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Sep 2018 Keira clifton

Ellie Phant

A cat’s purr provokes a precious symbiosis
as cherished old bones rattle
haunches wrapped in warm white velvet
press gently against
my half-broken hummingbird heart
soothing two souls at once

#cat #cats #comfort #soothe #warm #heart #soft #cherish #bones

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

I Ignore You

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

Jellyfish

I Ignore You

I ignore you because I'm sick of your foul words.
Yes, I'm aware of your intentions to hurt.
And everytime you walk by,
I turn away and act as if I were blind.
But I only do this because you hurt me so badly inside.

#broken #hurt #over #ignore #bullying #ignoring

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

Why do sad people write?

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

R

Why do sad people write?

we write when we're at our weakest
we write when we've been cut open
we write when we're bleeding
we write when we're dying inside

Not all those who write are sad,
but all sad people write.

You may not agree with this, but generally, it is true.

#poem #poetry #sad #depression #sadness #depressed #writing #prose #literature #literary

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

You're an onion.

Sep 2018 Keira clifton

R

You're an onion.

You're made up of layers
more than a hundred of them
but when you peel a few
they thought they already know you
impressed, appalled to see you
baring your soul, opening yourself
and you find it funny
and you find it kinda sad
because to you it's nothing
like a small scratch on a surface
nothing but just a few layers off
and you have a hundred more to go.

Feels.

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