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Walking

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

The traffic was virtually nonexistentMy senses were surprisingly resistantTo the ever flowing torrent of rainWalking helps keep me saneOut here time m..

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A Poem by Patrick McCombs

The walls were white and bareAnd I endlessly stareAs the light explodes off the wallI lay on the floor in a sprawlHalf dead, half aliveI've taken a di..

Driving

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

And drive down the empty highwayMy eyes focused on the fuel gaugePull into the gas stationPay too much for too littleWhatever, its only moneyI'm almos..

Going To Japan

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

Oh I'm going to JapanAll according to planTrapped in this little planeGoing a little insaneStaring out the windowSeeing the wind blowThe clouds look o..

Out In The Forest

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

Thousands of lights hang in the cool night airYou were wearing that sweatshirt that smelled like sunshineMy fingers found themselves in your long aubu..

Borrowed Words

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

Emotion risingDrafts RevisingWords rearrangingUnderlying emotion unchangingI'm a tangles messUnder stressPulse quickeningIt's sickeningThe words won't..

All Smiles

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

His scarf flowed harmlessly in the breezeI stood with him in that collection of treesHis midnight hair was flowing and freeThere was no place i'd rath..

Direction

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

Victims of circumstanceA slow lovely danceFire ever consumingEver bloomingGrass always growingWater always flowingFind your directionWalk through the ..

Contents Unmailable

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

The clouds are burstingAnd we are thirstingWe light another cigaretteDrags tinged with regretThe drain drenchesWe still sit on the park benchesDamp ha..

Abandoment

A Poem by Patrick McCombs

I gaze at the ceilingThe tiles all moldy and peelingMy blood is about to boilThe food is starting to spoilThe fridge light blew outI'm starting to fes..