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I wonder what story I will become when this is all done I’ve heard so many stories of your past loves(kind)/endeavors(unkind) I’ve heard about all the things they did wrong Why they weren’t right for you I’ve heard “crazy” and “lost” and “weird” I’ve heard about the one who wrote you a song that made you weep I’ve heard about the one that got away I’ve heard about the one who screamed while she shattered a picture of you two on your driveway The one who lost herself to drugs and clubbing The one who kissed you between her pet rat These are such interesting/hurt stories/people I wonder what story I’ll be when I can no longer be a person I wonder if it will include what we did to your girlfriend. I know it won’t. I wonder if you’ll tell them I was a drunk, or bad at communicating, or too quiet, or that I had a crazy ex husband. Maybe you’ll say I kept too many secrets, and forced you to apologize when you didn’t do anything wrong. Maybe you’ll tell them I had a beautiful voice but was mentally unwell. I wonder if you’ll tell them I was soft and addicting. If you’ll mention how painful it was to yearn so hard and how desperately we needed to kiss. Maybe you’ll say I was always kind and forgiving even when you didn’t deserve it. You could tell them how I would melt into your hands when you touched my face or how I gave great ******** Maybe you’ll tell them I was a writer, but you didn’t get to see most of the notes I wrote you Maybe in my story, I came out of nowhere and ruined your life Maybe I left and broke your heart or you broke mine Maybe I’ll pretend that you tell them you were awestruck that you fell so hard and fast you didn’t know what to do with yourself that of the many(kind)/many(unkind) stories/women you’ve collected none affected you quite like I did I’ll pretend my story is one of real love One of those not-like-the-others stories That of all the girls you’ve called special, I was the actual special one (for sure) an aching puncture in your heart you’ll never heal a girl you could have had, but lost Maybe I’ll pretend But I bet my story will be simple I think you’ll talk of a summer situationship who had way too many cats I don’t think you’ll even use my name (I hate being another story)
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Sep 25, 2025
Sep 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM UTC
love note to a *******
I wonder what story I will become when this is all done I’ve heard so many stories of your past loves(kind)/endeavors(unkind) I’ve heard about all the things they did wrong Why they weren’t right for you I’ve heard “crazy” and “lost” and “weird” I’ve heard about the one who wrote you a song that made you weep I’ve heard about the one that got away I’ve heard about the one who screamed while she shattered a picture of you two on your driveway The one who lost herself to drugs and clubbing The one who kissed you between her pet rat These are such interesting/hurt stories/people I wonder what story I’ll be when I can no longer be a person I wonder if it will include what we did to your girlfriend. I know it won’t. I wonder if you’ll tell them I was a drunk, or bad at communicating, or too quiet, or that I had a crazy ex husband. Maybe you’ll say I kept too many secrets, and forced you to apologize when you didn’t do anything wrong. Maybe you’ll tell them I had a beautiful voice but was mentally unwell. I wonder if you’ll tell them I was soft and addicting. If you’ll mention how painful it was to yearn so hard and how desperately we needed to kiss. Maybe you’ll say I was always kind and forgiving even when you didn’t deserve it. You could tell them how I would melt into your hands when you touched my face or how I gave great ******** Maybe you’ll tell them I was a writer, but you didn’t get to see most of the notes I wrote you Maybe in my story, I came out of nowhere and ruined your life Maybe I left and broke your heart or you broke mine Maybe I’ll pretend that you tell them you were awestruck that you fell so hard and fast you didn’t know what to do with yourself that of the many(kind)/many(unkind) stories/women you’ve collected none affected you quite like I did I’ll pretend my story is one of real love One of those not-like-the-others stories That of all the girls you’ve called special, I was the actual special one (for sure) an aching puncture in your heart you’ll never heal a girl you could have had, but lost Maybe I’ll pretend But I bet my story will be simple I think you’ll talk of a summer situationship who had way too many cats I don’t think you’ll even use my name (I hate being another story)
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It is 11:30 at night, and I wreak of essential oils I believe I must be some sort of ethereal goddess to smell so good I am ****** But I massage my body from top to bottom in unscented lotion and gently cover each body part in warn socks, sweater, sweat pants because I am ****** I paint my nails and heat up a rice bag for my neck I stretch out my muscles I am happy with myself I wonder why I am only happy with myself when I am ******
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Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019 at 1:31 AM UTC
I Wrote This While I Was High
**In words I am blind folded in a room and people are or are not standing around me Either way, I cannot feel them** In other words I am missing a wire in my brain, the one that is shared between two people It sparks when you make a connection with someone, a potential Mine was never installed That is I have become such good friends with myself over the years We are bored now and need a new playmate So basically I have taken the time to try and be “friend” but it never works I know because I’m never invited to the late night McDonald’s trip unless I’m in the room In plainer terms I feel I have a presence that turns people away With a glance they decide they cannot be my friend Simply put I think I’m lonely And seriously lacking interpersonal skills
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Sep 30, 2016
Sep 30, 2016 at 12:07 AM UTC
In Words
I woke up feeling lost today Head was heavy, sky was grey Rolled out of bed and didn't pray Today And as I rolled, my head rolled too It fell right off, as some heads do I picked it up and tried to move Today Throughout the day it dragged behind And tried in vain to fill my mind With every fact and every line Today My head and I, we took a test And after it had done it's best It turned to me and said, "We should have stayed in bed for I cannot seem to find the rest Today.''
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Oct 23, 2015
Oct 23, 2015 at 2:19 PM UTC
The Space In My Head
He was the night sky so dark and alone but he held stars within his bones He was the ocean mysterious and deep sinking his boxes of secrets to keep He was a war at battle with life falling in love with the world and a knife He was a lover he was a friend and someone I hope will find peace in the end
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Jun 8, 2015
Jun 8, 2015 at 5:38 PM UTC
He was the Night Sky
And as he leaves me with his words of wisdom His blessing I am expelling every sound he utters away from myself I flinch from his touch A pat on the back is like acid on my skin In his presence I am forced to tape myself up Whether it is to keep myself from exploding or from falling apart I still don't know But there are times when my pieces begin to shake and quiver so violently that I start to leak and a storm rages in my head while the rain escapes through my eyes It is in that moment that I scream at him to leave, without making a sound And it scares me that he knows what I look like naked because he has stared at women with my same body on the internet and has drooled over the same curves and lumps that I have And it scares me how he can sound so sane. So sane that he convinces himself that he is stable And it scares me that no one but me and my mother will ever truly understand how distorted his thought process is All this fear and anger sit, rotting inside my stomach and at the center of the mass of hate, there is a spot of sadness for the good dad that left when I began to understand the things a young child should not be able to understand
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May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM UTC
Just Another Girl with Daddy Issues
I would not ever, could not ever, settle for less than perfect I will not show nor will you know until I think it's worth it Now look at me and you may see a girl who knows her stuff! A  go-getter who's talented and has no “good enough” I would not ever, could not ever settle for less than perfect The things I do to make it so, are things you don't suspect! And when I find the things I do don't add up to the top I start to cry and want to die and wish that it would stop I would not ever, could not ever settle for less than perfect At night I sometimes take a blade when I know I'm not worth it I tried to stop the panic once, when I did something wrong But ended up with stitches on my scars so red and long All because I would not, could not settle for less than perfect
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May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015 at 2:36 PM UTC
Less Than Perfect
Steel claws rip at open grounds Chemicals ripe with poison flood into quiet waters there is a sickness in the air tonight the kind that scares the wary but suffocates all Buildings grow where trees have collapsed Blood and fur get caught in traps Drive a car or grab an axe the end is all the same Steel claws with nothing to rip Chemicals sitting in poisoned water there is a sickness in the air the kind that stretches your eyes and brings the words out of your mouth too late “This was a mistake”
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May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015 at 5:41 AM UTC
This was a Mistake
I thought that my light stopped you from wanting to bleed But maybe all along I was scorching your mind with the heat I thought that by now I could fix all the pieces I broke But maybe hearts don't fix And the shards are now slitting your throat And you know what's funny? After men in shining armor blew past me leaving nothing but a lesson to be learned you'd think my selfish eyes would perhaps see that my light does not shine it burns
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May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 at 3:09 AM UTC
Broken People Breaking Others
I wish that I Could take your hands from off your eyes and help you find the sun I'll try to open up the drapes and let the light in on a face that's since been shadowed by a dark and gloomy past and a mind that has a tendency to shatter like glass Maybe you and I could find some peace someplace with open windows when I come undone I try to find the sun So tonight I think you need some light Let me find some light
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Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 5:42 PM UTC
Light