Magic

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She knows what it feels like to be invisible.

To be in a room with hundreds

Of people

And,

Like the air,

They breathe her in not realizing

She is there.

Her heartbeat the passion of the music.

The cellos

The violins,

And the dance.

Her presence creating a magical trance

And strangers smile as she drifts by,

Not knowing why.

There is delight in their hearts

At the gentle brush

Of her hand as she passes through,

A mere whisper of a breeze.

Her aura

At the tip of their memory.

Something they long for entirely

But cannot quite reach.

A haunting memory

Of a desire to hold onto

Yet

Out of their grasp,

She slips away.

And they,

The strangers

Are left asking

One another

If anyone else sensed the

Magic

They cannot describe.

Scars

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You see me standing tall.
You see me now,
Today.
But you have just arrived
On my journey.
You did not see my path
To this destination
Where I stand at this moment.

There were many I had to leave
Along the way.
The ones I believed
Loved me.
Many I have forgotten
But
Few stay within my heart
Where I will hold them
Safe

Forever.

So you look at me standing tall
But
You make assumptions
Dear.
You were not here in the dark
Days
When upon my hands and knees I did

Crawl.

You have not laid your
Heart eyes upon my
Wounds.
Some minuscule.
Some as deep as canyons. I myself have yet to know their true depths.
The ones,
The scars that drug me here

To this place where I stand tall.

Seems To Be

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Can you hear me calling
Hear me calling for you?
I am falling
And I don’t know what to do.
Yearning
Craving
Begging for you
To
Come inside.
Paint me with your colors.
Shake my walls with your music.
Touch me with your love.
I’ve been waiting so long now
Don’t know how I’ve come to this.
I’ve been waiting so long now
Seems to be it’s you I miss.

I Knew

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I know who you are.
I am here today
Because of you.
I beheld your Angel wings
At dawn,
When you thought you
Were alone.
I heard the rush of air as you
Unfurled them.

You,

When you thought you were unseen,

In your

Glorious beauty.

I saw a teardrop fall
As you tucked them away,
Then you turned
And came to me.
Thinking you were alone.
I did not need to see them
To know.
I knew
who
You truly were

The moment

You spoke my original name.

One Day

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One day.
One beautiful day
She will come out to play.
But for now she prefers
The dreary rainy days.
Days when distant sounds are muffled
By the raindrops gentle pitter patter
On the leaves over head.
Those days no one can hear her tip toe
Out beyond her comfort.
She feels safe
Blending into the gray,
Into the shadows.
If she becomes frightened,
She
Can quietly work her way back
To sanctuary without
Drawing a passerby’s
Glance.