johnnie-rae
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25 / F / American
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Love is the greatest of all virtues
Love is a four letter word that sweeps my soul into oblivion. / Oblivion is nicer than you might think. / There are willow trees and hummingbirds perched on branches along highways with glowing exit signs.
24
Sep 28, 2022
Mismatch Events to Give Faith
A deaf and homeless lady asks me for a cigarette and a light. / I don’t have either and cry on the inside. / Her speaking is broken and so is my heart.
30
Sep 27, 2022
Untitled
North Carolina changed me in ways jersey never could / Perfect strangers and twang accents / State plates from as far as 700 miles. Plane ticket vouchers for 1000.
15
Sep 27, 2022
Late Night Revelations
There are angels. / There’s the man who offers you a jump in a parking garage after you’ve tried two sets of cables and cried. / There’s the parking garage security that offers you a charge and a drink.
19
Sep 27, 2022
Untitled
Cataclysmic soundwaves / reverberate their way through / my tired brain.
10
Jun 30, 2022
WHY am I like this?
Wine blurs the chaotic mind, / for all the answers I can't find. / Anxiety on top of anxiety,
11
Jun 19, 2022
so many before me have waged this war and lost
accusations fly like throwing knives / and all the while, this war you wage / originates in your brain...
14
Oct 19, 2019
At the Stake
if we believe / we can achieve... / the lowest depths of insanity:
22
Jul 21, 2019
If I Wanted to Swing, I'd Go to the Park
Heat bears down on / seemingly sponge like pavement / and sings of scorching summer sun.
24
Jul 20, 2019
I Am What You Made Me
A wave breaks on the shore / and it paints a grotesque scene / of every little earth shattering thing
29
Dec 10, 2017
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