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			<title>IN HALLS OF WORK</title>
			<description>A poem written to capture the author realization that the what was well desired has become undesirable, a decision to pursue what is not yet existing to bring it into reality.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/3122773/</link>
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			<title>CROSSROAD</title>
			<description>You are beautiful beyond description,Standby stare at this gransdiose barrierWish that time would continually be stillSerenity, feel the peace of being alive.Drown your soul, ye tormented oneRaise a lament for the city that was agogGone silent not a bark or a slitherLife is indeed in phases.Who dare..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/2786950/</link>
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			<title>Irony</title>
			<description>Be still, keep movingBe still, keep movingSay the truth, keep livingTell a lie, die tryingIgnore yourself, while leavingMakes no sense, I'm breathingBe still, keep movingBe still, keep movingWalking tall, crouching lowSharing all and giving noneSeeking truth, and telling li..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/2768192/</link>
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			<title>SKIN WARS</title>
			<description>I like my skinMay crawl in your'sThat's not the pointNeither is it really about my skin.Be still, be still, life is realWonder what it'd be like to live in your'sThink, not about the pigmentIt's the ideology and hustleSee through my eyes, lens, retina and all.Joy to the worldNo not the songJust wish..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1741583/</link>
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			<title>CHANGE</title>
			<description>The flow of the riverRunning quietly, nay deathly stillSourcing from the giverIts expressions sometimes chillThe shift of the desert sandMoving from here to thereEngulfing the arable landLeaving in its wake no cheerThe pressures of everyday livingChanging you from then to now..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1501188/</link>
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			<title>SOUL DETOX</title>
			<description>My soul's on fireMy heart's heavyThis burden on me, a levyI placed on me, it's direI run from pillar to post, searchingWho'd help remove this burden, scorchingMy heart burdened, pleadingRemove this from me, bleedingWith my hands I ate myself heavyWith my eyes I envied, gravely..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1351990/</link>
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			<title>LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL</title>
			<description>It's two years since I've been married to my lovely wife so, this is a poem to celebrate her.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1327218/</link>
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			<title>SKY FALL</title>
			<description>Get in, get outI let you through, but I don't go throughYour sense of entitlement is so annoyingMoving round but getting nowhereOne at a time, though I hold fourFour quarters of two halves making a wholeNo matter how fast I go in my own spinningI don't get beyond this seeming little ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1272181/</link>
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			<title>MALPRACTICE</title>
			<description>Suddenly! The calm is shatteredIn comes the protagonistTo the set order of the dayHe enters with righteous indignation.The antagonists, scatter abroadVillains of characterBedevilled by their lack of faithStronger,the fear of being apprehended.Passion fuelled by fearA win at all..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1270479/</link>
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			<title>Mother's Love</title>
			<description>&quot;Mummy, Mummy&quot;,she criedKnowing not where to search.&quot;I'm here&quot;,mother responded,Her daughter she knew by instinct.She picked her in her armsSpoke reassurance where fear had taken rootShe felt safe once again within mother's embraceHer world was now at peace, for mother would  kee..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1270470/</link>
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			<title>FOCUS</title>
			<description>A poem that tells of purpose despite knowing that your future holds a portion of suffering.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1267248/</link>
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			<title>THE MIRROR FOR YOUR HEART</title>
			<description>A Poem to show that it is what you expect that becomes your reality..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1205647/</link>
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			<title>Maiden of my Eye</title>
			<description>You are the woman for me;Though others may try,They won't find me,No matter how much they cry.You are the woman I see,My destiny and purpose;Entwined around thee,All others can only assume, I suppose?The one who makes life better,With whom I want forever;I feel like a paceset..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1133154/</link>
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			<title>MISSING YOU</title>
			<description>I stayed back in absentiaLooking inconsequentialYou saw what I wasn't wearingEven though I was invisibleMy smile was upside downLike I was on my head, walkingThe chirp, tooting and blaringA din below the silenceI said how much I missed youThough you couldn't hear or see meKis..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1125407/</link>
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			<title>NOTHING</title>
			<description>I sit to listen to nothingAnd it feels so scaryI hear it speak, loud and clearLeaves my soul feeling tearyI hear my soul wailingAbout the noise around meI leave the realm of speechesTo listen to nothingI find peace and solaceAt the feet of nothingWisdom oozes from its auraF..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1124622/</link>
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			<title>BEYOND THE MELODY</title>
			<description>This was inspired by an article on my wife's blog http://lahmeet.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/beyond-the-melody/</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121590/</link>
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			<title>HUSTLE</title>
			<description>Busy, in motion, ActiveMoving up the street, moving down the streetSome to and some froIn desperate pursuit of the heart&amp;rsquo;s desire.&amp;nbsp;Driven, Striving, None are lethargicFrom the pro, to the conMen in a bid to lay holdClaiming rewards they&amp;rsquo;ve labored for.&amp;nbsp;Tongues, Peoples, Nations..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121564/</link>
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			<title>IT WASN'T JUST EVE</title>
			<description>I was there with EveWhen the serpent convinced her with easeTelling her what to believeThe fruit, he said, contained no disease.I partook of the dreaded apple,Savoring its delicious essenceNot seeing him,me topple,My greed had robbed me of any sense.I was there in the garden,Fe..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121557/</link>
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			<title>A GIRL'S DREAM</title>
			<description>Once I had some lofty goalsStood high and tall like polesBut then came my realityHitting me with such brutality&amp;nbsp;Sure I had a big dreamLooking lovely like whipped-creamThat one day I&amp;rsquo;d become &amp;ldquo;someone&amp;rdquo;Who mattered to everyone.&amp;nbsp;Slowly I had to grow upBe the bearer of the ho..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121555/</link>
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			<title>IMAGINATION</title>
			<description>See with your mind's eyeFeel with your heartAloft,aloft on highFloat as a dart.Move, at best from North to SouthEast or West, whichever you chooseTaste delights not with your mouthAll you can is pressure lose.Climb aloft and lose your fearStay with the radar and the Northern starEnjoy! You are in a ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121554/</link>
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			<title>MUSIC OF THE HILLS</title>
			<description>The wind stirs the leavesCreating a dramatic flutterMusic of the un-humanA mournful tone ascendingPrecision in the notesBeyond the scale we all knowUpon reality making impressionsSilence begets the serenely magicalQuaint and distinctThe symphony of nature's musicThe minutest not insignificantAptly m..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121552/</link>
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			<title>MY WIFE, MY LOVER AND MY FRIEND...</title>
			<description>The air i breathe is filled with you,The picture in my mind's just shades of you,The color of my love is so red and true,Till my dying day I'll give you all that's due.Your love is to my soul marrow to the bone,My desire is that my days ring with your tone,I've had it special through t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121550/</link>
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			<title>LEAP OF FAITH</title>
			<description>At the brink of the precipiceI stand right on edgeAt peace with my decisionTo jump off this ledge.What foolishness you might sayThat I know not what lies beneathFor far below you conjectureA certain death awaits.Truly its uncertainFor the bottom i cannot comprehendCompounded by the factsThat all i h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/drepayne25/1121547/</link>
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