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Mykenzie Oct 2018
i had always dreamed
of creating the most
beautiful masterpiece
yet today i've figured
that could never be reached

because
i've tried to paint you
in a picture
but that would require
colors
not yet created

i've tried to write
a poem
about you
yet you're unwrittable
Mykenzie Oct 2018
An eraser
goes through its life
caring about all the tiny details
but not about itself.
it degrades itself trying
to fix others mistakes
until suddenly
it’s gone.

it knows it’s dying,
it know it,
and it doesn’t care.
it cares too much about other people
to care about itself.

Some people say an eraser
would be a model human.
i don’t.

If everyone was like an eraser,
if everyone cared about others
just a little too much,
how would life work?

People would degrade
just like the eraser,
not caring
about themselves.

an eraser plays an important role in art.
so it does.
you can care about other people,
but don't
not care about yourself.
do not be an eraser,
you need loved too.
Mykenzie Oct 2018
When I look at you,
I see the many shades of home.

I see the dark blue of the midnight skies,
and the rich reds of Momma's pans.

I see the blank white of the laundry rooms walls,
and the black of my old comforter.

It's the shades that I see in you,
that let me love you so deeply.
Mykenzie Oct 2018
Your eyes
Are the most gorgeous shade
Of home,

Complemented perfectly
By
A smile the color of love.
Mykenzie Oct 2018
.
Up becomes down
Red becomes blue

I'm just not the same
Without you
.
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