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Sep 2019 The Vault

Depression

Sep 2019 The Vault

Trevor Reynolds

I can't have depression because I'm a man.
I'll take care of everything, you know that I can.
It's not about ego or my self esteem.
And I'm not being moody, just what do you mean?
Go to the doctor, visit a shrink.
Whatever would our family and friends start to think?
I'm just over tired that’s all that it is.
Let's put this behind us and don't tell the kids.
I can’t have depression because I'm a man
Or maybe I'm wrong, and really I can.

By Trevor Reynolds 2019

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Bede

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When I walked to the restroom
The way he smiled at me
Tore my soul to shreds

He looked like he won you, he smiled as a Victor. I trust you when you said you didn't have a backburner, but his smile, his smile still hurt.

#or #maybe #he #was #laughing

Sep 2019 The Vault

I've Changed, For the Better

Sep 2019 The Vault

Bede

I've Changed, For the Better

You've done so much to fix my life,
Lord, let me count some ways.
I've not the need for **** indeed
I won't smoke for all my days!
My bank account is full
And so shall it be to-morrow
My heart, now full of song and love
No longer full of sorrow!

You helped me love myself again
By letting me be me
I cannot thank you enough, my joy
Because of you, I'm free!

Because of me too, but I would've stayed in my self-abusing cycle if you hadn't arrived in my life

Sep 2019 The Vault

Lays of Carter 4, A New Beginning

Sep 2019 The Vault

Bede

Lays of Carter 4, A New Beginning

I'm sorry I held on
Even though you made it clear
I should've been smarter
And I intend to be now.

I've got to guard my heart
I never must let this happen again
I trusted others to protect it
Yet, I couldn't trust myself.

I shall grow, and I shall be better
I'll be the hero I aspire to be
You'll be by my side, me by yours,
Friends until the dawn of the end.

Thank you for teaching me lessons of love and life

Sep 2019 The Vault

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Bede

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Guilt will come
Guilt will go
Happiness will come to stay

Don't be complacent
Become your goals
And never let others get in the way

You'll do great, my dear. I'll be watching every step of the way

Sep 2019 The Vault

Cotton Candy

Sep 2019 The Vault

Emily

Cotton Candy

I’d never met a girl as sweet as her.
She wanted to stop on the side of the road and pick up every stray animal she saw.
“But Charles, c’mon that dog is skin and bones back there!”
I stopped every time.

Her lips were pink like cotton candy.
But she covered up their sweetness, with the bitterness of lipstick.
Lipstick that stuck to me after our lips disconnected.
I hated her lipstick.

Her eyes shimmered like the stars we’d watch.
She loved the sky.
The moon specifically.
She loved the mystery behind it.
I loved the mystery behind her.
Those shimmering eyes, cotton candy lips, and her heart of gold.

I messed up. A lot.
She always forgave me.
How lucky was I, to have a girl so forgiving.
Even when I shattered her heart into a million pieces.

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Bede

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I can't believe
I'll never feel
Your lips against mine again

I'd give my life for one more

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Bede

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The Olympian Spirits compare not to your wondrous beauty.
Their power is nothing to your smile
The dragons of the world revile
When they're pierced by your shining glow.

Your radiance appeasing Helios,
Athena admires your wit,
And Aphrodite loves your look
Every curve, every bump, is blessed.

You may not be able to look past my odd beliefs
But I adore yours
You need not khernip, for your miasma
Is as wonderful as fallen snow.

A polytheist stole my heart

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too much

Sep 2019 The Vault

uselace

too much

i have so much love,
for the world
for people
and no one
to take it

the greeks would call it agape

#love

Sep 2019 The Vault

Lays of Carter 2

Sep 2019 The Vault

Bede

Lays of Carter 2

Can I truly speak my mind and not
Lose my train of thought?
Am I the one who's above all else?
If so, its only because of you.
Remember when I say that, verily,
Everything I love is in you!

Another mid work poem

#lay #claire #love