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marinajames83
35/F/Cape Town Life is too long to squeeze into a few characters.
the colour red, the rage in your head, the clench of your fists, the helplessness all you can do is watch as everything around you gets crushed all you feel is numb after anger had its fun
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May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019 at 4:21 AM UTC
Anger is...
She hoped that monsters were just shadows sneaking around corners, but the shadows turned around and gobbled up the monsters. The shadows were still hungry, they are never satisfied, always lonely, always wanting more. They kept creeping in the dark when no one could see them, looking for their next friend, victim, meal. “Come to the darkness” they whispered to her. “We will accept you. You need no words with us. We understand you.” Throughout her life, she tried to run from the shadows, always running to be in the light were she could keep an eye on the shadows. Unbeknown to her, the shadows were always there, right behind her, attached to her like a starfish to a rock. Over time they leisurely engulfed her. She did not even notice... Slowly the colour faded from her world... It felt like the shadows were running into her like a stripped faucet with water running into a sink. She could not stop it. The water rose and began to spill over the sink’s rounded edge. She could not breathe. And then it happened, the shadows were finally drowning her.  She tried desperately to reach for the surface, gasping for air, but the shadows were pulling her down into the abyss. “Don’t fight it” they whispered sweetly in her ear, caressing her soul. She started to panic. The more she fought the shadows, the heavier they became until she did not know where the shadows ended and she began...
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Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 at 6:01 AM UTC
Child of the shadows
The urge to write a joyous poem yet darkness drip from my mind. I want to feel the magnificent but there is nothing but nothing inside.
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Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019 at 2:50 AM UTC
Longing for happiness
Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Everyday a soul is lost Souls of love Souls of lust Souls on endearment Souls of trust Souls full of knowledge Leave people like us With questions unanswered And feelings unmastered The void of their absence Still lingers with longing Tear drops of silence will forever keep falling.
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 7:19 AM UTC
Longing Souls
Lostness creeps through my veins Everyday stays the same Each breath is confirmation of a world continued Proof of existence unending Walls are built to outsmart hurt But what is inside stays inside In a safe in your heart with a code only you know Lies the secrets and denials of life, lived and survived Here I go again Why do I do this The code remains unknown A riddle to the discover The answers to a world lost and forgotten Anger burns my soul Caged in the nightmare Of dark mazes of the mind And laughing, mocking faces in fences Shadows clouds loneliness Alone, so alone This hell is built for one alone Only space for spectators Feelings are a different dialect No way to explain or translate The door slams shut hard The darkness will hold on To what is lost and never forgotten Just hidden No escape
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Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 at 10:39 AM UTC
Feelings locked in a safe