hannah-drew - Hello Poetry

I used to clothe myself in others cover every square inch of me with someone else. I wore war paint, and Camouflage. But no one tells you when you put those layers on how difficult it is to scrub them off

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Mar 14, 2014

Mar 14, 2014 at 6:42 PM UTC

hannah-drew

The First Time I Skinny Dipped

I used to clothe myself in others cover every square inch of me with someone else. I wore war paint, and Camouflage. But no one tells you when you put those layers on how difficult it is to scrub them off

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I thought my mind contained a galaxy so I cracked it open. Could you imagine my surprise when the only thing that happened was that I bleed. I thought my eyes were portals so I stared into oblivion. All I gained was a headache I thought my mouth was a black hole ******* everything into its abyss. I got sick I thought my skin was space. My freckles planetary. I thought I was a universe I very well could be.

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Mar 14, 2014

Mar 14, 2014 at 6:41 PM UTC

hannah-drew

An Oversight

I thought my mind contained a galaxy so I cracked it open. Could you imagine my surprise when the only thing that happened was that I bleed. I thought my eyes were portals so I stared into oblivion. All I gained was a headache I thought my mouth was a black hole ******* everything into its abyss. I got sick I thought my skin was space. My freckles planetary. I thought I was a universe I very well could be.

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A shot of ***** is a lot like falling in love I’m left with slurred speech and an aching when its over

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Jul 14, 2013

Jul 14, 2013 at 8:14 PM UTC

hannah-drew

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A shot of ***** is a lot like falling in love I’m left with slurred speech and an aching when its over

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one. The two hour drive up left my skin bruised with a spectrum of colors two. We poured ourselves out of our skin onto the damp grass, ventured into woods in search of bugs we’ve never seen and words we’ve never heard. three. We cast our faces upwards to escape the choking smoke and found ourselves struck by the clearness of the sky you told me then, Everyone of those stars could be decease you could be falling in love under the images of things long dead you said, Doesn’t that sound a lot like memories. four. We found ourselves alone in the dark I was afraid to sleep alone maybe it was the handle of ***** left on the table but I found the courage to ask you to spend the night. laying in the grass I thought the night sky would never look this way again I was right. five. We took pictures, saved them as mementos and I wondered that if I smiled looking back I might think I wasn’t sad.

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Jul 14, 2013

Jul 14, 2013 at 7:41 PM UTC

hannah-drew

While swimming in the river I began to wonder what it would feel like to drown

one. The two hour drive up left my skin bruised with a spectrum of colors two. We poured ourselves out of our skin onto the damp grass, ventured into woods in search of bugs we’ve never seen and words we’ve never heard. three. We cast our faces upwards to escape the choking smoke and found ourselves struck by the clearness of the sky you told me then, Everyone of those stars could be decease you could be falling in love under the images of things long dead you said, Doesn’t that sound a lot like memories. four. We found ourselves alone in the dark I was afraid to sleep alone maybe it was the handle of ***** left on the table but I found the courage to ask you to spend the night. laying in the grass I thought the night sky would never look this way again I was right. five. We took pictures, saved them as mementos and I wondered that if I smiled looking back I might think I wasn’t sad.

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one. we traced outlines of our frames in chalk on sidewalks two. You asked me if I would marry you under the oak tree in your backyard with fireflies as our witnesses I said, I do three. We started kindergarten today and I asked you to build our future house out of legos you looked at me like I had three heads and pushed me down. They said, Boys will be boys you said the same thing on my porch that afternoon but you gave me a flower you picked from your mother’s garden and said you wouldn’t do it again. four. You stopped coming over to catch fireflies and hold my hand. My mom said that we grew apart but I told her that we had promised to get married in spring in your parents yard under the tree we climbed that year when I fell and broke my arm. She told me I fell in love like a child but how could i fall in love any other way? five. So isn’t it fitting that I fell in love with a Boy afraid of heights? Who never even had foreknowledge of what it felt like to fall.

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Jul 6, 2013

Jul 6, 2013 at 5:04 PM UTC

hannah-drew

I had my eyes open on impact

one. we traced outlines of our frames in chalk on sidewalks two. You asked me if I would marry you under the oak tree in your backyard with fireflies as our witnesses I said, I do three. We started kindergarten today and I asked you to build our future house out of legos you looked at me like I had three heads and pushed me down. They said, Boys will be boys you said the same thing on my porch that afternoon but you gave me a flower you picked from your mother’s garden and said you wouldn’t do it again. four. You stopped coming over to catch fireflies and hold my hand. My mom said that we grew apart but I told her that we had promised to get married in spring in your parents yard under the tree we climbed that year when I fell and broke my arm. She told me I fell in love like a child but how could i fall in love any other way? five. So isn’t it fitting that I fell in love with a Boy afraid of heights? Who never even had foreknowledge of what it felt like to fall.

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I fell in love with you similarly to how people fall in love with Winter. With foreknowledge that they will eventually tire of the cold.

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Jul 6, 2013

Jul 6, 2013 at 4:25 PM UTC

hannah-drew

Winter is coming

I fell in love with you similarly to how people fall in love with Winter. With foreknowledge that they will eventually tire of the cold.

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