Jonathan Gonzalez

Come Here

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Can we fly away?In front of the destruction that occurs around us. As trees fall and cities collapse, you stand up and laugh.Smile for me. How I love to see it. Bring me peace.

The Rivulet

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The leaves fly by tonight and this is a dangerous time. There’s a real world outside this city of peace. Some are lucky to see it. We feel it occasionally. A car crashes. A home catches fire. We are awaken for a second for we can’t sleep through the noise, But how we love it. … Read more

From inside the cabin

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What are you doing? Time to grow up. Go do something. Time to wake up. There’s nothing more frightening than seeing headlights on your side of the road. I’m cool like that, cooler than this. But where are we? What have we done? We’re so close to the water. I lost my sight for it, … Read more

The World

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Sleep tonight. The lights shut off in honor of you. For a pillow and a dream. The day has ceased. So dream the night away. Look at you. In the glorious aftermath. Your eyes are heavy with history. You saw so much today. Take it all in and sleep softly. This is just one more … Read more

To you, from me.

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You have it. You’ve got it.In your arms, in your chest, in your heart, in your soul.I gave to you something I’ve kept.Locked inside of me.My heart is in your hands, your mind, your finger tips, your lips.You always stay close because you care so much. Why are you so far away from here?Oceans and lands away … Read more

Intelligentsia

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Fighting kids with a disbelief in each other. Bored out of their minds. I’ve got a disbelief in them. Tired towns that lay still along the coasts and valleys. An imaginary line splits our souls into peace and prosperity, But we live in peace. You must prosper. The wrong 3 letter acronyms. A hatred for … Read more

Window

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Through this window I have seen many days start and many of them end. I have encountered rain and hail and heat and sunshine through this glass. The blinds and curtains change every few years, but, from this second story window, I’ve always been able to witness the same view: The hovering piece of a … Read more

Teach ’Em: Our Children

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Up and around the castle walls we go. Up and around the castle. The mortar and pestle art forms that are spread around this continent. Natural Museums. Stone walls and checkered marble floors. Beautiful scenery inspired by the treasures of the long departed moats and drawbridges. Then to a peek of the peeling paint and … Read more

Blaring Proof

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It echoes against the walls. The tiny siren alarms the unsuspecting. One long beep. Then another. 1, 2! 1, 2! It makes you feel like there is still life beyond our thoughts. There’s still something alive out there. I’m not the only one left. Blaring proof to the future that there was once human life … Read more

Just.Works

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I looked to my left. She was gleaming with the lights from the buildings on the side of the road. And as we strolled along quickly to see the fireworks it was as if she moved in slow motion. She just seemed so natural. I captured every moment of it. It was then that I noticed … Read more