Your clumsy hands have
Slit my passion’s throat,
Right down the jugular
A crisp straight line,
A road that leads to
My dying mind’s eye
A black hole now
No thanks to you
Or to the girl you prefer
With words like honey
Simple and sweet
So you can understand
No tricks up her sleeve,
But oh, my words confuse
Your simplistic mind
Like a child
Too meaningful and
Full of emotion
Too raw for your
Shrinking ideologies
Open your stupid little eyes
So you can see
The world I have painted
In your shadow
anna magee (~July 2016)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/stupid-you
Sometimes I want to crawl into stranger's backyards and explore them for their natural wonders that remind me of my grandmother's land that was home to my greatest childhood fantasies.
anna magee
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/untitled-backyard
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Sleep withers away
Each new day, in
Such a special way
One that makes me say
I may survive today...
No Way
anna magee (April 6, 2021)
I have nothing to lose but my wounds.
anna magee
February 17th, 2021
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/people-pleaser
anna magee (April 15th, 2021)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/fallen-tree
Good news is like a good symphony
Close your eyes and listen for hours
The ups and downs of various voices
Monotone or melodic they chime away
Knowledge falling from a fountain
A source unseen and wearily trusted
But it comes so easily from the teeth
That tumble and fall and catch again
A dancer re-footing from a stumble
And off they run from point to point
To one I give a hum and nod
A chorus of opinions from the radio
And on and on the chatter runs
- anna magee (January 7th, 2021)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/npr
I hear sweet lullabies in your laugh
even when you find it too rough, too loud.
I still believe your eyes shine brighter than the sun
even when you're on the verge of breaking down.
I still know that flowers grow from your skin
and that life exists from within
even when you pick them out like they're a sin.
I still see summer in your smile
and hear spring in your sigh
even when you think it's dead season in your life.
I still love you for you
even when you don't love yourself too.
anna magee (~2013)
- anna magee (~2016)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/one-499942
anna magee (April 20th, 2021)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artsymagee/first-book
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I'm Anna Magee, a sprouting backyard poet! Welcome to my poetry archive! First poetry book: Twenty - A Line a Day, AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon! Commissions are always open for art or poetry!
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