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NewnessAfter multiple traumatic relationships, / years of cynically happy single-ness, / and a series of mismatched puzzle pieces...
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Feb 15, 2022
GreyMy mind is tired / from the marathons it’s been running / around my head,
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Aug 16, 2021
More Self Deprication Than I Typically Allow for a TuesdayIf I were a chapter / in a book of relationships, / my title would be
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Feb 2, 2021
SilenceI used to do anything to drown out the silence, / a silence that cradled every missed opportunity, / the bad timing, and the ache that accompanied it.
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Dec 22, 2020
If you can't erase the past, don't let it erase you.There are certain lessons I’ve had to relearn / a million times in my life, / the greatest of which is that
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Dec 10, 2020
Introspections From a Long Drive HomeIt’s been a rough year– especially this month and, furthermore, this week– / but there is a single, irrelevant moment that my brain has been playing on repeat: / You were making dinner in the kitchen, music saturating the room –
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Nov 22, 2020
Late night thoughts I won't care for tomorrowI used to start fires with gasoline, sometimes with caution and other times in haste. Either way, the quickest light of a match could smother my darkness with light. I had myself convinced it was so much easier that way, a routine way to manage my soul. It took me a little too long to realize my burns were caused by my own explosions. / I’ve learned to appreciate the slow kind of burn, the smallest smolder that gives way for your sight, the lingering echo of crackling power, and the fragrant tenacity in a glow that grows. The beauty of a flame is that it has the ability to ignite other fires without diminishing its own. My only wish is that we as humans could figure out how to do the same. / For now, all I know is that a single spark can ignite the flame, and the smallest, most seemingly insignificant flame, can light fireworks across the sky in celebrations and calls for support. I just hope no one summons the rain clouds before then.
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Nov 20, 2020
Big MomentsThere are little moments / I would do differently / if I had the ability,
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Nov 9, 2020
Not-So-Uncommon Occurrence Associated with Being a WomanYour eyes greet mine with unsettling enthusiasm, / their gaze beginning a dance that pirouettes around my chest, / strokes my rib cage, and caresses my waist
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Oct 23, 2020
This isn't a poem... just some thoughts for the day.Hi, I’m Kairee. / I have anxiety sometimes. / But am I really allowed to say that
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Sep 21, 2020
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