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Lying, Still
I just listen to the wind These old and tired branches Calling through the trees A whispering in my bones I call that quiet cold my home...

Paul Clive
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Luminous Threads
It can sometimes feel like the fire is going out. Run down. Lost. The world has no passion or color left in it. It's all been worn down...

Paul Clive
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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Rushing
My Heart is Always Rushing It would be more painful to forget More empty to regret Already holding them close Held tight like petals...

Paul Clive
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Nova Blossoms
She was the first thought. Waking. Walking in the void. Image or idol or maybe a whisper. Voices. A melody across the deep. And so he...

Paul Clive
Dec 13, 20221 min read
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Over and Under
Mouth agape Hungry for Heaven's wrath Headlong with nightmares Overflowing Defiant I contrive these Other worlds to thrive in Dreams left...

Paul Clive
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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Origami Heart
Origami Heart Too bright beyond these gates Collecting dust I can see the light Feel the warmth Taste the earth Head held down...

Paul Clive
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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One of Them
The omens move without words Like water Across the sky From the East Fire in the mouth And from the ending A new beginning A broken bow...

Paul Clive
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Fever Pitch Witching Hour
Fever Pitch Fever pitching Voices rising Season for Witching Toiling, boiling, brewing Klaxons blaring, houses burning Stirred up all...

Paul Clive
Sep 25, 20222 min read
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Mist Taken
Mist Taken A wisp and nothing else Filled up with regrets Fretting with the best of them Melancholy and cut off Shelves all filled the...

Paul Clive
Sep 21, 20221 min read
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Ingredients
Sometimes we mix ourselves a potion of memory and regret and find ourselves wondering what might have been. There is something a bit like...

Paul Clive
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Loam Behold
LOAM Minutes run backward Scatter and skedaddle Straddling midnight hell bent Back way far past the one My eyes have been kept open Past...

Paul Clive
Sep 3, 20221 min read
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A Pilgrim's Doubt
Moon-dripped reflections Fallen from favor The weight on these shoulders Still gazing at navels Plucking at strings In ivory chambers, I...

Paul Clive
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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A River With No Mouth
Patience with ourselves and others is important. You never know what battles people are fighting whether they are in the real world or in...

Paul Clive
Aug 15, 20222 min read
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Perhaps Not
Feeling pretty done with Summer... Tired of the heat Craggy arid landscape You can look out over what is left And see where water ran...

Paul Clive
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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Trains (Take the L)
Sometimes in life you have to take a loss. It can be hard when our feelings seem meaningless. We get caught in trains of thought,...

Paul Clive
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Moth Man
Legend. Sometimes our feelings can seem so meaningless in the grand scheme of things. We aren't taken seriously, our voices aren't heard,...

Paul Clive
Jul 3, 20221 min read
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Chasing the Fog
Born here upside down Branches breaking skin Kin to every wolf Child of every sin Timid on the rooftops Colors coalesce Rushing for the...

Paul Clive
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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Without Further Ado
All these unnecessary plateaus Every one of these I can't let goes Stop gap and pass through How I wished you'd fall for me Without...

Paul Clive
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Roots and Roadways
It can be difficult, even when things are going well, to not get our wires crossed or follow those paths we are most tempted to follow....

Paul Clive
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Strings of Doubt
We sometimes get caught in our own web. Afraid to let go of past trauma or present mistakes or the fear of the future being a repetition...

Paul Clive
May 23, 20221 min read
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