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Actively Avoiding
It's OK that I'm not loving you. / I'm fine to spend my time on me. / I've joined a Dragon Boat racing team.
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Jun 14, 2013
A Lullaby
I walked alone on a quiet day / with only the sound / of the trees that sway
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Jul 29, 2013
A Mind's Rant
The world isn't real to me, / it's outside a thick skull. / It's *my* muted screams you hear
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Jun 23, 2013
An Act Of Love
A prima donna dips into candied violets; / a poison which brings an understudy to center stage. / With the anonymous delivery of the Donna's death done,
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Aug 12, 2013
A Simple Check-in
What is it, exactly, that you don't get? / It has become apparent that I, maker of all, / which includes, unbelievably, you too,
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Jun 25, 2013
Berries On The Vine
We grow in a ragged garden / whose caretaker no longer cares / for himself except to prune back
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Jun 30, 2013
Black Waters
Soundless, black seas, / out of which all cold comes, / suspends serpents
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Jul 6, 2013
Face Me
Just look at / all the faces we don't want to be / and never want to see.
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Jun 22, 2013
I Don't Believe Time Cares For Me
Uncaring minutes are but passersby / disregarding my wails. / They hear me; they offer no help.
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May 23, 2013
Mine For Yours
I can't make my voice sound as yours. / I can't lower my timbre or slow my pace. / I can't move girls to lust nor make them love.
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Jun 12, 2013
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