rachael-p-presleyWhisper

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stay in winterspring rises like the lazy morning sun / reaching with warm fingers to chase away the harsh cold / of a chilly winter frost, hard and dead.
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Mar 17, 2015
ChoasTo know thy enemy is to know thy self. / Drown your sorrows like bodies. / Regret can be found in the bitter bottle,
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Apr 5, 2014
nighttime friendsit’s 2:38 in the morning / and i’ve been learning all the faces on my wall / i want to tell the monsters sitting on my ceiling
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Nov 25, 2013
help, i can't sleep.When you say insomnia, / people think you’ve had too much caffeine. / That it’s something you’ve eaten that day.
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Jul 12, 2013
wind burnfor a moment, the word stops breathing, / your heart quits pumping and bleeding in the / only healthy way it knows how.
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May 21, 2013
A Civic DutyI feel as though I have an obligation, / A duty, you could say, to address something / We ignore almost everyday.
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Mar 13, 2013
Same DifferenceFalling apart and falling for you / have, to me, never been more similar or more hated. / God forbid you make this bearable for anyone else but yourself—
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Feb 18, 2013
TwentyTwenty-years old and still wishing on shooting stars / Because a part of you is still naïve and dying / A last breathe for who you are
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Feb 3, 2013
Personal PreferanceYou say you've got it all figured out, / got the science down at age nine-teen. / I roll my eyes, because that's just silly.
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Feb 2, 2013
Breathing in Concrete (You)My heart hurts for you. / For the swirling ashes / You call home. The burning
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Sep 11, 2012
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