Month: May 2023

Splitting Life.

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There once was a girl who stood very still. She quietly listened to the words echoing around her and found the sounds of birds chirping and kids playing. “If I listen hard enough, it can’t hurt me.”

There once was a girl who stood very still. She looked past the obscene gestures and objects thrown to find the hidden colors in her mom’s favorite painting- hung delicately in the dining room. “If I don’t look, it can’t hurt me.”

There once was a girl who stood very still. She stared at their red faces as they watched and waited for her response. Hyperventilating, she thought “If I don’t respond, they can’t hurt me.”.

-She was wrong.

Lies and Their Followers.

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It’s been a while.

Hard to find the words when the world’s gone so cold.

Hard to express what’s inside,

give you the right words,

what you deserve.

Hard to beat back the dark cloud,

anxiety lightning strikes

making my ears ring

I can’t hear what you’re saying

rain pouring over my already-tear-stained cheeks

hard to grasp reality

steam rises from the pavement bringing heat to my face and head

can’t catch my breath

can’t find the words to express myself.

Difficult to move,

immobilized but still shaking,

pleading with my lungs to breathe,

mirroring your calm demeanor.

I feel like the monster.

-I love you. Why did you do what you did?

Swirling Universe

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How could you ever say you’re “just you” when you possess the universe in your eyes alone?

Swirls of greens and browns beneath oceans of blue

Cosmos on Earth’s soil,

Slipping into the depths of waves

I could get lost trying to unravel these infinite layers

So how dare you ever say you’re “just you”

-About someone I don’t love anymore.

Lemonade.

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You smell of lemonade and laundry soap

Making me want to cuddle you up, drink you in

You’re clean and soft, sugary and sweet

But still spark the flame that sets my insides on fire like my favorite rum

Every kiss planted on my lips,

Every touch trailing to my hips,

Makes me burst into flames that could put any volcano to shame.

Give me all of you in exchange for all of me and together we can set the world on fire.