Scatter Smiles

i Scatter Smiles

In the Air Here

on Haleakala

On the Walls There

in Our Hebron Home

grinning and bearing

Baring Smiles

being

Hushed

by the world

am i still

in the midst

of all this

From Here

I see clear

Dressed Up Smiles

There

grin and bear

will not dare

Baring Pain

this world is crashing

against me in the midst of all this

with Dressed Up Smiles

Dismissing

we are

Leaking

Interior Oceans

Scattering Pain

Hear her voice, feel her SCREAM, know her plea...se

Stop

See

The Deep Blue Sea

of Emotion

in motion

the bottom raging with a tale

the surface booming with a wail

Pain Retaining

Walls

in hearts, minds, and bodies

Our Air

Layered with the ash

of a soul

Stuck

Inside

in the midst

of the Land of the Living

Pain Keeps

Making me

Scatter

Bare Smiles

Baring Pain

won't leave me, keeps making me

Wander Off

Alone

praying on these knees that hurt

Let It

Start

Here

A Lone

Listening

To Longings

For Love

holding Hope in this box

It Will

Begin, again

There

undressing

Dressed Up Smiles

Baring Need

See

The Deep Blue Sea

waving

for Mercy

See  

These Walls

Ever Before Me

I AM

Still Here

in the midst of all this

i Scatter

in the air

on these walls

Smiles

Baring Smiles

I Scatter Smiles

That Keep

Baring Beauty

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