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oni Nov 2017
I D O L
i watch you
fall at the feet
of those
who will never
know your name

im here
im real
i love you
and you
are distracted
#love #relationships #people #hurt #idol #beauty #worship #culture #society
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oni Nov 2017
i am not her
i place
a blank mask
over my face
and hand you
a pen

am i pretty now?
#beauty #relationships #hurt #ugly #mask #metaphor
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oni Nov 2017
w e l c o m e h o m e
when walking into
a house that is not yours
be cautious of
broken picture frames

you may cut yourself
on broken pieces
of someone elses past
#past #relationships #people #home #hurt
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oni Nov 2017
BALL & CHAIN, *****.
thinking i had
wrapped myself
around your heart,

i childishly
failed to realize
it was your ankle
instead
#relationships #love #difficult #sad #heavy
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oni Nov 2017
cloak & dagger.
a cloak wrapped tightly
around the two of us

but where
is the dagger?

whose blade
are we hiding from?
#relationships #confusion #sad
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oni Nov 2017
please save yourself
he wants to sleep
forever
and she cannot stay awake
for two people
#sleep #death #metaphor #suicide #relationships #people
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oni Nov 2017
i knew you once
a flicker
of recognition

a glance
into a sea of faces

a pair of eyes
that were once familiar

but the feeling is
different

the emotion is
heavy

i look away
#past #people #relationships #love #heartbreak
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