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Matchbook Cover Blues
i could write
a poem
as i envision
your handsome face
but i'm alone
with only a pen
and a book
of matches
to my name
what a dilemma
so many words
so little space
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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No One Really Knew Her
we all wondered
what she was doing
the day the tornado
raised her house and
then let it down
with overpowering force
it was anyone's guess
what was on the docket
for the day but
one thing was for certain
that woman buried
beneath the debris was
a very vain woman
no one except maybe
a conceited woman
could own all those clothes
no matter now all
that was left of her life
was the silk dresses draped
over the tall lovely pines
leaving us to wonder
well no one really knew her
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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One Blue Rose
i guess that i will never know
why it is you had to go
you never even said goodbye
you just left me one blue rose
on the pillow where your head had been
until i awoke i had never thought
that i would wake up all alone
so now i see as days go by
there's nothing left to do but cry
and think of how the rose will die
it's beauty soon to fade away
i'll place the rose between the pages
of my favorite poetry book
then someday when i'm feeling brave
i will open the book and take a look
at the one blue rose you left for me
whose message is still unclear to me
for i did not know anything was wrong
until i saw that you were gone
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Sometimes
it makes it difficult
to love you when you
withhold things from me
like you are keeping
secrets and things
sometimes
it is sad to see
you trying so hard
to be somebody because
we're all somebody
trying to be our best me
sometimes
we used to have such fun
you could make me
laugh till i had tears
filling my eyes
i understand you be ill now
sometimes
so many sad memories
floating in my mind
like how you stayed
out all night and
i woke up with an empty
space beside me in bed
i still think about those times
sometimes
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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