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if I remember my November

there was beauty in its moments

days wrapped in a borrowed sweater

in wandering thoughts of lost innocence

nights wrapped in a stolen blanket

inside drifting dreams to reminiscence

a bourbon held high in the air

for the happiest of birthdays spent

another held tightly in tears

for the saddest of losses went

and thankful for all in the end

a long slow goodbye to the month I call my own

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shadows of a heart
in its perfect denial subtle delusions
of lullabies I can’t forget
haunting me before i wake

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every night I’m dancing with your ghost

where the shadows can’t catch us

haunting me in my darkest fairytale

in the light of Octobers cold morning moon

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Octobers opus

of thirty one sunsets

with its crimson canvas hung perfectly in crisp air

mirroring summers last warmth

vivid reds, yellows and orange leaves fall

dancing to the ground

invite magic, macabre and myth

in its finale filled with children’s laughter

and with its last turns of the weather vane

ebony heavens as dark as ravens

calls out to our mortal realm

to gaze upon its opalescent moon

and its celestial ovation of meteors and stars

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waiting is the hardest

missing the sound of your voice

the phone hasn’t rung

watching the television

hoping for no news at all