Heart Print
When I touch another person’s life
A heart print is made that doesn’t fade
Empathy and compassion
Produce an impression
Whose mark makes a difference
Changing the present perspective
Deepening the meaning of the moment
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Written In The Stars
Written in the stars is my body and soul
And I am made by Love Divine
The same love is star stuff in me
Author of every single atom
From the day I first breathed
And opened my eyes to the world
I am filled with... – by Charles Edward York | 62 Views added 1 day ago
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You Are Not Alone
The dark can feel so lonely
When trouble overwhelms me
The tears come down in oceans
Heavy as boulders down a mountain
Yet Your still small voice calls out
A silence that speaks my name
Telling me You are here now
With me... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 3 days ago
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Trust And Follow
Let me into your life You say
Trust and follow I do
The way to the Promised Land is
Open and wide with abundance
Welcome is assured as promise
Even if obstacles are before me
Yet Your word guarantees
Victory will be the... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 3 days ago
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Turn Me Into You
Searching for direction
For changes to help me out
Life feels like falling apart
Sewing seeds of doubt
Trying to face each day
Composed but it’s no use
When everything is going wrong
I have everything to lose.
When... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 3 days ago
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Saturday Morning Rain
Serenity arrives in Saturday morning rain
Through the shadows of evening
The soft sounds of spring showers
Slowly dissipates the night before
My weary eyes open silently
Thoughts from sullen moments
Seem to dissolve... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 5 days ago
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Everything Is You
Everything is you in thought and form
And all the things beautiful
What inspires and informs me
As good I find in you
It’s easy to smile
When you arrive
Your embrace is the Moon
Wrapping silence in music
Dazzling my... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 5 days ago
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Far Away Dream
Love is a far away dream
A distant boat on a horizon
Hurt and loneliness
Ache in agony
Hopelessness glides
Slowly across the waves
In search of a peaceful shore
And my longing swells
In a restless tide
As I drift out to... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 5 days ago
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Forever Isn’t Long Enough
I am staring all by myself
Through an empty life alone
With no one here to hold me
In the dark, cold to the bone
The calendar reminds me
How much time has flown
Long days seem shorter now
Solitude is all I own.
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The Loudest Voice
The loudest voice is
A good deed done in silence
A quiet example of kindness
Spoken through action
Sweeps the soul in swirling empathy
The gentle caress gives care
A blessed assurance
And listening ears reflect
An open... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 20 days ago
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Victory Banner
Tears wash away my sorrow and fears
Softly as rain from Heaven
When I reach out and cry to you
Knowing you hear me
Seeing my soul so low
All I can do is look up
I point my face skyward
Call your name in a whisper
Place my... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Ring The Bells
The pyre of love lights up the darkness
And the bells ring their sad peal
All the promises you made
Burn in the ashes
Spoken to sound true
And fade into pale smoke
I cast the broken cross of my heart
Watching your name... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Bloom Wherever You Are
Wherever you find yourself bloom right there
Remember the lotus starts in mud
Growing roots in murky places
Belies the beauty you will become
The petals and fragrance from hardship
Struggle and adversity are the roots
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You Let The Love Out
You let the love out when you put me down
And everything you said was empty
As the space between you and me
First place became last for us
Forget about standing in line
Nothing else to wait for now
You gave me my... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Night Returns
Night returns and shadows rule once more
The Moon and stars are remote
As the Sun retreats its light
Into a black world far away
My eyes search for sleep
It is elusive, unable to lie still
The cold creeps in here
Where my... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 1 month ago
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Once More Lively
Taking time out to care for my mom
I made a choice to put my own life
Aside and tend to the one
Who brought me into this world
The only person around
Caring enough to help me
Back on my feet again
Now needs my two hands
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Grace On Arrival
God’s riches at Christ’s expense is my life
My personal bank account
Paying and paving the way forward
The path I pedal and pursue
Nothing I do is outside of God’s grace
And there is no limit to what I can do
Grace on... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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My Write To Life
Our lives are fragile verses written in time
On pages that yellow and fade away
Yet our actions glow brighter than our words
Burning memories none can be forgotten
The stars witness our light sadly
Knowing we are made of the... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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I Dream In Moonlight
I dream in moonlight bathing me with you
Your eyes caressing my face
And your lips pressed against mine
Your tongue in orbit around my mouth
Speaking in wet kisses
Writing verses of love and affection
Your arms wrapping... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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In Your Silence
In your silence I adore you
With my eyes you can feel my heart
And all its secrets and affections
Paint in quiet vibrant colors
The moment your presence
Strikes a lightning bolt within me
Your body rushes my blood inside
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Face The Sun
Life is unbearable sometimes,
Overcoming it is a process,
To escape the unthinkable,
It will make you think that you're in
A land of eerie beauties and monsters
And if you’re not careful
Ghosts may appear
To haunt your... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Blast Off Rockets Roaring
Dappling lights decorate my celestial sky
After the dark night of despair
Shadowed moments with dread
Confining me on the cosmic shore
I am learning to swim
Instead of drowning
Walking instead of crawling
Getting... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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More Hands, Less Words
If passion can make the impossible happen
Then more hands and less words
Must write real verses
Penetrating space
Building bridges
Touching souls
Moving hearts and minds
With actions imitating intentions.
The... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Ordinary Man Special
As if out of nowhere or a dream
You glance my way and smile
Saying hello in a whisper
Loud enough my eyes
Heard what my heart
Finally wanted to hear.
As you walk by I watch you
Your fine feminine form
Moves like... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Banners Of Extinction
The banners of extinction fly in dark skies
As the silence of passion dims
Creativity quiets from hands
Different ideas are diminished
And the truth is trampled
Under the jack boot of lies,
Distortion and propaganda
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Burden Of Color
White privilege perpetuates pain
It’s presence discriminates
An odor of superiority
Rising out of weakness
It wipes out humility
In favor of false pride
Pushing everyone aside
Eliminating bridges
In favor of walls.
The... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Bees And Flies
Between bees and flies
There is no talk
Whether honey is better than shit
Dreams are beyond the sleepers
Follow your vision to fruition.
Bees serve a queen
Making something sweet
Flies live as parasites
Negatives subtract... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Love Must Not Be Silent
When hate is loud love must not be silent
The rage and rant of the racist
Screaming at the top of his lungs
Or subtly whispering putrid policies
Deafens the decency of all of us
Striving just to get along.
The... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Love Me For My Soul
Love me for my soul and not my face
For my handsome façade is
A temporary mask
Making smiles less often
And youth is running water
Flowing only inside
There deep within
You will find kindness
An empathetic place
Where... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Moonlight Won’t Leave Me Alone
I know you’re out there somewhere
Breathing beyond my boundaries
Living your life with no limits
As I discover mine without you.
There is a scent of you everywhere
Because you bathe in my thoughts
Sometimes... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Stars Under Cloudy Skies
Destiny awaits as stars under cloudy skies
The mud I tread through
Makes things tough going
Rain pours in unending rounds
The future is hard to see
Beneath showers
Falling on my tearful face
My stubborn feet won’t... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Vicissitudes
Watching the waves wash ashore
The change of fortune sweeps me
Messages I missed roll in with the tide
Leaving lessons lying at my feet
My tears rinse with many emotions
I struggle to sort them out
So I can see my new course
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When Tears Come
It happens all of a sudden
When tears come
A feeling buried deep
Surfaces undone
I think of your loss
And all I can do is cry.
Memories of love lost
Remind me life is fragile
I risked everything
And forfeited safety
I... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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The Thirsty Ones
Why do we pay attention to the famous
When the voiceless ones are silent
They deserve the lights don’t they?
Needs for food, shelter, jobs,
Medicine and safe homes
Are they not important?
Why do the wealthy
Ignore their... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Share Love
The wind blows and the story goes
There is no love to be found anywhere
The site for sore eyes is
Moistened with tears
Empty hands with no embrace
Deception and manipulation
Play with hearts like dice
The heat of suffering is so... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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It’s Over When You Quit
It’s not over when you lose
It’s over when you quit
The fight is is surely lost
When you don’t give a shit.
The boxer is the real winner
For rising from the mat
When the fighter chooses
A life not lying flat.
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Exile Wears A Smile
Exile wears a smile
When hope holds its hand
The possible is a choice
Born when our mind
Determines to manifest the dream
We desire to come true
A whole new world
We want to live in.
I lost so much in short order
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The Face Of Hope
Hope is a stubborn and persistent orphan
Who longs for a parent to take them in
And move forward through the dust.
The face of hope always points ahead
Eyes wide open searching for open doors
Leaving behind unnecessary... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Winter And Spring
The winter of frigid stagnation suffers
Upon a life frozen by heartache
Snow piles up over the will
Once warm in the sunshine
Happiness hibernates
Through cold nights
As tears weep all alone.
In life Spring always... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Warping Of Words
The sound of a black hole is ominous
A sonic drain on space and time
Sucking in relevant matter
Towards the event horizon
Light cannot escape
A irrecoverable point of no return.
The warping of words occurs like this
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Simple Bowl Of Noodles
I satiate my soul appetite with simplicity
A bowl of ramen noodles becomes
The edible metaphor I digest
So basic it returns my palette
To a flavor I like and understand
A meditation to make
A complicated situation
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Bandwidth
Depression is a disease not a mood
And without the right medicine
My bandwidth becomes
Overwhelmed
Saturated by signals
Too much to bear
I am shocked into despair
Desperate for someone to delete
The melancholy and mendacity
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Beau Sabreur
My impetuous heart aches for another
A companion to share my stride
Injury however has calmed me down
To slow down the raging tide.
A lover in lust with passionate pace
Eager to close with my relation
Serves as a warning to... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Golden Glue
A broken heart requires golden glue
So strong and gentle
It must be applied with great care
Between shattered pieces
And mend them back together
The kind of kintsugi
Composed of compassion
Soothing hurt feelings of trust
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This Needs To Be Said
A broken heart needs time to mend
So why does taking care of myself
Feel like a crime or an open door
For thieves to take advantage of?
Feelings, desires and dreams…
These are not toys to play with
Promises of forever
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Uneven World
We live in an uneven world
Where the balance between us
Gets tipped in favor of the wealthy
We ignore the ones in need
And insulate the people
Who have too much
Disregarding our own disgust
We let them off the hook
While they... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Poverty In A Lonely Land
Speaking gratitude into the silence
I thank God for smiling on a lesser being
My means to survive are shrunken
Every decent serving of sustenance
Reminds me blessings
Come few and far between
Rain seldom showers
In... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Unplugged
I am missing from the rest of the world
Unplugged without a purpose
Jobless person of no value
Hands gone idle and empty
It’s not for a lack of trying
Applications fly fast as paper airplanes
Only to be shot down
So frequently
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Painting Against The Wind
Arguing with the ignorant and bigoted is Painting against the wind.
How can you speak truth to the hard hearted and irrational mind?
The prejudice of the racist never ponders
Humanity is one race
Segregation and... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Kindness Is A Classroom
Kindness is a classroom
Where we learn to get along
With each other
So where are the students
When the teacher isn’t there?
The board is bereft of benignity
Where words should be
There are crude drawings
Of... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Outspoken
Not shutting up gets you into good trouble
When the unspoken word comes out
The author draws a light
Towards the silent world
Mystery is removed
And truth has a fighting chance
To breathe relevance
Into the forgotten universe.
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Forever Is A Pair Of Overalls
Forever is a pair of overalls
You wear to go to work
It’s a job that needs
Effort and attention
Getting dirty is a given
Marriage vows are resumes
Promising affections
What we bring
And past experiences
For... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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A World Away
The undiscovered country is a world away
Smoke and mirrors are transparent
Compared to my future
Tea leaves from tragic tales
Read like a mystery novel
And the tides of tomorrow
Appear gloomy at best
As waning waves
Wash me... – by Charles Edward York | 6 Views added 8 months ago
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Move Among Me
Casting my gaze towards the sky
My broken heart tries to reason why
Instead of asking how
To respond to here and now
I fall to my knees and cry.
The best plans are all laid down
Fallen apart all over the ground
Everything I... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Fair Weathered Friends
I have no time for fair weathered people
When the storm demands shelter
Who throw breadcrumbs to me
When I’m in need of a meal
Who say I’m too busy
When time is needed now.
Sunshine souls crave sanguine illusions
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Climate Destruction
Casting gray hues to wipe out the blue
The sunshine days are so invisible
The heat suppresses the air
Heavy as a weighted blanket
It’s gravity brings woe
Hard to walk and breathe
Through to where I want to be.
The... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Sweetest Cologne
Living on purpose is a dare against suffering
The constant push against everything
And the endless pressure to stay alive
With all the currents of change
Relentlessly crashing in waves
It’s all you can do to make your way... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Memento Mori
Remembering my own mortality means
Time is too precious to waste
Daily diseases more than I deserve
Rage against my flesh
Ripping inside my blood
Taking away my health
While those who could care
Demand a payment I can’t... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Loving In The Dark
I like loving in the dark
Its the place lovers can share
Naked and not ashamed
Skin glows bright
Heating up the bed chamber
The sexy wet shower
And the night of a thousand stars
Kisses softly circle lips
Breasts caress... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Making Fire Disappear
Silver drops drip from my brow
From the torrid tale of heat
Summer is an opera sung on hot notes
Music as bright as the Sun
Scorches my face
It singes my senses
Until all I feel is
Frying in sweat and flames.
I... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Tell Me When The Good Begins
So my heart lays bare all my wounds
After I shared everything I had
And you still left me anyways
It wasn’t supposed to be this way
At least the vows said so.
And what about the Chinese tattoo
Symbolic of the... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Your Poison
Broken smiles and battle scars
Cover me from the collateral damage
Your promises left unfulfilled
The vows you swore to keep
All those nights in bed
You slept on the other side
Silently rejecting me
Ripped apart my hope
Wore... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Sad Day
Today is a sad one, I’m afraid
I have only tears to tell how much it hurts
You kicked me out without mercy
I crossed half a country
To be by your side
Only to be rejected everyday
Why would you do that?
No money making hands
Or a... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Tears
Showers fall down my face
So sadness finds a way to leave
Every so often joy takes me
On a wet journey of emotions
Too big to contain
Your absence is like these.
Tears come from your space
You share when we’re together
And times... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Time
The price of time is regret or reward
Time is the most precious gold
The kind of currency
You can’t afford to throw away
It is often misspent
For the wrong reasons
And once spent
Can’t be recovered
Give your time and attention
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The Waves Of Heat
Waves of heat wash all over me
The surge of sunlight so hot and bright
Sweep over my body and face
From the reflections of the street
Heavy as a crashing sea
Burdensome as multiplying gravity
Defeating my due diligence
To... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Ode To The Moon
I watch you against the cosmic canvas
Traveling across the celestial scene
Longer than anyone can imagine
Slowly, softly and subtly
The soul companion
Of my home the Earth
As if in a dance
Your orbit in grayish silver
With... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Sara
Long live my beautiful friend Sara
The Empress on top of the world
Exotic and effervescent beauty
Egyptian and English lady
Heart of gold, passion and love
Whose words spoke wit, wisdom
And truth to those who listened
From near and... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Poetry Is A Lightning Bolt
Poetry is a lightning bolt that hits you
Striking you to the core
Making you shudder, vibrate
Opening your eyes
Ringing in your ears
Reverberating in such a way
You are repeating the words
Remembering the effect
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Breadcrumbs
Your breadcrumbs starve me of love
The pieces of affection
Fall to the floor
Without any attention
To the recipe you promised
The nourishment I want and need
Slips through my hands
Moments of laughter
Seen so few between the... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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In The Key Of C
The shape of a beautiful woman attracts
Only my eyes alone
But the shape of her heart
Endears my soul to her kindness
A perfume so pure and rich
I am enamored by joy
Feeling secure in her presence
To be myself and at ease.... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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The Sound Of Blue
The sound of blue echoes with grief
An injured soul of the unexpected
Suffers trauma no one can afford
For no one invites pain
Anymore than bare feet
Embraces fire or burning asphalt.
Scars have a way of wearing out
The... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Making Magic With You
Let’s turn the lights way down low
And create a atmosphere
Where it’s only you and me
No business about how the day was
Just right here and now
Because tonight
I want our body and souls
To speak in the way
Naked and... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Je T’aime Cherí
What is it with you and late night nibbles
Falling all over my skin in crumbles
After you hands reach
Inside me and take
Whole handfuls
You grab my sex almost in a fist
Pumping it so my veins show
And drawing your lips
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Meeting My Vibration
I’m making my own vibration
Resonate for only one
The soul who shares
The same feeling
So open, sincere and genuine
Breathes the same air
Who is unmistakably true
Touchable and real.
Meeting my vibration matches
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The Long Way Back
The long way back has tired feet
From the floor from which I rise
To the steps that keep moving forward
No one says getting up is easy
But at least I am standing
Willingly and moving ahead.
Drowning in an endless sea
I... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Love And Pleasure
Love and pleasure take their shape as us
Entwined in our embrace two hearts
Breathe through our boundaries
Touching places unseen
Feeling deeply and connected
We open as scented blossoms
Petals and roots of color
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Rising Star
I am a rising star on an endless horizon
From a long night of suffering alone
Dreams I once kept in secret
Now get their chance to breathe
You said you loved me
Everyday it was just a lie
Neglecting me as your orphan
I escaped... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Wish I Was Your Blanket
Wish I was your blanket
So wrapped around your skin
As close to your body beautiful
The next breath you take in.
How soft I’d love to feel
As water around your waist
I wish my eyes could touch
What lips and tongue... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Entitled To Just Be
The anger of the bigoted patriot singes
Burning the beautiful and benevolent
They feel entitled to berate
With words on fire with fury
Hearts filled with so much hate
They are consumed and doomed to die
And kill the... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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You’re Away Far Too Long
Wherever you are my love to be
You’re away far too long
Friends who care tell me
You’re out there waiting
The Sun shines here in summer
But the night lingers so short
And the stars shiver without you.
My eyes see... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Summer In July
No response is a response no one wants
It is the recognition of silence
A tsunami of quiet rejection
Intended to make you feel less
And prop up the other as
Unaccountable
It’s the mask the coward wears
When their malice... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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The Poet’s Love Alone
He whose heart is broken carries a warning
The love once given purely cast aside
Now aims for only one so deserving
His heart belongs to him alone.
The light glowing in the harsh darkness
Reflects the abundant,... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Relevant
Being misunderstood in a land of lies
And unpopular is singing in the rain
Others get wet but I feel clean
Letting the drops fall on me
The tears of Heaven
Touch and comfort
A place inside
Where my heart breaks
All over the floor... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Burn Notice
When I got burned in love
It was natural to be scared
I wanted your warmth
But I didn’t want the flames
The pain goes away
But the scars always remain.
You broke what I gave you
My heart fell apart
The day you said we’re... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Shaq
Your body roars out a passionate vibe
So ridiculously sexy are your eyes
Your voice, your words
And your smile
Make me shout out loud
The secret of your beautiful face
The shiny grandeur of your verse
And your heart stealing mine.
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Your Lioness Roar
As if by some miracle of magic
Your face appears as stars
And your vibrant voice
Captivates and calls me
Come pay attention
Your words, so compelling
Draw me near to you
I savor your sweetness
And become satiated
You... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Moon Of Tomorrow
I see you so beautiful and shapely
Clear in the night sky
Shining your moon glow
Above me as if smiling
I feel the urge to touch you
So your silvery kindness
Could illuminate me
And make me feel like a star.
You float... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Melancholy
Melancholy pours showers across my joy
And the smiles of summer
Once spreading butterflies of
Hopes and dreams
Now casts shadows upon me
Diurnal rhythms of daily living
Become immobilized
Chess pieces on a game board
Still as... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Dream Instead
When you lie down to rest tonight
Instead of sleeping dream
Go on a trip to somewhere far away
It’s okay to imagine yourself
Living a different life
Speaking words
As if they were wheels
Taking you on a journey
Flying... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 9 months ago
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Sonnet 1
When troubles arrive without any warning
Amidst our labors and leisure unexpected
Fail not we must to steady till morning
Our focus on that which must be protected
When darkness comes to steal at night
Those things we treasure and... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Bluetiful
Your body resides in celestial realm
Suspended in my imagination
In your nocturnal state
I feel you gently breathing
Quiet and dim as the faint glow of a star
Near and yet far from me
Where slumber gives way to dreams
And beauty... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 9 months ago
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Waiting Is A Heat Wave
Waiting is a heat wave
Beating sweat on my eye brows
As I look to the horizon
For something or someone
Not yet here
The anticipation
Weighs heavy as hot humidity
Pressing down
Making me thirsty
For a cool glass of
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In The Night
In the night I see nothing but you
All your naked wonder
And your eyes shut
Nothing but breathing
Lifting breasts
Coupled with your sighs
Whispers quietly
Your body at rest now
I see your afterglow
From so much love
Shared... – by Charles Edward York | 0 Views added 10 months ago
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You’re My Future
Something about you says my future
And dreams begin to awaken
Your eyes are enough for me
There is a universe
Echoes and ripples of light
A whole new world
So exciting and new
I never want to sleep.
Your skin of exotic... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 10 months ago
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Loss Of All Hands
The submersible went down with five men
Determined to see the Titanic
The rich men going to gloat
Over poor souls who had no chance
The company profits
Ensured safety was no concern
They went down and got lost
Never to... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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Hope
Hope is an orphan who walks alone
Without friends in miserable
Conditions, situations
And places
Searching for
Understanding
Acceptance
And recognizing the truth:
Everything changes
Bad karma flowers
As a weed that eventually dies... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 10 months ago
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In Silence I Sing
In silence I sing
Bringing forth the sound of my voice
Two chords and my breath
Supported by my body
Diaphragm and intercostal muscles
Roaring fire of wind and muscle
And a passion so strong
Music pours out
You can’t see... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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Cosmic Love
Here you are before my eyes
And is it any small wonder
Cosmic love becomes you
Body and soul
The very epitome of
A sexy universe
Happiness wearing a smile
The shape of a kiss
A hand holding mine
And arms surrounding me
As if... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 10 months ago
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Naked Love
In your arms we create our naked love
Burning fire into bodies colored nude
Kisses pressed in rose petals
Embracing lips and tongues
Writhing in circles for eager mouths
Drenched with sighs and moans.
We are so eager to satiate... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Late Hours
Lights going off signal the late hours
Here no stars shine and ripple
Darkness drapes the colors
And silence blankets the air
Thoughts lay down their limbs
And certain emotions
Worry, wickedness
And sadness
Give off their... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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All Their Tomorrows
They gave up all their tomorrows
For our todays
So that we could enjoy
Peace and freedom
The last full measure of devotion
They paid with their very lives
And we get to savor
The full payment of the price
There are... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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Je Ne Sais Quoi
I don’t know what it is about you
A breeze blowing in my direction
Caressing my face
So soft and subtle and yet
With the force of a lightning bolt
Striking me deliberately
On amorous purpose
Sending shivers in my soul.
... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 11 months ago
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Instead I Dream
The lights are just ripples now
All around there is quiet
So calm only the air breathes
Darkness is all I see
Sleep is trying to take me
My eyes weigh as
Heavy as sadness on a smile
A damp wet blanket
Upon my aching body
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Lifeline
You throw me a lifeline
When I am drowning in a deep sea
When all hope is lost
And I am falling beneath the waves
You jump in to save me
The perfect rescue
In the shape of grace
Undeserved favor
So unconditional
I reach out
And... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Our Quiet Time
The slow pace of our quiet time
Moves me closer to you
As if your feelings
And your soft affections
Caress me so well
I feel a thousand years
Deeply fill me
With a profound sense of
Being alive
You are the origin
And yes... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Love Floats
Everywhere I am you are with me
A day in spring illuminates
The breeze caresses my skin
A sign you are so real
Even though I don’t see you
Life catches fire inside
Blood moves effortlessly
Breathing becomes easy
And a gentle... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 11 months ago
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Your Hurt Is Mine
Your hurt is mine more than I know
Beyond the field of dreams
I made a burning hell
Words, actions and feelings
Made a total stranger of you
So thoughtless I roared
On you relentlessly
My heart turned
Mercilessly dark
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Sleepless Under The Stars
Sleepless under the stars I weep for you
My tears fall in a rumbling storm
Without any let up
An ocean of sadness
Collects my feelings for you
You are not with me
And the pain hurts so bad
Even the night won’t be... – by Charles Edward York | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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I’m Sorry
Hurting you is the worst I can do
The very opposite of what I feel
All too human is what I am
Putting you through
Pain and sorrow
Bears no resemblance
With right or reason
You are so soft
A heart so precious
So it should come... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Love Without Wings
Without proof love has no wings
The muscle and effort
And even all the spoken words
Lies idle and still as
A jet plane on a runway
Unable to take off,
Soar in the heavens
And keep company with angels.
Without fire... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Ripple In A Pond
Your love touches me
A ripple in a pond
Reaching me
In all directions
There is no place
Where I don’t feel you
And everywhere I go
Your name, your face
Even your breath
Finds it way
Home in my heart.
There among my... – by Charles Edward York | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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Bullets And Bodies
They walk over bullets and bodies
At of all places a shopping mall
On a Saturday afternoon
Blood and death
The evidence a white supremacist
With an assault rifle
Dressed in black
Attacks innocents
Old and young alike.
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Summer
The sound of Summer arrives in warm air
As the Sun beats down its rays
Raising the colors of everything
Invisible fire transforms
Temperature of life
Awakening passionate energy
From the atmosphere
The trees, leaves and grass
Steam... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Morning Comes
The quiet breeze of morning comes
As you circle with your body
Skin so soft covers me
And I feel how warm you are
I tingle with anticipation
The butterflies inside us
Flutter and I move
Next to you.
Desire is an urge to... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 11 months ago
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I Believe In You
I believe in the breeze you are
Blowing the wind you bring
For though I can’t see you
I feel the air and smile
You came into my life
From somewhere far away
And stole my gaze
When my eyes weren’t looking
And now I can’t... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Blue And Green
As if I was born again, I came to know love
In the blue skies and the green grass
I saw two miracles of the universe
And felt their soft delicate forms
One in the cool gentle breeze
The other across the blades
Beneath my... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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In The Dark
In the dark our love dreams us together
So far apart our bodies are
Orbiting the same star
Wishing for the same bed
Would hold us together
Two hearts, one love
Asleep beneath the night sky.
Darkness sews us as one tapestry
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Blue As The Breeze
Blue as the breeze and falling water
The sky weeps her quiet storm
We make our love for real
Over the sheets so soft and cool
We waited so long
To drop our clothes
Those everyday faces we wore
So the world would not
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Evening Calm
The sunlight shrinks hues
As the cool breeze blows in
A silvery disc hovers
Against the azure sky
My soul feels your fire
Warming me within
Dreams of your warm body
Kiss my desires
The air turns into petals
And I know it’s... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 12 months ago
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Love With Nowhere To Go
Grief is love with no where to go
Coming face to face all of a sudden
The irrefutable evidence
Feelings, moments
And memories
Suddenly vanish in form
No longer manifested
Ashes, smoke and dust
Disappear and take... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 12 months ago
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Color Me Alive
Color me alive in the colors
Of falling water and a cool breeze
Fill me with fresh air and soft petals
Birds singing and endless blue sky
Lift my emotions on wings
Send my thoughts soaring
Liberate me from despair
So I may... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 12 months ago
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Beautiful
It happens
The air celebrates you
Whenever you appear
Your soul
Redefines space
Perfume awakening the silence
The music of discovery
Applauds your arrival
Your heartbeat
Begs my breath to pause
Reel in my broken rhythm
And... – by Charles Edward York | 20 Views added 12 months ago
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Fortunate Removal
In the wilderness the path is uncertain
And danger remains hidden
Until the light appears
Illuminating trouble
Before I step.
How vulnerable I am
When the local fauna is hungry
And I am smaller in silhouette,
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Alone
Under a stormy sky I am alone
The darkened life of horrors
Torments and tragedies
Pours its misery upon me
The relentless downward spiral
Guilt, futility, humiliation
Feels ominous
A black hole
Where light and joy
Disappears.
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Missing Someone
When you miss someone,
Breathing is half of what it should be
And your heart struggles to beat.
You realize they make you
Exhale and you feel lighter
When they’re around.
The breeze blows softer,
Water quenches the... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The Other Side
On the other side is love
For I have felt
The burn of indifference
Eyes that choose
To look away
Knowing full well
A change must come
Good must act
And instead
Cowardice
Or complacency
Doesn’t bother.
On the other... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Hurt
The world comes hard and fast
A freight train blasting through
Running into my chest
Beating the shit outta me
I’m hit so hard
Its shock runs me over.
It hurts to be here sometimes
The world weighs on me
So heavy I can’t get going
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Happy Time
Elusive as sand through my fingers
Rarer than a total eclipse
The Sun becomes a shadow
Across the open sky
Darkness defiles the day
Turning into night
So goes my joy
Disappearing and erasing
The smile on my face
Taking away
... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Stay Here Awhile
Being alone can be terrifying
The razor of the insensitive brute
Cuts into my face as
The frigid wind
I am told I’m weak
Even judged
When I want company
But being human I wish
You will share your precious time
And stay... – by Charles Edward York | 14 Views added 1 year ago
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Air I Wish To Breathe
I walk through darkness in broad daylight
Invisible shadows of a dilapidated life
Torn apart by choices gone wrong
Good fortune taken away
By those who don’t really know me
Weighed, measured
And found wanting.
The... – by Charles Edward York | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Kiss Waiting To Happen
Your face looks like a kiss waiting to happen
On my lips where I make your home.
Your lips are so delectable and are so sweet
My mouth without yours feels all alone.
Tell me which way do you want my kisses
So we... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Ferocity Of Gun Rights
The ferocity of gun rights declares
Human beings are expendable
The grotesque rationale of
A right to bear arms
Flies in the face of
Common sense,
Peace and decency
It is the abomination of life
The psychotic... – by Charles Edward York | 21 Views added 1 year ago
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Breezy
The breeze blows away my thoughts,
As I sit quietly and meditate
Thoughts and feelings,
And all kinds of distractions
Fly away after taking their place
Only for a time
And slowly but surely
They disappear:
I am free.
Feeling... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Sound Of Falling Water
Sound of falling water
Falls delicately this morning
Soft petals of your name
Repeat in my mind
Echoes of the night before.
The night reverberates of love
Cascading gently
As the sensual showers
Of so many... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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In The Silence
In the silence you will find me
Beneath the busy and the boundaries
Where the quiet space of
Meaning and substance
Dwells underneath a tree
Between the extremes
My path takes me
To a place called
Emptiness
No existence... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Between Sleep And Dreams
Lost between sleep and dreams I find you
Your bright beautiful body
Beside me and completely serene
Suspended in the moment
Where time and space pause
Because you are right next to me
No words are necessary
Only... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The Blood That Moves My Body
You are the blood that moves my body
Giving me fuel to fire my flame.
Every thought of you in my loving arms
Burns inside the beauty of your name.
In me you are repeated all day long
As constant as a star in... – by Charles Edward York | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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After Hours
After hours is when I love you
More personally, up close
I take my time, too
Undressing the fabric
All those disguises
Your beautiful body
Hides beneath
Let me gaze upon
Your soft, sexy scenery
Where my lips and hands
Marvel... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Linger
You always seem to linger
A constant sensation
A personal feeling
Ever so soft
The delicious thought
I savor and enjoy
Beauty so compelling
I never tire to behold
You hold my attention
So strong
I’m spellbound
With you
I’m... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The Windy Breeze
You are the windy breeze
I can’t see you touching me
But I can definitely
Feel you are there
So many days go by
And I take for granted
You are as close as my breath
Even though distances
Separate you from me
Yet here... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Alone With You
There is only one desire in love
To be together
In this crazy world
Two people of passion
Find in naked union
An embrace of life
A warm caress
Multiplied
In so many revelations
Boundaries become
Blurred and you and I
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Living Upright In The Upside Down
You get to walk down a sidewalk unnoticed
I get to look over my shoulder.
You get to visit any store undisturbed
I get eyes on me like a boulder.
You get to drive wherever you want
I get followed all over... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Breathe And Become
Underneath a tree or a place of calm
I found enduring emptiness
My mind settles
When the dirt in the water
Falls downward
Clearing the space
Where my thoughts raged
A tiger on fire
With no hope of survival
From... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Stillness
In the place of stillness I am calm
A state of silence
Sets me free
When I let it all go
Burdens fall
Autumn leaves
In the breeze
A lotus flower blossoms
Derelict dreams,
Attachments
And broken thoughts
Give way to... – by Charles Edward York | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Endure
You are the lifeline and the rope
Pulling me through the darkness
Love so immeasurable
You reach to me
Getting me across
All the suffering
Pain and sadness
Disappears
In your hands
Eyes and embraces
Is it any wonder
My mind and... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Depression
Depression is a constant downpour
Rain falling everyday and night
Drenching my sunshine
In continuous darkness
A wet blanket or burden
Permeating weight
So insidious
I struggle to lift my eyes
Pain plummets me
Into a cycle of... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Sleepless Night
Oh, sleepless night you’ve found me
And here so unannounced
Surprising my senses
Taking away sweet slumber
And all desires to close my eyes
Filling me with frivolous thoughts
And all manner of distractions
Save for one... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Beautiful Moonlight
Your beauty is the full moonlight
And among all the stars
You reflect the purest luminance
All across my little world
Comforting me
When no one’s around
Kindling a fire for my body
When sunlight and joy take leave
... – by Charles Edward York | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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All The Way To Forever
On my way to the Moon
You stopped me in my tracks
Caught my eyes
With your double universes
I realized I hadn’t lived
And then I heard your voice
I felt the Earth exhale
And my heart start ignition
I soared on... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Spring Dream
You are the dream blooming in the breeze
The light in my eyes opening my mind
You are the sunshine melting the snow away
You are my beating heart, and I am reborn.
You are Silver wings spreading across the sky
You are a... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Night For Two
Night undresses the light
As day takes its leave
Everything we know
Becomes invisible
Except for us
Our ravenous bodies
Insatiable against each other
Transform our colors
Into silent absence
Revealing we two
Naked and not... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Your Body Of Verses
If I look at your body,
My eyes would paint words,
In the shape of
Your curves,
And the softness of your skin
Will be just beneath my fingers,
Because my hands
Will probably get hot
From all the affection I... – by Charles Edward York | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Better Than Sex
You and I so wet in the nude
Soft as water with nothing
Between us
We see what we want
We thirst for what we desire
And as we place hands
On each other’s hips
Our private members
Draw warm and near
Because this is
Better... – by Charles Edward York | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Touch Me
Touch me times three
And keep it on repeat
Because the way you do me
Is oh so sweet
Dreams like you
Make the right stuff
So touch me and hold me
‘Cause once is not enough.
Touch me three times
And repeat after me
Kiss me... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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How To Spend Love
I want to spend my entirety
making love to you
Laid across white linens
Me with your naked body
Only in my view.
When I see you
Lying in the light
I can see rainbows
surround you,
your sensual silhouette
Bringing... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The Story Of My Life
You’re the story of my life
My page begins with you
The face of my first phrase
Reveals your beauty true
Your eyes open up my heart
In every shade and hue
Your lips so soft speak grace
And make each day feel new
... – by Charles Edward York | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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An Indomitable Light
Your light radiates ripples in darkness
The indomitable divide declares
A truth so transparent
Your very beauty and kindness
Defeats foolish imitation
Grace warms the cold
And fear disappears
In your fire.
Eyes open... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Star
From a distance I gazed upon your face
And I felt the light of timeless energy
Touch me in spite of the distance
You reach across millions of miles
And spell your name repeatedly
Not the one my kind gives you
But the one surely known
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Overflow
You overflow in me
A dream in the flesh coming to life
Amorously as a pure desire
Lifting above my imagination
As if fantasy makes real
A beautiful woman from a star
Luminescent
You materialize before me
Dropping my jaw in awe
... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Mirror Of Heaven
You are a dream that mirrors the heavens
An angel whose face is so calm
Fear and despair turn to hope
And smiles blossom like sunflowers
Your words conjure up
Praise for your kindness
Reflecting in hands
So delicate
I... – by Charles Edward York | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Mirror Of Heaven
You are a dream that mirrors the heavens
An angel whose face is so calm
Fear and despair turn to hope
And smiles blossom like sunflowers
Your words conjure up
Praise for your kindness
Reflecting in hands
So delicate
I... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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You Are My Fire
You breathe me alive with inspiration
And I fly with creativity on your breeze!
Everyday I deeply observe
All that lies before me
My dilapidated heart
Tired of diurnal and tedious agony
Rises awake to dance,
Sing a new song... – by Charles Edward York | 19 Views added 1 year ago
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Sex Skin And Soul
Nude you are sex, skin and soul
Body of flesh, soft mystery
A scented woman
Whose perfume is a sensual kindness
Reaching for me, touching me
Like gentle showers of April spring.
I tingle at your finger tips and rise
A... – by Charles Edward York | 16 Views added 1 year ago
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Pulse of Love
I dream that your face is next to mine like the stars are against the night.
I wish my breath and my name could traverse your heart like the beat of yours next to mine.
I want more than anything to repeat again and again the... – by Charles Edward York | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Pulse of Love
I dream that your face is next to mine like the stars are against the night.
I wish my breath and my name could traverse your heart like the beat of yours next to mine.
I want more than anything to repeat again and again the... – by Charles Edward York | 15 Views added 1 year ago
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Deep Blue Love
I dream of you in deep blue love
Awakening beauty
Halcyon hue
Unveiling your naked essence
All your natural wonder
Simple and pure
A cloudless sky
Reflecting
Illuminating images
Invisible integrations
Manifesting
On the... – by Charles Edward York | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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