These love songs wallpaper my heart
and smother my sleep.
(This insomnia takes the best of me
and churns out poetry instead of rest.)
I know all the beauty the world has to offer,
yet all I can do is shelter myself
(in a cellar crafted of words).
I am stupid with love,
my tongue too thick with desire
to be profound.
I’d give up every dream I ever dreamed
to be with you
(and to see what illuminates your eyes like moon).
I have buried myself in this tomb
for too many years,
and when I finally emerge,
my words are bombs.
We are starting afresh,
and only roses & dreamers are allowed
second chances.
I haven’t dreamed in years.
This restless sleep haunts me
and I wander these courtyards
like a ghost.
(In my memories,
we drove for hours,
your hand on my knee,
humming the songs we loved.)
Tell me the grass is greener.
I’ll gladly hop the fence
to be with you,
but tell me:
will you still hold my hand
on the other side?
Always keep me close
even when I push you the farthest from me
you could ever be.
My heart isn’t cold merely because it is distant.
(The stars are how many miles away,
yet they burn.)
I haven’t dreamed in years.
I need you more than your witnessing eyes can see.
Maybe perhaps once I visualize these things like you do,
I can return to dreaming.
Isabelle Palerma 
Issie my friend, I have but one word to express and you know what it means…Ouweeeeeeeeeeeee!❤
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Thank you SO much. 💜 This is one of my favorite poems. Believe it or not, I used a series of prompts to write it.
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So inspiring. I was sharing with one of my sisters how inspiring you’ve been. The timing of our meeting and my desire and now a conducive atmosphere to create in all lines up. Can my sister read your blog that the NaPoMo poems are on? Do I just give her the name?
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That’s so sweet. Thank you! I really think our paths crossed for a reason. You inspire me too. I hope to be like you when I’m your age. You have such a beautiful spirit. Of course she can read it! To access the blog, she can either go to my website: http://www.isabellepalerma.com and click the blog link or go to http://www.isabellepalerma.com/blog
Either way, she should be able to access it. Thanks for supporting me!!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you so much!
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