**Searching For Home**

We are only half alive
embers drifting in the night
searching, wandering all the time
seeking something hidden
We are only skin & bone
rivers whispering in our veins
of hope, & something more
that we're not alone
But the truth is,
this is not my home
and neither are you
#DawnWord

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**Empty Deserts**

Blistering sand and desert sun
Blends into the liminal synergy
Of soft dunes stretching forth
Into the infinite distance
And on a far away horizon
The whimsy of a fretful wind
Dances along their tops
And shimmers with the promise
Of an oasis lying in their shade
Surely?
#DawnWord

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**A Graveyard Of Dreams**

You can point if you like, laugh or even cry
There is no standing on ceremony
Here in the cold and unbound spaces
Between wishes gone ungranted
A realm without regard for the stars
That faded away into the empty nothing
Of a void that remains when dreams
Are left to die
#DawnWord

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**Was It Us**

We spiraled forth
Into nebulous unknown
Prayed that we'd awaken
Before the darkness
Overtook us
Wondering as we fell
If it was fate perhaps
That had led us here
Or if we were pursued
By something else
More dangerous than
The nightmare we had
Dreamt to life
As we slept
#DawnWord

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**Not Quite Damsel**

In a land with a
Castle beside a waterfall
Lived a princess who
Forgot she was meant to
Wait for a prince to arrive
On his dashing steed
When a pointy tailed dragon
Came to pay a visit
So she gave it some tea instead
Taught it to play the bass
And promptly saved herself
#DawnWord

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**In A Nutshell**

Love bites the dust
And hope kicks the bucket
Before pouring our futures
Down the drain
We're hanging onto the lip
But acid tongues
Are burning our fingers
And the cat's still stuck in the bag
So it's not getting anything now
And with no wall at our backs
Neither are we
#DawnWord

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**Tall Fairy Tales

I may be entirely wrong
But I'm pretty sure
Someone would have noticed
That Ella was suddenly wearing
Only one shoe
And also
That it was the teetering
Mountain of feather mattresses
That kept the princess awake
And that pesky little pea
Had nothing to do with it
At all
#DawnWord

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**Rockabye Moon**

The sun trips over the horizon
Dragging a blanket of night behind it
Clouds pillow into the darkened sky
And quiet rustles far below
Silver stars twinkle bright lullabies
While the waxing moon rocks the tides
And I drift slowly to dreaming
Along with the sleeping world
#DawnWord

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**Sweet Fantasy**

It's a simple dream really
A snowman as tall as me
Woolen mittens on sticky fingers
And a knitted hat over button eyes
And beside him a snow angel
Perfect in every way
From her round little head
Down to her two tiny feet
And especially the handprints
Missing beside her
#DawnWord

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**The Voiceless**

We've always known
It's not our voice
They're interested in
Well conditioned as we are
By the shh
And hold your tongue
We've been hearing
Since birth
But it is time I think
To speak over them
Drown out their lies
Spit out the words we swallowed
And make ourselves heard
#DawnWord

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**Polite Smiles**

Lips quirk automatic
I'm not a threat
And it is returned
Polite reflex
Message received
And
Neither am I
Silent small talk
Meaningless and blasé
And would you believe it
We're not hardwired to smile
This rote exchange
A behaviour we learned
That somehow
Not everyone has
#DawnWord

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