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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

Autres oeuvres par Nicholas Ryan Sampson...
One Way

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

There is poetry in nature better left to be spoken wordlessly by the breeze
 2
Split

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

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

My heart was paper
 now folded six times over
 to make it harder
 to tear
 I only hope that

 2
Rebirth

I see no joyous rebirth in spring for autumn will bring another death I see no joyous rebirth
Asleep

I awoke in the dark next to you and more alone than ever I was amazed to hear your heart beating from
 1
Underwater

Everyday I lived out a song written just for you But you could
 1
Her

Hope in another form but no fewer letters and I’ve been hoping for these past eight years so I’ll just keep on
Analog

There is a girl and I love her and I have loved her since the beg… Or so it seems to me as I only became conscious
 1
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Wish

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

The pen must be
 mightier than the sword
 For there is nothing that
 will spill your guts faster
 than a bit of ink that says

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
Human/Nature

If nature were so flattered by poems written with itself in mind as people are we would be moving mountains
Understatement

To put it simply each beat of your heart is a gift that I receive with the anticipation of a child at christmas



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