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Nicholas Ryan Sampson

Nicholas Ryan Sampson

Admire #1

I see poems that
need to be written
scrawled in the shape
of your smile and
the lines of your face
Poems of your life
your love
your death
I have read them all
never ceasing
repetitiously
I have been haunted
by you
I am writing
my exorcism

(2013)

#Death #Life #Love

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I’ve always been at the very least a little caught up on everything about you This idea of you
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Just when I get back on my feet you pass on by and I lose my footing Again
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The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking
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Hope in another form but no fewer letters and I’ve been hoping for these past eight years so I’ll just keep on
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I don’t remember any anesthesia after talking with you but I woke up stitched back
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I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
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I feel empty unceasingly until you come along and fill my heart to bursting
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