Love Poem: Time Traveler
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Written by: Mark Riedel

Time Traveler

mourning death
                       in between breaths

       pretending 
                      her entity
                               did never gather
       around my path
 
       my sentinal road
                     of following mist
                     of cancerous cloves,
  
        and
                      treasure troves
                      of pre - drunken groves

        on the first night we kissed...

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        Viewing 12 Monkeys
                     thinking of you
of
        an alternate ending
        before all the blue,

        Inside a new dimension
                     of cubist psychotic delusion,

         Inside this fight for flight
   
         away from earthly alcohol infusion...

         Creating Art without
                   prior knowledge
                                   or purpose,

          hand moving paint
                   without self - restraint,

          messages within dreams
                   wherein I've written full scripts

           Improvise the present
                    by working in alternate shifts:

                     "I want to be a whole person again

                      I want to stay in this time, with you"    

                                                                  - James