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4th of JulyOn this day of independance / I wear a shirt depicting the stars and stripes / I bought it at a department store depicting conformity and consumerism
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Jul 11, 2013
Accept Me, All of MeYou say my past doesn't matter to you; you never knew that me. / But these scars on my arms and legs, though they are from the past, they are me. / And that depression I told you was gone? It is still here, still me.
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Jul 11, 2013
AdulthoodAm I too young to be this responsible, / yet worried and stressed and anxious? / I thought the crippling sense
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Feb 4, 2015
AnxietyI lost the ***** that held my world together / There is no finding it now / And yes, I looked between the cushions of the couch
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Mar 26, 2014
Anxiety Feels...... like obscure fuzz is surrounding my body / its the channel on the TV / that is black and white static
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Jan 20, 2016
A Quick Hello and an Unwanted GoodbyeWhen I wrapped my arms around you / could you tell / that my soft smile hides
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Oct 11, 2013
“As though a rose should shut, and be a bud again”Soft red petals once freed put back into a cage, the rose is / Taken away from that which makes it thrive / Without soil, rain, and sunshine
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May 14, 2013
CreativityOh, creativity / Why hast thou left me? / I should be writing
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May 14, 2013
Define LoveLove is just a four letter word / representing so much more, / how could four letters hold
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Jul 2, 2013
For We Are Blind MenOnward we run, through the darkness of the night. / Stumbling around on uneven ground / For we are blind men, searching for the light.
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Mar 26, 2014
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