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graveyard dust
another sleepless night my red / eyes tired and tried / i let your words fall
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Feb 15, 2018
phantom
I am an empty thing / hollowed out by time / devoid of your love
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Jul 28, 2014
she drags you around like a dog
There is a part of me that hopes / your insides ache with the last words I said to you / Regret is a powerful poison
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Jun 25, 2014
Gas Bonnets
This will be enough, this time / where the steps summoned storm fronts / like cat-calls
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Oct 3, 2013
"I love you" should be a little more difficult to say
"I love you" / should be a little more difficult to say. / There should be advanced language classes
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Sep 13, 2013
8.27.13
I'm sorry I couldn't be your everything. / I'm sorry I couldn't be everything / you needed.
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Aug 27, 2013
Untitled, or, why the ceiling fan drives me crazy some nights
*He loves me for who I am, but so do you. / He makes me smile and laugh, but so do you. / He makes me feel safe and warm and chases all the nightmares away,
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Jul 10, 2013
Forever Infinite, 1
The pages on my heart / are empty / and the blood staining my soul
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Jun 6, 2013
Collection, 5
5. A Manipulation of Thought / I like to think you will read this in a cluttered room, / with your hand on your chin
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Apr 18, 2013
Collection, 2
2. Burning the Dollhouse as a Paper Lantern / You are meek, almost / *humble*, little bird.
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Apr 17, 2013
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