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Lizvolker
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You saw me. Until one day, You didn’t. At first you made me feel seen and thought of, But your thoughtfulness soon turned to forgetfulness And your forgetfulness gave way to unfaithfulness and echoed my unworthiness. I never felt like I was good enough for you Your words affirming, spoke differently But your actions - Your actions validated my fears. My fear that I was unworthy of your love. My insecurity screamed I wasn’t enough, Whatever enough was and reshapes to be. In all its categories I could be measured in, enough wouldn’t ever describe me, Least of all for you. You made me question, You made me doubt, Was I really someone you could so easily forget about. You saw me. until one day, You didn’t. You didn’t see the tears, My withdrawal from living the reality of my fears. You didn’t see the pain you caused, Because you no longer saw me Me- Standing before you, picking up the pieces that you shattered, Through the disappointments, The devastation, The betrayal, The brokenness, Left to grieve the loss of what was and what could have been. The reality that our love story, will never happen again. Even if your eyes were unveiled from the fog you’ve been in, And finally saw me You’d never get the chance to really see. to know me, in full transparency. You’ll look back and regret the things you chased, When you wake up and realize What you were searching for Was right in front of your face. I’d be the girl you had, but one day, Let slip away.
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Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM UTC
Fog of pride
You saw me. Until one day, You didn’t. At first you made me feel seen and thought of, But your thoughtfulness soon turned to forgetfulness And your forgetfulness gave way to unfaithfulness and echoed my unworthiness. I never felt like I was good enough for you Your words affirming, spoke differently But your actions - Your actions validated my fears. My fear that I was unworthy of your love. My insecurity screamed I wasn’t enough, Whatever enough was and reshapes to be. In all its categories I could be measured in, enough wouldn’t ever describe me, Least of all for you. You made me question, You made me doubt, Was I really someone you could so easily forget about. You saw me. until one day, You didn’t. You didn’t see the tears, My withdrawal from living the reality of my fears. You didn’t see the pain you caused, Because you no longer saw me Me- Standing before you, picking up the pieces that you shattered, Through the disappointments, The devastation, The betrayal, The brokenness, Left to grieve the loss of what was and what could have been. The reality that our love story, will never happen again. Even if your eyes were unveiled from the fog you’ve been in, And finally saw me You’d never get the chance to really see. to know me, in full transparency. You’ll look back and regret the things you chased, When you wake up and realize What you were searching for Was right in front of your face. I’d be the girl you had, but one day, Let slip away.
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In the summer, Nature and my imagination were my teachers. They taught me, who it was that I was meant to be. Bike rides, either solo or with friends, I was out on adventure riding free with my imagination again. Hands in the air, And the wind at my back, I was off to explore some place no one had. My skinned up knees from climbing trees Out here there was no politics and no hate, I simply was there to explore and appreciate. Where I came from and no thought to what the future might hold, I was like the creek water that ebbed and flowed. In the water, there was no definitive beginning and no end in sight Live in the moment, soak it all in, where I was standing might not ever ‘be’ again The tree I climbed all those summers ago Nothing is left standing but the memories I hold It revealed to me something i’ve always known There will be flowers and weeds wherever I roam I can not hide from my feelings and my pain If I do, what will I gain? My shoe impression left in the dirt Or did the dirt impress upon me? To remember how the the quiet, the stillness, made me feel free No distraction from phones No real measure of time except the street lights which signaled the end of my ride. As a ride home for the day I feel satisfied my mind was clear my hands were ***** my knees scraped up   my heart full knowing That I had spent my time where I was meant to be letting nature and imagination teach me.
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Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM UTC
Summer education
I saw and felt the fireworks that lit up the midnight sky, the thunderous bursts that dazzled but all too quickly faded My heart was the canvas for your sky You exploded it with your your words half spoken truth and entire lies And like the moon, I only saw one side of your face but given enough time, the sun always rises. The flame I thought sparked was no firework but a warning flare and in the light of day there’s no hiding the smoke.
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Oct 10, 2025
Oct 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM UTC
Fireworks
It was a cold day in November But not as cold as your heart. The promises we made way back at the start seem like a fairytale now. When your promise lasts as long as a shot in the glass, and an empty face is what you chase the past can’t stay the past. No matter how hard I try To you I’m always second place. When I look in the mirror I don’t even recognize - what happened to the girl behind those now lifeless eyes? I meant when I said till death do us part I am more dead than alive with this bleeding broken heart. Your love is all I wanted- But now you leave me haunted
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Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM UTC
November
I barely feel the cold glass as my head leans against the pane. Rain blurs my reflection, the day echoing back my own cold, hollow, brokenness. I’m wrapped in an old blanket your scent now barely clings to, as I sit and watch the cars below passing by. Those cars, those people all have places to go and I I sit here alone. The world moved on but I can’t, the rain keeps falling like my tears, the day drowns with me. I was starting to move on, no longer looking for your face in the strangers that I met or the places we would go. But on a cold grey day like this one, your memory comes flooding back, and my world is once again stripped of color and the vibrance of life. And I grieve again the loss of us: of what was what could have been and what will never be, all because you chose to leave on a cold grey day like this one.
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Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM UTC
On a cold grey day like this one
My heart longs for the slow paced life, found in the cadence of the porch swing. Wrapped in a blanket, nestled into you while my red painted toes gently press into the dry and worn porch boards that creak as we sway, while we talk and watch the fireflies at the end of each day.
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Oct 4, 2025
Oct 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM UTC
Porch swing & fireflies
The whiskey on your breath and the ***** on mine, the drinks go down smooth - like your mouth on my body. The heat from your body, the warmth of your breathe, we’re tangled together, covered in sweat. My body is a treasure map, your tongue the key, the twisting of the sheets, the moan of release. I’m addicted to you Both the pleasure and the pain, the passion that burns, and the desire that can’t be tamed .
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Oct 4, 2025
Oct 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM UTC
Passion that burns