tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36566276410759555342024-03-21T15:23:53.854-07:00Err On the Side of Whitenesspoetry thoughts images loveSafika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-37202097830575274022018-08-05T23:30:00.000-07:002018-08-05T23:32:12.699-07:00Invincible<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is something about a run at night</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The feeling of being invincible</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The air moves differently</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Strength to power through</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My legs, muscles, bone and the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pumping heart</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at 13</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I did</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Think that I was invincible</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now tonight</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The feeling of the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sticky sea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The wind in my hair</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the last breath of the sky</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sun</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A mirror of light reflecting where I am</span></span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-34624170107239137852018-03-24T13:28:00.000-07:002018-03-24T13:28:04.961-07:00Blue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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you/Just everybody else/And moving by me/Or standing next to me you/feel the
molecules move/as they do/when there's a breeze/When I fall into/the water/deep pools/ that show/ my reflection and/I would love to/but can't/taste
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-50337016714076940022017-09-18T22:59:00.002-07:002017-09-18T23:08:42.067-07:00Dizzy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That man staring at me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It could have been you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Holding his wife's hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As the light filter<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span> through</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It was a little too hot that day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One with a fire in the East</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The clouds both ominous and beautiful</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Whispering wishes and dreams</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">He turned to look back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Right when I tucked my key</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Into my bra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Would have been nice to have it been</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You instead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It was a day of lustful looks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Didn't think I had it coming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Thought those days had long passed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But with the hot weather</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And the sleeveless dresses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Or maybe it was a scent I gave off</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Maybe we're not so different</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">From animals after all</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A mosquito bit me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And I almost welcomed the pain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I hadn't been bitten in so long</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My thoughts dissolve to you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The way you looked at me to check</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and see if you were making sense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The way you got a little too close</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Like you were trying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to share the air I breathe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My fingers grip the wood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I feel all the pieces </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that together make one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I lean in and take in the smoothness of water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The flowers, and color of the brush </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The way the birds don't care</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Because </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm just here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I lean a little too hard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Hips on wood to steady </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm so dizzy with love that I can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Barely stand up</span></div>
Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-68559649341122373922016-08-07T00:05:00.001-07:002016-08-07T00:05:29.803-07:00June Bug<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The June bug drunk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Flies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe because it is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">August</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Like a glitch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Out of time and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He roams among the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bushes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The lavender fields in my</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gracious to the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shining</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bright behind the clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It will emerge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eventually</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-44692912982549546582016-08-02T21:53:00.001-07:002016-08-02T21:53:08.622-07:00Alright<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I lie here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">With the shape</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">shifting clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm the sky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">empty and open </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The birds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Seem to tell me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It will all be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Alright</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-67002417605680504072016-07-30T23:59:00.000-07:002016-07-31T00:00:28.064-07:00A Gentle Man<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The minute you got up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and shook my hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I saw you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a gentleman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A gentle man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There was a greening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A picture like a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film projected</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">telling me of faraway </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">places</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And things you'd seen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and done</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There was something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">old fashioned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in everything you did</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in every move you made</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in every word you said<br />I imagine that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">you'd be the one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to tell me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">how it should be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and I would actually</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">listen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cannot even go there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to think about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">what sweat and hard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">work do</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to the taste of your lips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's too early for that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There's too much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mystery that still needs to exist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for me to love you </span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-42115347977457486302016-07-30T23:37:00.000-07:002016-07-31T00:00:42.979-07:00That Was Mine, too<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The orange cast of the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">put out the fire from</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when we were one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I sit and stare at </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my tea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rich from the time when</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you were with me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The cold table top</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">didn't feel so cold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when your hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unthinking reached out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in the morning light </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to catch my pinkie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You are mine always</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I sip and turn the</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unaware of how precious</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">this time was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The pressure of your</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">touch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That was mine, too</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-19961793684110288052016-06-04T23:30:00.001-07:002016-06-04T23:30:18.953-07:00Bigger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
That sound<br />
It was my heart<br />
Floating in your hand<br />
Unaware as you are that<br />
You have it<br />
We wander around<br />
Fencing with our glances<br />
That look you give<br />
Swims like an ocean's haze<br />
In front of me<br />
When I'm driving on the freeway<br />
And birds like angels<br />
of the souls departed<br />
fly above<br />
I know that I'm fine driving<br />
In this new place<br />
I know I'm fine taking<br />
In your gaze<br />
For playing a game<br />
Was the last thing I intended<br />
I want to walk to your doorstep<br />
And come on inside<br />
Take off the weight of a lifetime<br />
As I did<br />
Sliding against the wall<br />
Cold paint to hot flesh<br />
I fall to my knees<br />
And crawl to where you sit<br />
To compare your hands with mine<br />
Yours are so much bigger<br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-45336619017623605652016-06-01T19:26:00.001-07:002016-06-01T19:29:50.680-07:00Waves of the Ocean - My Vaxxed Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I lost my innocence </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it was like riding a wave </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like pinpoint stops on a train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">each image flashes through my mind </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">something there </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">language disappearing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hearing that he didn't have Autism </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hearing that he did </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seeing a checklist </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">finding out about biomedical </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sitting in a room </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with a 1,000 other parents </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at a DAN conference </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meeting Jenny McCarthy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">who was just another parent </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">doing what we thought was best </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sharing our story </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one by one </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">looking into someone's eyes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and they never said I was crazy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or an Anti-Vaxxer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that came later </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with #SB277 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">never knew about media manipulation </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">until the indignities of being ignored </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">took over </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meeting more parents </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">many who had learned from our mistakes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">trusting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">losing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congressman Posey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">certainly something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nothing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">#Vaxxed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it was hard to hope for something different </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then Robert De Niro spoke </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the moment I showed up at Paramount </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for a screening </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">angels were directing traffic </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I felt like we were surfing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a long powerful wave </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had hope </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as more and more of us </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stood up </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my review is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">see it </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">see if you can explain why </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our Congress hasn't moved on this </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">why our doctors don't know </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">why </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">see if you can explain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">everything you've been told </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there is </span>anything </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">other than greed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and evil </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on a massive scale </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that affects us all </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vaxxed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">see where it takes you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">call in the power of possibility </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">endless magic </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and waves of the ocean</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-32931399714311750492016-05-23T22:18:00.000-07:002016-07-31T00:05:32.274-07:00Snapshot of Paris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The thing about statistics is / after you've heard all the facts and figures / you still don't know any better / than you did before / whether you'll be the one / this should have given me cause for concern / my brother got drunk in Paris / and jumped in the river / he said / I think they call it the Seine darling / I said with a twist / he sat as the sun / opened up to him / like a gray-blue spirit / our lemonade sparkled / catching the rays / lamenting the end of summer / he did not talk of his girlfriend / and I did not talk of my past life / we just were</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-71785069262521511362016-05-12T21:19:00.000-07:002016-05-12T21:19:19.720-07:00Bugs Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How often are we the tornado</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How often do we step on a bug</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Slash through the air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rearrange the molecules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Send return</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How often are we the bug</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Taking our time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or do we try to control</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That which is not ours to control</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are part of a migration</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of many legged bugs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cruising together towards the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Towards shared purpose</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's only when we fight the wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do we lose</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-29846269813511828282016-05-06T21:00:00.000-07:002016-05-06T21:04:50.429-07:00The Calling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was static in the air</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was a time where</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We all knew what we were doing</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not anymore</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At least the stuff they tell you</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It all went</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Out the window</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When it happened</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And we screamed murder</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And got angry</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The stages of grief</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They tell you can</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take months, take years</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What if you don't have that</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What if you have one lifetime</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before we even came here</span></span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-52601091539760702112016-05-01T21:44:00.000-07:002016-05-01T21:45:33.129-07:00New Moon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was the day I stopped<br />
drinking<br />
that I realized that life<br />
is wide open<br />
It didn't matter how you<br />
flew<br />
as long as you got there<br />
Maybe the road was too long<br />
I think there are certain<br />
things that shouldn't matter at all<br />
like money<br />
Floating on a cold blue lake<br />
there's always another wave<br />
I walked with a crunch<br />
that reminded me of a<br />
far off place<br />
Dried grass<br />
in a hot Michigan summer<br />
Birds and the chatter of<br />
Poplar trees<br />
My blue underwear on a<br />
smooth stone<br />
new breasts free<br />
The moon lit from<br />
within<br />
drew it's shadow across<br />
the water<br />
It smiled at me perfectly<br />
like you would someday<br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-40273021207160917512016-04-30T23:45:00.000-07:002016-04-30T23:45:44.078-07:00She Is Dead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What is this bullshit<br />
That you have to suffer<br />
To create<br />
I'm level - flat like ribbons<br />
stamp my feet<br />
My eyes turn pink<br />
lashes pale<br />
Skin solid gone<br />
ribbed ugly<br />
I know they think I'm pretty and<br />
I do<br />
Sometimes<br />
You're a model right<br />
Then that man breathing into<br />
my shoulder sighed<br />
Talked about the weather<br />
Hot Hot<br />
No underwear, huh?<br />
he said<br />
And I could have<br />
Punched him<br />
Would have but<br />
the door to the<br />
Hardware store<br />
got in the way<br />
And I needed to fix that light<br />
For the neighbors<br />
no, guests<br />
I don't remember the light<br />
It went out when I needed it<br />
Then all the people came <br />
I could not talk though<br />
How stupid, how stupid you sound<br />
Don't talk<br />
No-one hears you anyway<br />
And then the vibration<br />
Takes over<br />
The train to<br />
Con-nect-ti-cut<br />
Power Ball Lotto<br />
Blah blah million<br />
Who are these have-nots<br />
Still I'm quiet<br />
200 down<br />
Tickets lost<br />
One chance in 160 million<br />
180 million<br />
My sister would know<br />
She's the math whiz<br />
I'm just trying to be<br />
True<br />
Don't you know<br />
It's simple<br />
2500 + 495 is<br />
Three thousand<br />
(well not exactly)<br />
I say wait a minute<br />
He says its simple<br />
I say wait<br />
Sigh, humph, dummy<br />
I look at the lines<br />
of numbers and math<br />
Dancing sticks and stones don't break<br />
Any bones<br />
In my head<br />
If I had a calculator<br />
If I had a brain<br />
I could...<br />
Oh, they're all watching<br />
You'll win the prize<br />
You'll win<br />
Blah blah millions<br />
Fame, fortune, love, home<br />
Dog, garden, warm at night, favorite perfume and pedicures<br />
My credits bad for 7 years<br />
They all hate you<br />
The credit card companies all<br />
lower your limit<br />
And screw up your account on purpose<br />
And then you're moving again<br />
and there's no house, no dog, no references<br />
from the landlord<br />
What do you do in the city?<br />
I shoot people like you who ask me<br />
That question<br />
I become someone else<br />
Who's smart and funny and stupid and vain and tedious<br />
That's why I stopped<br />
And shut up<br />
Do the math<br />
Do the math<br />
It doesn't equate<br />
Sniffling<br />
I cry<br />
I die in my mind<br />
Different ways<br />
Like stepping in front<br />
of a car<br />
Or walking in a dangerous neighborhood<br />
Late, late at night<br />
But mostly I<br />
just explode<br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-48065607588616088642016-04-27T23:12:00.000-07:002016-04-27T23:12:51.951-07:00The Key<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You whispered through the wind to me / I don't need children / The children of the earth are my children / Come into my heart the song said / </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And you did / Flower petals rose to greet you /</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And you walked my walk / And you talked my talk / Felt the breeze and saw beauty / as I did / Every step I took rebounded with you / Every touch / Every neuron / blood vessel / vein / My eyes were your eyes / the wind in my face was your wind / every particle of my being met yours / After all / we are all connected / We share this space / this time / our choice / this planet / You said you wanted to be like this / And I knew it before the horns and trumpets played us out / on a Mardi Gras mist / that you were the key</span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-42587940865410620202016-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:002016-04-06T22:36:09.203-07:00Palm Springs Song<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Dry/the desert heat/shimmered
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dying/turbines stood at attention/like soldiers/never knew there was so much
wind/in the desert/it blows through my mind/And I think Elvis swam here/in this
house/with all the angles/sharp against a voluptuous mountain/I sat stoned/heat
drying my brain/reading about how I should be/how I should proceed in this
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-70313149402574469842016-01-06T00:33:00.000-08:002016-01-06T00:51:20.394-08:00The Space Between<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I start gathering / deaths / like a bouquet / of roses / daisies / like thorns / or sunshine / bless the minutes / the space between / what happened / and what was / pictures reflecting / lamplight / flashlight / the flash / of a soul / smiles in print / forever / or until the earth burns out / its mighty light / we are each other's keepers / and memories are the flame / that flickers / through the night / be my friend / and love me / as I have loved you / honor me / with your life / because ours is fleeting / and we are / but a dot / on the map / of time</span></span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-14920833586559554392016-01-03T23:20:00.000-08:002016-01-03T23:20:56.215-08:00None Nearer to Me Than You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-75204290464575001342016-01-03T22:59:00.000-08:002016-01-03T22:59:47.299-08:00Lie Still<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Love me like a breath of fresh air,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like a ray of light,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like a mother's stare</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the grass with the bugs and insects</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Waiting for our picnic</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, there, forever!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last like nothing has.</span></span></div>
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-26553677803729241542016-01-03T22:38:00.000-08:002016-01-03T22:38:24.817-08:00Hide & Seek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">off of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I don't care if I'm knocked to the ground</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I could die that way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'd make an effort</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'd have tried</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With all the hide and seek</span></div>
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-84180892631764769142016-01-03T22:25:00.000-08:002017-11-01T22:30:42.086-07:00Like a Cancer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Like a cancer you spread on my mind</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">more lustful than Chinese food on a </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hot hungry night</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And the motion we share</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">deepens with every</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ring of solitude spare</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Hunting your mystery</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">keeps me haunting your history</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We fill our stomachs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with each others food</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and eat from each others plates</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It staves off the hunger for just</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">one more minute until</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I feel this</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That you and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Your scorching presence and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My reflection in your eyes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Which match yours in mine</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Render all my questions useless</span></span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-36408850316716172202016-01-03T00:37:00.000-08:002016-01-03T23:27:31.538-08:00A Mile in the Sky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Jade rings around your eyes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">as Hollywood sings,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">time worn true and onward</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">marches like little soldiers and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">sets the souls on fire</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Vibrations swirl with the slightest emotion,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">wind on a dandelion's tail</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For our lives are</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">a precious flowing river,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">a dangling lava sea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">that reaches out</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">burning a hole through the bed,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">blazing a trail scorched</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">through hurricane jungle mists,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Rising above</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Like a mile in the sky</span></span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-18207372595226449172015-05-01T19:44:00.000-07:002015-05-01T19:58:44.299-07:00Rain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Clear day jet cuts the sky surfer seals stand against Catalina runners/beach angels congregate warm air completes me sun tugs at the blue </span><br />
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Safika Erselcukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468753309251680524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656627641075955534.post-16461625604954951232014-04-18T20:10:00.000-07:002017-11-01T22:29:03.328-07:00Living/Dying (for John)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The hole in my heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">How does it heal?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The birds scattered their</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">movements to the wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Music made me want</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to always be with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forever in sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And when I drove</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I imagined you behind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the wheel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You gave me a push</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the road glided on by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The clouds moved</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the first sprinkles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of rain fell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as if crying for</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the physical dimension</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that is this Earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All the pain and pleasure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All of this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is ours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to play with until</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that time that we</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">run free</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Free of the heaviness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but not of the love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The place you showed me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that morning in the dark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My movements floated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There was such peace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a lightness hard to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">describe in the words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we have here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Another space where the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">body is not the body</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but the soul is eternal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I didn't have to cry anymore</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's that place</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Where the flowers kiss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the breeze</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The sunlight is bright - a brilliance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">not of this Earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the ships pass on by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I will see you there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In living we are dying and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in dying we are living</span><br />
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