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Nicholas Ryan Sampson

Nicholas Ryan Sampson

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
It was that simple
 
But when I was your age
he said
with a grin
It was uphill both ways
 
I couldn’t help but smile
I’m sure
Grandpa

(2013)

In Loving Memory
James F. Logue

#Life #MemoryStruggle #Work

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Mountain

If I was once the tallest mountain your love was the wind that eroded me to nothing
Aware

It must be a wednesday or a friday or any day at all for I am painfully aware of the wo… that consumes me
 1
For You

You asked what I knew about you and I thought up a list of twenty things
Reason

I awoke from a deep sleep and knew the reason was to write I love you
 1
Passion

Passion doesn’t arise from 12 point Times New Roman but rather from ink on one page and another
 1
Split

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

You were the wind beneath my wings but I was Icarus so all I did
 1
Writers Block

Everyday I visit the only writers block I know to hone my words and wit and help them cut deeper into the skin
Faulty

I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
 1
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
Asleep

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

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

I’ve kept my eyes closed most of these past eighteen years because I find it just as dark
Admire #1

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

I thought I could drink you away but I had to stop being so drunk on you first



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