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We Both Know

 



We Both Know (douglas brent smith)


you’ve been hurt i’ve been hurt, too   

everyone’s hurt you know it’s true   

we build ever taller walls    

and hope someday that they might fall    

   

you tell your truth, i start the chase   

you throw another beer in my face   

i think there must be something more to this   

   

we try and miss and try again   

we don’t need labels but we’re more than friends   

you don’t need to tell anyone and   

i don’t need to tell anyone but   

i think you know what i think you already know   

   

you’ve been free and i’ve been free   

let’s unlock this mystery   

you be you and i’ll be me   

this is us we both agree   

and i think we know what we both know   

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Song: Scary Halloween

i went shopping for a pumpkin ran into a Christmas tree instead of seeing orange and black i saw red and green scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween i went looking for Frankenstein and monsters to fill me with fear but instead i found Santa Claus and his flying reindeer scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween tried to find my favorites at the grocery store but they're hard to find so tucked away things aren't where they usually live everything is there to give attention to the holiday display scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween i don't like to complain too much but why are we in such a holiday rush? with so many days between now and then but here we are counting down the days again scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween -------------------------...

photo: light like saturn 2

(c) 2017 douglas brent smith you may use this image for creative or illustrative purposes, in any way that doesn't harm anyone, if you will please credit it as "light like saturn 1 by douglas brent smith"

poem: patiently

i want to read every book touch every flower, breathe in every mint aired aroma, laugh at all of your jokes      over again see all of your faces trace the years between us and smoothe the bumpy gaps i want to bake a cake so big it takes a lifetime to eat and create a life so long that all the cake is gone i will have it, i will eat it.      i will treat it as your appetizer for better (much better) days to come and what you can't see now in you in me in us in eternity eternally waits,      patiently for your discovery. (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

Awkward Climb

  "Must be January." "Yep." "That's when you work on and think about collages the most." "Correct." "Good times." "Indeed." I look out the window. Snow. Not Chicago level snow, but still snow. Colder than usual. Later than usual. If life is a collage, the picture is still forming. It will be there even when we're not looking. Even when we're not there." Awkward Climb -- collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997

More Than One Set Of Books

  More Than One Set Of Books -- collage by douglas brent smith

Heroes Sketched Lightly

  Heroes Sketched Lightly - sketch by douglas brent smith

Invite The Whole Crowd

  Invite The Whole Crowd - collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997

intermittant

there were chance meetings distributed miles and months touching us taunting us locking us into a long tight wire of vibrating nuance you knew this, and kept on dancing i knew this, and...what? what  did it mean? how would it turn? oh how we would yearn...oh how we would learn.  

You Can Be Positive

  You Can Be Positive - collage by douglas brent smith.