johnnie-raeWhisper

25 / F / American

Love is the greatest of all virtuesLove 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.

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Sep 28, 2022

Mismatch Events to Give FaithA 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.

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Sep 27, 2022

UntitledNorth 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.

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Sep 27, 2022

Late Night RevelationsThere 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.

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Sep 27, 2022

UntitledCataclysmic soundwaves / reverberate their way through / my tired brain.

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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,

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Jun 19, 2022

so many before me have waged this war and lostaccusations fly like throwing knives / and all the while, this war you wage / originates in your brain...

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Oct 19, 2019

At the Stakeif we believe / we can achieve... / the lowest depths of insanity:

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Jul 21, 2019

If I Wanted to Swing, I'd Go to the ParkHeat bears down on / seemingly sponge like pavement / and sings of scorching summer sun.

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Jul 20, 2019

I Am What You Made MeA wave breaks on the shore / and it paints a grotesque scene / of every little earth shattering thing

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Dec 10, 2017

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