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Tom_Berry
Tom_Berry
25/M/Tallahassee Tom Berry received his BA in Literature from Florida State University. He plans on furthering his education with the end goal of being a collegiate professor. You can find more of his work on Instagram (traveling_tomm).
Believe even when the sky seems it'll never turn blue.
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Oct 5, 2019
Oct 5, 2019 at 3:01 PM UTC
Refuse to Give in
I will not atone to a world with swift heavy fists demanding the bestowing of my hues.
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Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019 at 8:52 PM UTC
History
It’s been sixty days since I’ve put pen to paper— my feelings to ideas— who I am to what I dream— I need to read in order to fly. I need to listen in order to guide. Alone I fish the Atlantic with my fears I can’t cherish raw moments with my peers. I’ve returned to prove I’m brave. I don’t want to be normal. I want to embrace my crooked thoughts— my dry skin—I want to see colors. I’m not just living in an idea. I want to make reality my realm. Somewhere I can feel love and cherish the clouds—my spirit dust.
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Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019 at 8:51 PM UTC
Summer Interlude
I don't want to smile. There's no use of showing teeth or feeling God's air against them. If you want pain--I have the keys to the shed. If you want love-- I'm on that ship headed north. I can't promise you I'll return from this journey. But I want it--I am human. And I must find the hues I don't own.
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Jul 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 at 7:54 PM UTC
The Mind Can Be A Surprising Place
Love is blue hues peppering away
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Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 2019 at 6:16 PM UTC
Blue
She fears planes because she’s always been scared to fly.
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Jul 10, 2019
Jul 10, 2019 at 4:05 PM UTC
Butterfly
I am he that needs redemption— Does the Earth know exemption? A boy and his pen I dream of books. A boy and his pen I dream of quasar. Now redemptions on your mind when you think about me.
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Jul 10, 2019
Jul 10, 2019 at 4:03 PM UTC
To Myself
I was ready to love you in white trim You found delight in embarrassing me. You taught me that night— I’m not him. These pages I overwrite with words I whip to curse you like a purple gallinule may you never soar.
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Jul 9, 2019
Jul 9, 2019 at 5:05 PM UTC
Memories Speak
He wasn’t a flower they were too exquisite. (although he wanted to be, so he could make people sneeze)                                  He wasn’t a cypress they were too resilient. (otherwise he would have cracked the concrete)                                  He was born a **** (A yard reckoning wild black mamba) In the ground, he felt smothered, digging to a world he never knew.                                  He was an anomaly someone who no one desired to water.                                  He was a problem,                                  a pest,                                  something like                                  Fruit flies in a Florida summer                                  He was a stain,                                  a blood smear on an angel white Kleenex.                                  He was a pain,                                  a sturdy lump in her kidney the doctor had to explain. He dug                     through boggy dirt,                                  carving away. He dug                     through swampy mud                                  while the sky hiccupped tears,                                  constantly, continuously making                                  a path that he could climb. He wanted—freedom                                  a love amongst the elegant lantana.
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Jul 9, 2019
Jul 9, 2019 at 4:50 PM UTC
Weeds Through the Crack
He wasn’t a flower they were too exquisite. (although he wanted to be, so he could make people sneeze)                                  He wasn’t a cypress they were too resilient. (otherwise he would have cracked the concrete)                                  He was born a **** (A yard reckoning wild black mamba) In the ground, he felt smothered, digging to a world he never knew.                                  He was an anomaly someone who no one desired to water.                                  He was a problem,                                  a pest,                                  something like                                  Fruit flies in a Florida summer                                  He was a stain,                                  a blood smear on an angel white Kleenex.                                  He was a pain,                                  a sturdy lump in her kidney the doctor had to explain. He dug                     through boggy dirt,                                  carving away. He dug                     through swampy mud                                  while the sky hiccupped tears,                                  constantly, continuously making                                  a path that he could climb. He wanted—freedom                                  a love amongst the elegant lantana.
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