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 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Brooke
When I was little
I was scared
Scared of the monsters living under my bed
I used to hide, under my blanket
Under my blanket, I was safe
The monsters couldn’t reach me under my blanket

My parents used to say
The monsters would go away
I would grow up and that then they would leave

But I grew up
And the monsters didn’t leave
Turns out my monsters, grew with me
Now instead of under my bed
The monsters live inside my head

So I hide, under my blanket
Where I think I am safe
Wondering if after all this time
My blanket can still keep the monsters at bay
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Shamai
I Think
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Shamai
I think I’d rather be your friend
Than your wife
You speak to your friends all the time
You laugh on the phone
And share ideas
And secrets
While
As you wife
I clean
And cook
And take care of you
And miss out
On all the joys of being your friend
So
I think I’d rather
Be your friend
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
James R
Sitting. Thinking. Doing.
Nothing.
Trying. Failing. Faking.
Something.
Smiling. Consuming. Swallowing.
Everything.
Absorbing. Accruing. Attacking.
Anything.
But soon that
All will
Be
Nothing.
A poem about things
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Cynthia
I don't feel special,
I'm not unique.
I want to cry
but I can't even speak.
My hands reach out,
but they cannot hold
a single thing
but the bitter cold.
Everything's frozen,
I feel lost.
Even my tears
have turned to frost.
When I cut my waist
it bleeds black.
I'm so deeply gone
there's no way back.
This is goodbye
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Parker
i have grown flowers out of the marrow of my bones
i have harbored seeds from the blood that flows
i have created skies from the pain in my eyes
and i do it all for you,
my wildflower
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Rose Cliff
𝙸 πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞.
π™±πšžπš 𝙸 πšŒπš˜πšžπš•πš πš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝚜𝚊𝚒 πšπš‘πšŠπš
πš‚πš˜ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš›πš” 𝚠𝚎 πšŒπš˜πš–πš–πš’πšπšπšŽπš πš˜πšžπš› πš‹πš›πš˜πš”πšŽπš— 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜.

𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš πš–πšŽ 𝚝𝚘𝚘.
π™±πšžπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšŒπš˜πšžπš•πš πš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝚜𝚊𝚒 πšπš‘πšŠπš
πš‚πš˜ πš˜πš— πšπš‘πš˜πšœπšŽ πš—πš’πšπš‘πšπšœ 𝚠𝚎 πš‹πš›πš˜πš”πšŽ πš˜πšžπš›πšœπšŽπš•πšŸπšŽπšœ.
π™³πšŽπš•πš’πš›πš’πš˜πšžπšœ πšπš›πš˜πš– πš˜πšžπš› πš‘πšžπš—πšπšŽπš›.
Silent letters to you,
empty messages,
hoping you'll get them,
with no clues,
cause if I tell you I love you,
as I've done every night before,
I'll realize I love you,
more than I have before,
so spare me the torture,
and acknowledge my games,
since we're not the same,
my writing must change
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
Sam
The tragedy is
there's a prison in my mind
all the thoughts that lurk there
are ones I wish were never mine
they etch into my heart
the scars I wear so bright

They whisper wicked stories
of things that never happened
or maybe things that did
things that shouldn't create ripples
in the current in my life
but here I lay in bed
stuck awake at night
eyes cutting blankly
through the nothingness of my cold and dark bedroom
The silver glinting edge shines inches away
It's like un itchable scratch
An unquenchable thirst
An unsatisfyable hunger
It's so close
It beggs to consumed
It beggs be drowned in crimson pain
It beggs to eat away the perfect canvas
It's so close
Just one more
Just one more
Just one more
It's so close
A sighlent voice only I can hear
"You could do it you know"
"It wouldn't be that hard"
It's so close
It's begging makes me cave.
I'm ******* exausted
 Dec 2021 Tabitha Lee
JKirin
There's subtle, eerie beauty in letting go,
allowing your creation to fly freely
to meet the audience, live its life just soβ€”
it waited to escape your grasp so keenly.
What others feel about it you can't control.
Your inspiration, the readers will ignore
so to get scared, to react with their own feelings.
It's brought into existenceβ€”you played your role.
Don't be afraid, it's strong to break through ceilings.
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