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Creating Peace.
Please let the rain pour and the fire burn so that they can show each other what it's like to work in symmetry in collision with one another, as they create a smoky mist. / Please let the earth's rolling hills reach up and grab the sky so that the dividing line will be erased. / Please let these boundaries we create based on appearances be washed way, blown away, burned, and buried so that we can create something that has not yet been achieved.
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May 23, 2013
Damaging Words
Your jagged words intertwined around my veins / twirled through my ribs / and plunged into my heart,
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May 23, 2013
Edges
I stand in the dark / because resting would be too easy / and so would loving you
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Nov 6, 2014
Empty Comliment
Every compliment you announced to me / was just an arranged set of letters, / vacant with meaning.
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May 23, 2013
Heart Strings Are Ropes
My heart strings are ropes / that attach to people like hooks / they reach their strong arms and latch on
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Jul 23, 2013
Ice Warm Fire
Cold wintry nights were not her favorite kind of eve, / especially when she was already warm by the fire with Henry - she didn’t want to leave. / They were two wrapped together hands that stay warm in December even without mittens.
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Feb 11, 2016
In Your Arms
The starlight fell into your eyes / and became a series of blinks / as teardrops seeped out
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May 1, 2016
Just Try.
If the glass is half full / then why don't you make the extra effort / and fill it all the way
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Oct 7, 2015
Rewrite
Someday my body will feed the plants / that have protected me from misery / as the trees provide shelter
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Sep 13, 2015
Self Talk
If I tell myself / that I don't care anymore / it saves me
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Jul 28, 2015
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