Newlyweds-

Let us be lovers like sunrise,
Bathe in kisses and whispers.
Find us laughter at dusk,
Candle-lit and meshed skin.
Midnight finds us and blinds us
with beauty so thinly
spread from fingertips to mute lips.

Courtney Roach
August 20, 2008

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So What?-

So she dwells on heart ache
and all her mistakes.
She searched for answers
to all the lies upon lies.
So she filled her sleep
tight with cancer.
Glad she will never escape
from madness and of course
the sadness will never escape her.

Courtney Roach
August 24, 2008

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All The Answers Will Never Leave You Alone-

All the cigarettes that punctured
lips and lungs
find graves for pretty ladies.
All the things I missed,
I'll never have the chance to miss again.
Laid beneath the fog,
the storm, the blistered earth,
all the lonely things removed.
We press our lipstick kisses through the ground.

Courtney Roach
August 24, 2008

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City Traffic Sans Romance-

Shuffling sidewalks for a last meal,
Not a smile in the city,
Not a penny in his pocket,
Simply dime bags and sore faces.
Weightless with the nightlife
Silent running.

Courtney Roach
August 30, 2008