to treat you kind, I dream of the love you will find, But do you even read of my agonies… Are you aware of my poor hidden ec…
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Chains

I know your nightmare; nothing is… In life you linger, lost in dreams… You project pain far, poison what… All betray your best, banish what… So, wounded within, who can lift t…
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Coffee

Coffee is something of a ritual Standing tall, I repeat the mantr… “Flat White Please” Sometimes to go but best to stay As I sit and stare at your eyes
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In Jest, I Joke

'Bred to a harder thing than trium… Failure then? That I can do! With a glint in my eye and a smile… I can hold back the inadequacy



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