bethhw - Hello Poetry

if you’re still here by the time I next change the sheets then maybe you’re here to stay

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Mar 1, 2020

Mar 1, 2020 at 1:39 PM UTC

if you’re still here by the time I next change the sheets then maybe you’re here to stay

where does my joy come from? it comes not from you. not from waiting for you, like waiting for rain in a drought. it comes not from pressing pause, holding breath, using litotes on the underwhelming. it comes not from the unnecessary distractions. or comparisons. or sharp bluntness. it definitely doesn’t come from that feeling - the feeling that you’re losing interest. the feeling that I’m losing value. the feeling that I’m losing. it comes, instead, from something greater something more something inside and all around I remember to look away from you and look up

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Jun 1, 2019

Jun 1, 2019 at 3:12 PM UTC

joy ?

where does my joy come from? it comes not from you. not from waiting for you, like waiting for rain in a drought. it comes not from pressing pause, holding breath, using litotes on the underwhelming. it comes not from the unnecessary distractions. or comparisons. or sharp bluntness. it definitely doesn’t come from that feeling - the feeling that you’re losing interest. the feeling that I’m losing value. the feeling that I’m losing. it comes, instead, from something greater something more something inside and all around I remember to look away from you and look up

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is this my insecurity, or my intuition speaking? the two “ i’s “ one will keep you safe, the other will destroy. maybe it’s a mix of both. maybe you make me feel like this and it’s a red flag. crimson, ruby, blood. beautiful and altogether devastating. I keep going around in circles. everything is so simple in your head and so convoluted in mine. it’s unfair.

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May 28, 2019

May 28, 2019 at 11:21 PM UTC

it’s unfair.

is this my insecurity, or my intuition speaking? the two “ i’s “ one will keep you safe, the other will destroy. maybe it’s a mix of both. maybe you make me feel like this and it’s a red flag. crimson, ruby, blood. beautiful and altogether devastating. I keep going around in circles. everything is so simple in your head and so convoluted in mine. it’s unfair.

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sweet sanctuary. love that warms me inside out kind eyes open palms an intrinsic incomprehensible pull towards you. towards rest. I don’t fight it. why would I want to?

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May 26, 2019

May 26, 2019 at 4:23 PM UTC

sweet sanctuary

sweet sanctuary. love that warms me inside out kind eyes open palms an intrinsic incomprehensible pull towards you. towards rest. I don’t fight it. why would I want to?

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dear thirteen year old me, don’t cry girl don’t waste your tears on him and don’t stress because this isn’t the last time you’ll run into him again in fact, you’ve got a lot more in store a lot of lessons to learn and mistakes to make believe me, when I say that he’ll again feature in your highlight reel. he’ll be back, you’ll see don’t cry girl though you fell too deep; it won’t be the last time

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Feb 3, 2019

Feb 3, 2019 at 11:32 AM UTC

it won’t be the last time

dear thirteen year old me, don’t cry girl don’t waste your tears on him and don’t stress because this isn’t the last time you’ll run into him again in fact, you’ve got a lot more in store a lot of lessons to learn and mistakes to make believe me, when I say that he’ll again feature in your highlight reel. he’ll be back, you’ll see don’t cry girl though you fell too deep; it won’t be the last time

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warmth - you wrap around me and I sink into you slumber - you hold me tight and I don’t want to leave but I know I must

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Feb 2, 2019

Feb 2, 2019 at 6:54 AM UTC

w & s

warmth - you wrap around me and I sink into you slumber - you hold me tight and I don’t want to leave but I know I must

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s m i l e please don’t just move your mouth, feel it in the sea in the wind in the air In your friends in your eyes and your heart and your hair s m i l e like the sun is shining off of you Off your halo your flowers your shiny new shoes s m i l e it looks beautiful on you.

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Feb 2, 2019

Feb 2, 2019 at 3:17 AM UTC

s m i l e

s m i l e please don’t just move your mouth, feel it in the sea in the wind in the air In your friends in your eyes and your heart and your hair s m i l e like the sun is shining off of you Off your halo your flowers your shiny new shoes s m i l e it looks beautiful on you.

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