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Amor, an act in four seasons
There was spring love New and fresh and surprising Promising like the light lacing through the leaves on the first warm day Pink little flowers in bloom his love was pure and brilliant with potential renewing and refreshing in the novelty of it There was a summer love Happening in the moment Silly and wild…
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Black holes
I thought love would turn me into a sun, A star with infinite capacity, exploding with heat and flames But you turned me into a black hole And taught me to absorb all this love for myself only I feel dark and dense and weighted Like I was covered in dark matter I feel my…
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Remembering dreams
Your love is like a dream I had a thought that made me happy I don’t remember what it was anymore But I remember the feeling so easily The best things are never noticed Like you, your love But it’s such a high quality of ordinariness Your greatness is mostly love I wish we can…
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The pain is gone
Dear diary Dear friends Today the pain has gone We talked it out It left the door slightly open I got up to close it And I pushed the lock a little bit it’s a trick door I heard it pull out the driveway The pain has left today I washed the dishes I read…
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Ancient empires
I heard that the earth is littered with ruins of empires that believed they were forever And you and you and you Are the kind of boys that I should be with if I were a good girl If we still lived under the empire of men We could’ve been equals then In the place…
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Digesting
Pain is something you digest Soak it in acid Break it down Get to the bad parts The mad memories The person you were when you were weak When you face the pain you break it Break it down Into crumbles Until you can pick apart the truths And get the nutrients you need from…
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Parting the flood
Unsteady Waivering Like the hunter’s pupils up close oscillating rapidly to maintain focus and depth perception You approach like a car driving into a flooded street Pushing through the water, water parting at your sides and levelling to the ground by the sheer force and movement Determined, it’s enough to fuel you through the tide…
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Midway
My dad came and told me he had a dream about me I was graduating college (I never went to my college graduation) And after the ceremony we went to a coffeeshop And I was reading a book titled ‘midway’ I am midway to getting there To knowing what love is maybe Or Midway to…
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Everything has changed
It’s 11:45 and I’m still thinking about you I’m tired all the time, it’s because I’m nervous Whenever I pause I slip into a never ending joy And I shake it off, like a shock of a good kind It makes me nervous I walk circles around the mall Pick up things I don’t need…
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Inner vision
They say every situation you encounter in life was designed and selected for you to teach you what you, uniquely need to learn To heal you through the challenges you need to overcome You can love yourself so much that you will give yourself challenges and with enough confidence, you won’t go through those lessons…