How do I know?

Truth or dare

how do I know you like me?

Question and answer

I am sure you already know

so I smile naively.

Serious though

pensive

cannot figure out

what I see

what I want

when I have no need.

I said adios

to my lovers of the past

telling all

that it would be unfair.

Unfair of me to continue

to reach out

kept in the wings

as if already admitting defeat.

There is one way

that will tell you

exactly how I feel…..

I cleaned my car

vacuumed

dust wiped

all in case

you might see the inside.

©Jay-lyn Doerksen

June 30/18

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History Repeats

Pails of gold

filled with

silver of the sheep

counted with

fingers tinted green

with greed

with madness.

Voices raised

passion made

‘hear me and obey’

struggling out

from heavy hand

roaring with rage.

Emphatically

denounce the tyrants

fists raised

statements made

never to be blind again.

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