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shaniqua-johnson
shaniqua-johnson
All pieces are my own.
Home is no longer home if safe isn't what it is. A child deserves nothing but happiness. Trading legos for bombs and sticks for knives.
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Mar 31, 2017
Mar 31, 2017 at 5:04 PM UTC
My Happiness
She stands hard as stone. Now in a temporary home.
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Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 7:01 AM UTC
Reverse Poem
When I'm scared And could not feel more fear This is where I run to My home is a rats' nest, That I share with you My home is a rats' nest Parity. Ambivalence. Stolen at once -- mistake Our better days pass far behind Is a lie my heart betrays My home is a rats' nest That I share with you I Invite your adverse conditions, Your brittle healing hands We stole parity by mistake Stole ambivalence by mistake We have detritus decor for days. by mistake? On the shores of her lunacy, the lake before the sea hidden well before the ugly human ocean. We own a rats' nest. Rats' nest.
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Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 6:08 AM UTC
Blank White Space: "Rats' Nest"
Sleep sings a sweet lullaby, whispering tender words cushioning the erratic thoughts within my head. Sleep sings a sweet lullaby, resting a gentle hand on my thundering heart. Be still my love. Sleep sings a soft tune, that coils itself around my fingertips Gracing them with a numbing pain. Sleep sings a soft tune, that stills my heart until the beat becomes a thud of the past. Sleep is gentle and welcomes me to The life thereafter. Sleep is sweet, soft and gentle - Waking up is not an option.
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Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 5:55 AM UTC
Soft, sweet and gentle.
Void of emotion, fake smiles ever so slowly become my nature. Bones to pick, pick and pick away leaving my wall nothing more than a pile of rubble. tick Conflicting thoughts flicker and flutter searching for a way out. Anger , hurt and melancholy merge in the pit of my stomach and out comes anxiety. tick Laughter? Who’s that? Happiness? A headstone to mark its existence. tick Enduringly awaiting the ... final ... tick.
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Mar 26, 2017
Mar 26, 2017 at 5:41 AM UTC
tick
Life wiped from the surface, to become no more. Eyes gentle and shut. Shallow breaths have all but stopped. Eyes still gentle and shut. Hands still, with no hope of moving. Eyes gentle and shut. Legs side by side each other stationary and immobile. Eyes still gentle and shut. Wine-coloured liquid pools around him. A toast to the life beyond. Eyes bolted closed, to never be opened. His eyes remain gentle and shut.
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Mar 25, 2017
Mar 25, 2017 at 6:42 PM UTC
Senses