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FRAGMENTS: A COLLECTION OF SHORT POETRY’



STEPH ‘VIXEY’ ACASTER





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‘Fragments: A collection of short poetry’

Copyright 2011 Steph ‘Vixey’ Acaster





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Fragments:

A Collection of Short Poetry



Steph ‘Vixey’ Acaster



Fragments

Revealed by removing quibbles:

A neglected pile of scribbles

Sheets of random inspirations

Each with unknown implications



Just Look

See, when I hear

Rain on my roof

Reminds me that

The sky too, cries

But I am shielded

See, from its tears

Like the clouds

Don’t feel my fears

Then sun bleeds through

See the light they chase

Just for a while

The shade’s not my place



Phoenix

Like a bird flies

Through the light

Hiding scars

She can rise

Through the night

Hiding stars



Projections

Just a quick glance in my direction

Feels to me, like so much protection

Do I scare you, silent objection

Maybe it’s just my odd perception

Not by choice but my selection

Sorry, for now, you’re my connection

In such a time, full of defection

Oh, affection, are you a reflection?



Gravity

I know you don’t see me

I know you don’t hear me

But like the force that holds you there

You should know that I am here



This day

This morning, this day

I feel many things

The sky seems grey

You wonder what it brings

It’s not quite sunny

Like I’m not quite smiling

And it’s not quite raining

Like I’m not quite crying

I feel everything

On this day

And the sky does nothing

For this day



Empathy

Awaken,

Vague feeling

Of impending doom

Still hurts me too,

When I see it in you

All I can do is understand

And hold out a single, shaken hand

What on earth can I say?

I know how it feels,

To feel that way

But it fades,

Drifts away,

Sometimes



Metal Me

This is where nothing’s fixed or placed

Silver slipped through my hands in haste

Molten, look at the mess I made mine

In darkness, glints of metal shine

So free your heart, let me fly

Make paper planes and watch them die

Round, round, indefinitely round

Down, down, inevitably down

Who should I pretend to be?

Inexplicably, despicable me









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