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by Lang Leav


  Then we reached a point where I no longer knew who you were and I was grasping the hands of a stranger. But I didn’t let go. And neither did you.

  ..................................

  I had my first dream about you last night.

  Really? She smiles. What was it about?

  I don’t remember exactly, but the whole time I was dreaming, I knew you were mine.

  Rogue Planets

  As a kid, I would count backwards from ten and imagine at one, there would be an explosion—perhaps caused by a rogue planet crashing into Earth or some other major catastrophe. When nothing happened, I’d feel relieved and at the same time, a little disappointed.

  I think of you at ten; the first time I saw you. Your smile at nine and how it lit up something inside me I had thought long dead. Your lips at eight pressed against mine and at seven, your warm breath in my ear and your hands everywhere. You tell me you love me at six and at five we have our first real fight. At four we have our second and three, our third. At two you tell me you can’t go on any longer and then at one, you ask me to stay.

  And I am relieved, so relieved—and a little disappointed.

  Sea of Strangers

  In a sea of strangers,

  you’ve longed to know me.

  Your life spent sailing

  to my shores.

  The arms that yearn

  to someday hold me,

  will ache beneath

  the heavy oars.

  Please take your time

  and take it slowly;

  as all you do

  will run its course.

  And nothing else

  can take what only—

  was always meant

  as solely yours.

  Closure

  Like time suspended,

  a wound unmended—

  you and I.

  We had no ending,

  no said good-bye.

  For all my life,

  I’ll wonder why.

  Acknowledgments

  Thank you to my agent, Al Zuckerman, for his invaluable guidance and wonderful support.

  To Kirsty Melville and her passionate team at Andrews McMeel, for sending my books out into the world.

  To all the amazing people I have had the pleasure of meeting on my book tours (you know who you are), thank you for working so tirelessly behind the scenes and for making me feel so welcome on my visits.

  To my family and friends, it goes without saying that I wouldn’t be here without your love and encouragement.

  To Ollie Faudet, who likes cows and makes me laugh.

  And last, but definitely not least—a very special thank you to all of my beautiful readers. Your unwavering support and kind words inspire me every day.

  About the Author

  The work of poet and artist Lang Leav swings between the whimsical and woeful, expressing a complexity beneath its childlike facade.

  Lang is a recipient of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Award and a prestigious Churchill Fellowship.

  Her artwork is exhibited internationally and she was selected to take part in the landmark Playboy Redux show curated by the Andy Warhol Museum.

  She currently lives with her partner and collaborator, Michael, in a little house by the sea.

  Index

  Lost Words

  Chapter 1 - Duet

  And/Or

  A Phone Call

  A Pilgrimage

  Clocks

  Déjà Vu

  Devotion

  Entwined

  Her Words

  He’s Leaving

  His Kiss

  If My Life Were a Day

  Keys

  Loving You

  Lullabies

  Mementos

  Message in a Bottle

  Metamorphosis

  More than Love

  My Heart

  No Other

  Over My Head

  Passing Time

  Patience

  Sad Things

  Second Chances

  Signposts

  Stay

  The Seventh Sea

  Thoughts of You

  Tsunamis

  Us

  Well Wishes

  When

  You

  Chapter 2 - Interlude

  Dumplings

  Nostalgia

  That Night

  The Dinner Guest

  The Garden

  The Professor

  Vania

  Chapter 3 - Finale

  A Cautionary Tale

  Acceptance

  Afterthought

  A Ghost

  A Letter

  All There Was

  Almost

  Always with Me

  Amends

  An Artist in Love

  A Sad Farewell

  A Winter Song

  Beach Ball

  Broken Hearts

  Change of Heart

  Concentric Circles

  Crosswords

  Dead Poets

  Despondency

  Dyslexia

  Edgar’s Gift

  Epilogue

  Fading Polaroid

  Fairy Tales

  False Hope

  Forever for Now

  Forewarned

  Forget Me Not

  For You

  Grounded

  He’s Forgotten

  History

  Karma

  Living a Lie

  Losing You

  Love’s Inception

  Love’s Paradox

  Masquerade

  Melancholy Skies

  Minefield

  Mixed Messages

  Musical Chairs

  Nostalgia for Today

  Ode to Sorrow

  Pen Portrait

  Perfect

  Poker Face

  Pretext

  Reasons

  Regrets

  Remembering You

  Shipwrecks

  Soundtracks

  Tell Me

  The Dream

  The End

  The Most

  The Poet

  The Very Thing

  Thoughts

  Three Questions

  Time

  Two Fishermen

  Unrequited

  Wishing Stars

  Wounded

  Encore

  A Dream

  Angels

  Closure

  Rogue Planets

  Sea of Strangers

  Souls

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  Lullabies

  copyright © 2014 by Lang Leav. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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  ISBN: 978-1-4494-6293-2

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