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Awful Truths
The earth is getting warmer,
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the ice are melting,
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the polar bears are endangered,
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mermaids are
1m
Apr 7, 2016
cutting my hair on a sunday morning
beneath the tin roof,
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beside the shrubs of unnameable greens,
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where white light bouncing off whi
1m
Mar 31, 2020
Falling for you
isn't little butterflies on my stomach,
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falling for you
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isn't an oasis on a barren desert,
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fal
1m
Jan 9, 2016
Filthy Trophy
Decent—
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I hate that word.
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My mother wants me to be decent
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when all I really want to be,
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what
2m
Jan 13, 2018
For Omran
Little boy,
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one day when you wake up and peer outside,
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I hope you see flowers screaming in color
1m
Sep 8, 2016
In this forest fire, I will rise.
They told you to fear forest fires.
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They told you how dangerous it was.
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How destructive.
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But t
2m
Jan 13, 2016
I will dance
because I am not a good dancer,
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because it makes me feel alive,
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because everyone would stare, /
1m
Jan 6, 2016
I will never get tired of writing about us
I wanted a love that transcends the beauty of the moon
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I wanted it burning and I wanted it to sear
1m
Apr 6, 2016
Losing Sleep
My eyes are heavier than a thousand oceans,
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my breath settles
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one
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two.
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I'm drifting off to t
1m
Aug 11, 2016
Movie House Romance
Our fingers dance around each other
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doing the cha cha on faded jeans instead of shiny floors,
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pi
2m
Jan 6, 2017
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