"she was a hurricane" (November 10, 2010)

Raging wind loud enough to scare heaven
a lover and a vulture fighting for control
of this deadly hurricane, this dying girl
the lover makes her stop and think
the vulture tells her to go go go go
before someone appeals to reason
brushing dust off her heart the lover spoke
and the vulture swatted the hand away.
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So the girl’s heart turned into a storm
too quickly for the lover to seize her
the vulture laughed derisively and applauded
as she screamed and tried to lambaste
everything good she had worked for
her mordant words killing beauty.
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An eye in this storm came eventually
after she willingly murdered love
the wounded lover came to her again
“Let me help you fight the vulture
let me help you calm your rain.”
the girl cried tears of nostalgia
and embraced the lover sadly saying
“I will always be a hurricane”
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The bird still sits firmly immobile
upon her right shoulder muttering low
she burns an effigy memorializing herself
but the drops put it out every time
the lover restrains her hands of glass
becoming the welcome hold on her sanity.
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The girl is still in her lover’s hands
the lover remains to chain the seas
protecting not only her and her beauty
but everyone she loves too strongly
so the hurricane’s eye is still at peace
as she slowly loses her spirit
her body dries to sand on the beach
and the lover says “forever”
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The hurricane will return soon
in all it’s horrible strength
breaking the lover cruelly away
as she sobs rivers of remorse
and the vulture will laugh suddenly
draining away her will for peace