blackcoffeepoetry - Hello Poetry

if someone is ***** and everyone ignores it, did it really happen? if she said no and he didn't listen, did she make a sound? we live in a world where women teach their daughters to scream before teaching them to say please. where the word "no" is treated like a suggestion, and "stop" is treated like a foreign phrase... where a woman's innocence is crushed like a flower in hands that were never given permission to hold it. and yet you wonder why girls go to the bathroom in pairs, and call each other to make sure they got home safely?

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Oct 18, 2016

Oct 18, 2016 at 9:36 PM UTC

time to break the silence

if someone is ***** and everyone ignores it, did it really happen? if she said no and he didn't listen, did she make a sound? we live in a world where women teach their daughters to scream before teaching them to say please. where the word "no" is treated like a suggestion, and "stop" is treated like a foreign phrase... where a woman's innocence is crushed like a flower in hands that were never given permission to hold it. and yet you wonder why girls go to the bathroom in pairs, and call each other to make sure they got home safely?

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and that was the moment i knew, if this whole earth was dancing, i would still be watching you.

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Sep 30, 2016

Sep 30, 2016 at 1:00 PM UTC

i'd choose you every time

and that was the moment i knew, if this whole earth was dancing, i would still be watching you.

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and after all i still believe that death is the wrong answer in this world of multiple choice.

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Sep 29, 2016

Sep 29, 2016 at 9:01 AM UTC

untitled #5

and after all i still believe that death is the wrong answer in this world of multiple choice.

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let it be because she reminded you of me. that her blonde hair was cut in a chopped short mess, just like mine. and her laugh was a silent, gasping for air, kind of laugh. that her eyes were green but you imagined they were blue, that her lips almost tasted like my coconut chapstick, that if you squinted your eyes hard enough, she had my freckles. let it be because she was wearing my favorite perfume, because she was wearing my favorite color, or because she was wearing black nail polish that she had a bad habit of scratching off. let it be because it was just a kiss, because it didn't mean anything. let it be because you were missing me, and she was the closest thing. let it be a stupid, heat of the moment, mistake. let it be because you were drowning in loneliness, and she was a boat. or let it be because you couldn't feel me anymore, and she was just at arms reach. let it be something you will never do again... just don't let it be because you don't love me anymore.

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Sep 20, 2016

Sep 20, 2016 at 12:42 PM UTC

let it be anything other than what it is

let it be because she reminded you of me. that her blonde hair was cut in a chopped short mess, just like mine. and her laugh was a silent, gasping for air, kind of laugh. that her eyes were green but you imagined they were blue, that her lips almost tasted like my coconut chapstick, that if you squinted your eyes hard enough, she had my freckles. let it be because she was wearing my favorite perfume, because she was wearing my favorite color, or because she was wearing black nail polish that she had a bad habit of scratching off. let it be because it was just a kiss, because it didn't mean anything. let it be because you were missing me, and she was the closest thing. let it be a stupid, heat of the moment, mistake. let it be because you were drowning in loneliness, and she was a boat. or let it be because you couldn't feel me anymore, and she was just at arms reach. let it be something you will never do again... just don't let it be because you don't love me anymore.

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the summer goes by fast always faster than the last now the sunshine is past and i will watch the golden fade watch the darkness come my way let the clouds roll in to start my day have you ever watched the sky as it cried? the trees while they died? have you? have you ever watched the leaves as they fall? tried to catch them at all? have you? the greens will all turn to brown and the blue skies will start to drown the bright lights will say, "see you around." the nights are suddenly longer the days are so much harder and the winds just keep getting stronger have you ever watched the sky as it cried? did you try to wipe it's eyes? did you? have you ever watched the leaves as they fall? under your feet crushed them all? did you? and we will call it beautiful as they fall apart the raindrops and tear stains will make a fine art have you ever stopped to wonder what it's like to crumble beneath the pressure to lose the light? have you ever wondered what it's like to lose your fight?

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Sep 16, 2016

Sep 16, 2016 at 5:12 PM UTC

autumn

the summer goes by fast always faster than the last now the sunshine is past and i will watch the golden fade watch the darkness come my way let the clouds roll in to start my day have you ever watched the sky as it cried? the trees while they died? have you? have you ever watched the leaves as they fall? tried to catch them at all? have you? the greens will all turn to brown and the blue skies will start to drown the bright lights will say, "see you around." the nights are suddenly longer the days are so much harder and the winds just keep getting stronger have you ever watched the sky as it cried? did you try to wipe it's eyes? did you? have you ever watched the leaves as they fall? under your feet crushed them all? did you? and we will call it beautiful as they fall apart the raindrops and tear stains will make a fine art have you ever stopped to wonder what it's like to crumble beneath the pressure to lose the light? have you ever wondered what it's like to lose your fight?

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now that i've forgiven you it's time for me to apologize for putting you on that pedestal that was so very high it hurt when you fell off.

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Aug 26, 2016

Aug 26, 2016 at 7:20 PM UTC

it's my turn to say i'm sorry