"Let him sleep."

A little voice in her head said.

"He needs a good night's rest." 

The voice was now commanding,

"He works so hard all day

And you're so very demanding."

"Okay I hear you, you're right,"

She decided not to put up a fight.

So away he snored, 

Next to his little copy - 

No sense of time or place, 

Taken by rest's embrace. 

She was al...

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When the world becomes strange

I know you'll hold me safe

When I am old and I am grey

I know you'll hold me again

Just like I hold you now

My little butterfly

You flit this way and that

Always coming back

Because the world is strange

You ask me if its okay

To fly away again

And I hold you and nod 

And away you go again

Always coming back. 

I know you'll ho...

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A mother's tea is always cold

Scrabbled together between dish washes

Brewed while the wash is locked and loaded

Or loaded and locked, who even knows? 

A mother's tea is always cold. 

Over brewed or under, teabag out in thunder 

Speed or is it lightning? Who even knows? 

A mother's tea is always cold. 

When it's hot, there's always time 

To pick up messes, clean...

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Broken. Or tired. I'm not sure.
I couldn't love them any more.
Any more than I already do.
Words are funny things too.

I yearn for the energy to play
All day with my loves. Just play
With a happy, energetic heart. 
Yet here I struggle at the start
Just to be present and chirpy
To have the patience of thirty

I feel abandoned at the helm
No help just looks of overwhelm
As if it's my ...

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Something happened unexpectedly-
Unexpected to some, some time ago.
Someone was glared at accusingly 
By someone who didn't already know.

Something, someone, some time 
Has changed and moved forward.
Yet still exists a charge of a crime.
Someone is still looking backward,

Or is it us that are looking away? 
Who knows where it all started.
The truth is, its been too long to say
We ne...

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You can choose love or money 
You can let your love of money 
Take over your mind and soul 
But then you'll never be whole 

You can have your great wealth 
Place it at the top of your list 
Way above happiness and health 
But what if you ever get sick? 

You can take your bling bling 
To all the places people go 
Photographed with all things 
But what's after the big show? 

I ch...

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The world seemed white for a while
Even though some were roasting 
They fell so perfectly into their pile
Like soldiers from heaven rescuing 

They covered our sadness 
Glazed over the madness 
A distraction from dangers 
Landed beautiful strangers

The world seemed white for a while 
All the dirt and the darkness covered
By sparkling diamonds with style 
Over them we tentatively hove...

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Its tough.
Its tough.
Its tough. 
I've had enough 
Of all this stuff.
The media,
Wikipedia,
Mr Encyclopedia:
They're feeding me lies;
Repeating the same lines;
No idea about our lives. 
Giving me grief all the time.
Stay home. Stay apart. Save lives.
Fine. Okay. I'll comply 
But please tell me why 
Do you constantly defy
The signs that you get?
Honestly, no regret? 
I'm tired and...

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A wish for death 
Is heard up high
All our regrets 
Released in a sigh

Our wish for death 
Is only a thought
Our final breaths
Leave us with nought

A wish for death 
Becomes worse 
When it's read
In poetry verse

A wish for death 
Known to be wrong
Is only ever said
By those not strong

A wish for death 
Hurts all the lovers
As it suggests 
Loneliness for others

Don't w...

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My love is the sun 
He brightens the world 
His existence the key 
To unlocking me 

I am the moon 
I wait for my sun 
Until he is done 
For when we meet
Just for a moment 

Then I am alone
Left in the dark 
A dim light in the sky
Quiet and shy 

A brief moment
Of meeting 
In the morning 
Passes in delight

Then once again 
He brightens the sky
On the other side
I'm evening...

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She lies in her bed, her electric blanket on
The lights are off, she is warmer than the sun
She likes it this way, it helps her forget 
That her sunshine is not ready for her yet

He struggles on his own, stressing alone
The walls he is trying so hard to shatter
Are still standing tall, towering and strong 
He feels like his attempts don't matter

When he sleeps, she stays awake
Fi...

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Hey, so, what ya lookin for?
A freak in the sheets 
A lady on the streets
A baker and a maid
Who'll clean the kitchen floor? 

A beauty contest winner
A professional sweet talker
A super fast dog walker
A pure and chaste sinner

Where do I fall in it all?
Am I pretty enough for you
Skinny enough that I'll do
Am I sweeter than sugar
A fierce and enticing tiger
Who cooks the way you ...

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What's wrong with a world 

Where free movement is free

Where the soil all over is 

Neither for you nor for me 

Where we can move house

To another island altogether 

And not worry about

How to travel wherever 

Is it not fair to say 

The world belongs to all 

Not only just

Those who want it to fall

They destroy our humanity

As they prohibit our freedom

Passp...

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There's a gnawing scratching at the door
It's unlocked but doesn't open easily 
The gnawing stops, dropping to the floor
A gentle thud sends shivers so eerie
The door creaks open, slightly ajar now
Edging closer and closer something 
Moves slowly towards the gap somehow
It's invisible to those who are seeing 
But not to those who are looking carefully
To most, the door opens of its own ac...

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You're just pixels on a screen... now
Little dots, the cutest I've ever seen
I miss when you were with me... how
Did we end up so far apart and lonely?

You shook my life like an earthquake
Drank me like your favourite milkshake
Until we realised it wasn't right for us
Now I miss you more than my early bus

Took you for granted when it was easy
Only I didn't know then I wasn't free
We'...

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Liquid droplets on my skin
Acid rain? Panic again 
Fellow walker on a journey 
Smile. It's my style. 
Will they smile back? I ask 
Yes! He did 
Will this one respond in like?
Not quite. 
The first sign of cold hard pity. 
Not my city. 
Maybe now I'll dodge a frown 
I'm a clown
A strained reply shows me why 
Eyes full of blame. 
Why should I feel shame? And now
Disdain. 

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Love speaks to everybody
It's a universal language 
It connects us all over the world 
We use it to speak globally 
Everyone has felt love 
And everyone will feel it 
It's what connects us humans 
And stops us walking alone 
Love can crush the world 
And lift it back up again

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If I die tomorrow 
I want you all to know
That I always meant well
My life has been swell

And that's thanks to you all
To my mum most of all
We've argued and fought 
But not for a second thought
That the love was lost
Because thats a high cost
To my life especially.

That's why I have hidden 
So many awful things 
Which by you were forbidden
But life always brings
These trials to...

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When the sun shines, I just think about you 
All the pleasures of this world are not pleasurable 
When you're absent from my side.
I await the day our worlds collide
And merge together for once and for all. 

Uncertainty riddles my mind 
So far the world seems unkind
The beautiful moments made painful
By the gnawing prospect of unfulfillment
It's out of my hands now. 

As the sun shine...

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When I think of growing old, you're there
With you I would like to travel everywhere
But something is holding me back 
My life is not on a clearly set track
I don't feel warmth or love towards you 
Not in the way that I always used to 
Something between us has changed 
My heart is neither free nor chained 
It's seems we're at an impasse 
At a crossroads if you will 
I'll wait for this da...

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I want to be beautiful for you
I want you to be beautiful too 
I want us to be perfect together 

You deserve to have the best 
You deserve to be the best 
You deserve us to be perfect

I want to be brilliant for you 
I want you to be brilliant too
I want us to both be amazing 

We're in the gutter looking at the stars.
I want us to be free of all painful scars. 
We're plagued by mis...

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You emptied my heart of all it's sorrow
And then promised me a new tomorrow

I sit here and I wait 
For news of a date

My patience runs up and down 
As I try to eliminate my frown

You promised me a new tomorrow 
Now I wait with newfound  sorrow

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I am a firecracker 
Ready to smack ya
If you look in the wrong direction 
Without self correction 

I am a gentle wave 
Always ready to cave
When you look at me with love 
Sent from up above

I am an open ocean 
Ready for any commotion 
When it looks like you can't cope
I'll be your saving rope

I am a fertile field 
Ready to fully yield
When you look green with jealousy 
And suc...

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This skin we're in is just a toy 
A functional case that holds us
One our brains train to employ 
For uses which are often bogus

The world has made these toys
Into an ever growing commodity
Now it functions to attract boys
As it has done throughout history

But on a level that induces insanity
In most who now desire an upgrade
People have been infected by vanity
By this they do thems...

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A lifetime spent collecting knowledge 
Destroyed in as little as two rotations 
A broken heart has collateral damage 
All offices shut down; sleeping nations 

All manner of motivation is dispelled 
From this building and surrounding 
Blocks. Residents have been expelled
Only a stubborn few are remaining 

This derelict area only has a flicker
Of light. It's coming from a homeless 
Hab...

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They will accept you, wholeheartedly
For who you are and what you believed
But only if you are like them sincerely
A complete likeness must be achieved

They will include you in their society
As long as you dress like they choose 
You're allowed to have your own variety 
Of short skirts, tight tops and high shoes

It's a multicultural and integrated city
Where everyone lives in total ha...

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Her little heart broke as reality hit
It wasn't really what she'd believed
Her fairytale nightmare didn't fit
All this time she'd been deceived 

She wasn't someone special after all
Not in their eyes at all, just a person 
Who'd accepted every single flaw

Her gracious heart her big let down 
Life was cold and people selfish
As she realised this with a frown
Her little heart began to ...

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Sometimes, before I fall asleep,
I close my eyes and try to remember,
Hoping to drift away in the comfort 
Of our memories; the time we stole.
From where, I don't know. 
But I am sure of this 
Instead of peaceful bliss
I receive a kick in my stomach
Too painful to describe
It reaches my chest 
Giving me shortness of breath 
All sense of comfort is lost
Somewhere in the time that we sto...

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Raindrops on tarmac glisten in the winter sun
For the fifth time
It means more to me than it ever has
The world is beautiful and painful in one, cold refreshing breath

The frost melts away, revealing nature's bounties 
Bright yellows, deep purples and soothing greens 
They dot the land that we walk on, separately. 
For the fifth time 

As the sun strengthens, shining harder 
The stubbo...

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They don't know how hard it is
To walk, talk and move like this
My body and my health are fine 
That's not an issue at this time

Yet for some reason not unknown  
My legs are filled with heavy foam
And with every move or footstep 
I struggle to catch my breath 
It's caught on something strong 
Powerful and painfully long 
A longing of the greatest kind
One of the heart and entire mind
...

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I don't have red lipstick 
Or big shiny black shoes 
Or a big squeaky red nose
Or colourful yellow clothes
But I still feel like a clown 
With a permanent frown 
With eyes cast right down 
Juggling all these balls
Walking down those halls
Full of haunted memories 
Some happy others sad
Twisting these balloons
As I look into the rooms 
Of a past long gone 
No joy in this home

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Her lips are sewn shut
Her seams ripping at the sides
She has been stuffed with fluff 
Much more than she can hold
Her fragile fabric fraying
As it stretches across her thighs 
The stuffing is suffocating 
Her stories wanting to be told 

Yet peculiarly it's pouring 
From within her beating chest
The stuffing slowly flowing
Into her already swollen breast

Her lips are sewn shut
Her...

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Love is a funny thing
It makes your heart bleed 
And your body sing
It's a vessel to feed;

To fill with your heart's desire 
If you should ever fall short 
Misery will spread like wildfire 
Darkness will shade this port:

As your ship rests here 
Beacons of light appear far 
The air is thick with fear 
The water is filled with tar 

If the sun should rise 
On this darkened shore 
...

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Tears roll back into her eyes
As she remembers she is not 
Alone. Not in the literal sense. 
Her muted heartbeat aching 
To shout out about everything 
That's hidden deep inside it. 

Tears roll back into her eyes 
Just as she comes to realise  
That she must always be wise
That to let the heartache flow
Would then let everyone know 
That something is very amiss
That her heart is far ...

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I was in peace. Now I'm not. 
In a matter of mere seconds 
All of that peace was forgot 
A few thoughts is all it took 
To take me from that to this 
Unsettled burning eyeballs 
Moments ago was pure bliss 
Now screen spoiled sleep 
Is what I fall into. 

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Music blares and we cast our stares
In the direction of its hypnotic beat
The air waves shudder as our hairs
Stand to attention as we tap our feet.
The silence is forced to make way 
For the rhythm of restless instruments 
The sound of music disturbs the day 
Masking the truth of Earth's elements 

Now this music that is filling your head
Used to be knowledge and books instead. 

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A morose feeling develops 
A wallowing state envelops 
The consciousness we know 
As we wait for buses so slow 

Feet rooted to the ground 
Agitated, looking around
For that rolling red room 
That will take us all home 

Mouths dry, minds distant 
Our thoughts wander away
Then the red so persistent 
Comes rolling on our way.  

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I wish I wasn't here
I wish I'd disappear 
The face in the mirror
Isn't any clearer 
There's no place for me
I'm no use to anybody 
I can't even fake a smile
It's been a real long while 
This hidden love 
Forbidden dove 
That's not the problem now
The problem was me anyhow 
I wish I was gone 
Fading into the sun 
The face in the mirror
Isn't any clearer

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You ever get the feeling that you smell like curry?
Now I'm not being racist or trying to be funny
It is just a simple thing that I have observed 
Whenever I leave my house it's quite absurd
I smell like centuries of mastering flavour
Of spices and mixes that one should savour
Of happy childhood memories in the kitchen 
Where food is not just boiled veg and chicken 
But a lifetime of exper...

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This world is full of dark places 
Horrible, cold and unfeeling spaces
Where misery haunts us like a drum
Beating silently with no true form 

But in every miserable dark place
There is always a familiar face 
One who can make your day 
Who makes you want to stay 

The beating of the misery drum
Becomes a faint and distant hum
As the happy sound of laughter 
Averts your attention from...

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My dreams were made of your absence 
Dust collected from your existence
Extinguished only when my eyes open
Even then your absence left me broken
My every breath craved your heart beat 
Stopping and starting until we next meet
Your warmth became a distant oasis 
My mind conjured up meeting places

Now things are becoming a little different 
My mind has become a lot more resistant
My dre...

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What is with this new trend?  
It's driving me around the bend 
Girls are being turned into pets 
With collars around their necks 

A necklace I can understand 
They often look rather grand 
Costing up to or over a grand 
Gold, diamond and pearl 
Perfect way to treat your girl 

But this rope around the throat
Really doesn't float my boat 
Almost like a self harm phase
As girls take ...

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It brings me joy to watch your face 
As when I bring things to our place 
Your eyes light up with a little spark
That shows this thing is your mark 

So the next time I see the thing I got
It will not ever be in its proper spot 
It will always be upon your person 
As you're not in the least fearsome 
That I will start to huff and puff
When I see you take all my stuff 
Because it bring m...

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These hunger pangs 
Are in salivary glands
No malnutrition 
Or double vision 
Just mental desire
For what is dire
For the body and soul
As it becomes a goal
To eat to be happier
The body gets flappier 
As we lose inhibitions
And old traditions
Of meat and two veg 
Of brown toast and egg 
Now pancakes and syrups
Fizzy drinks and hiccups 
Gassy stomachs and minds
As we indulge in al...

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They built the trains in the fields
Away from all the city folk 
They built the trains in the fields
Away from all the city smoke 

They built the trains in the fields
Where the poor sheep do graze 
They built the trains in the fields
Where the poor sheep do gaze 

They built the trains in the fields 
To hide the noise and smoke
They built the trains in the fields
As if it was some ki...

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Dip a toe in the ocean 
Risk your pride for fun 
See what comes of it 
You may go for a swim.

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Let me tell you 
That the world is broken
That the rich have spoken
Let me tell you 
That there is no hope left
That the world has gone deaf
Let me tell you
That morals have vanished 
That people are famished 
Let me tell you
That we will always have tea 
That others aren't so lucky 
Let me tell you
That I've tried and failed 
That greed prevailed 
Let me tell you
That the mean hav...

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Eloquence comes in the darkest places 
The body may not have strength to move 
But intelligence is found beyond faces 
The written word is where I am to prove 

I may not speak well or with joy 
But assembling letters for the world 
Is the weapon that I will deploy
Without ever having to speak a word

My demeanour is full of nervousness 
People can see my agitation clearly 
But what th...

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It's getting too hard 
Even after coming so far
I can't handle it anymore
I don't want to play this card 

The grief that it will cause 
Is not worth it after all
Its not really my call 
I can't do this anymore 

I'm telling you honestly 
This is too hard for me
We need to move on and see
If we can be happy 
Somewhere else
With someone else

Just stop this now
Forget about how 
...

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Suspicion floods my brain 
Over taking the blood flow 
It feels like a speeding train 
An idea that will just grow 
Truth- something I'll never know.

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