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Nicholas Ryan Sampson

Nicholas Ryan Sampson

My Oxygen

Under the weight of life
I forget how to breathe
and I feel suffocated
 
I hesitantly make peace
with the world
and my collapsing lungs
 
You appear in my life
as you always do
when I’m losing my will
 
I gasp in air again
from the resuscitation
that your life performs on mine
 
You leave once more
so I hold my breath
knowing you’ll be back

(2013)

#HeartacheLife #Love

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Nothing

I say hello and you say nothing You may hear me you may even think of a response
 1
Knowing

Just when I get back on my feet you pass on by and I lose my footing Again
Healing

I don’t remember any anesthesia after talking with you but I woke up stitched back
 1
Drown

I was like a rain cloud over a small garden and dammit if you weren’t that garden so full of flowers that I fell in love
Split

I know that you were there in my dreams and in my arms Every dream we
Meaning

I’ll keep searching for the meaning of life and I hope I find it as crumpled paper nearish a trash can
One Way

The road is long and winding like nothing you can imagine Too many off ramps to count but too few in hindsight
 2
Forever

Forever seems like so long until I think of all the times spent waiting
Wish

I spend my nights wishing on every star in the sky that you are alive and well
 1
Uphill

Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest
Admire #1

I see poems that need to be written scrawled in the shape of your smile and the lines of your face
 1
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Feeling

So much time passes without feeling a single thing that I think I would give anything
Blind

Everyone sees god in a different light but I was born without eyes
 1
Gently

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
Watch

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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