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You and Blue
I had a blue phase / But it wasn’t a sad phase / More of a ‘you’ phase
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Soap
When I was two and we ran out of hand soap in the bathroom / My sister poured in some water / And it was like magic
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I’m not allowed to name my own children
*an Ode to Eppie / I once had what I thought was a brilliant idea / My friends listened dutifully without the eye roll the less loyal would have thrown in
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Empty Rooms
I love / Empty rooms / Because empty rooms mean no locked doors
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Once, Twice, Thrice (run)
I ran wild and free / Happy to live, just dashing through life / Then one day you chased
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Begging
Stumbling for words, the way I normally stumble over rocks / My tongue halts awkwardly before jumping to life only to twist itself into knots / All the things I mean to say swirl about in my head
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Do Not Resuscitate
We have a checkered past / I call it a story, / Inevitability,
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Downward Spiral
My descent into darkness / Slow unwilling / But slipping down all the same
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This is my April
Its 2 am, I’m crying so hard I can’t breathe / I don’t want to remember the way you held me / After too long apart
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Why Crushes ****
I want to catch your eye / I want to light up the room / I want to be the one you glance at
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