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Apr 2014 · 2.5k
You (part 1)
Hollie Shantz Apr 2014
Your smile lights my world
Sets it all ablaze
Crooked yet perfect
In every way
When it dances across your face
I smile too
Because how could i not when
The dimple on your left cheek
The creases under your eyes
The light in your irises
Hits your face like a tidal wave of beauty
Your smile isnt some beauty-pageant smile
Not reahearsed
Practiced
Plastic
Cold
Its a smile like sunrays
Warm
Happy
inviting
Playful
Beautiful
Jan 2014 · 420
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Hollie Shantz Jan 2014
Your smile thawed a frozen heart
Your words ignited a burnt out passion
Your kindness fixed a broken mind
Your love saved my life

Though you may not know it yet
Jan 2014 · 273
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Hollie Shantz Jan 2014
After so many months of loneliness
Dark
Despairing
Frozenness
Im learning to live again
Love again
Laugh again
Jan 2014 · 361
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Hollie Shantz Jan 2014
Since i left
It feels like an empty hole in my chest
A dull ache echoing in my bones
Fists sqeezing my fragile heart
Im lost, lonely
Wandering through a maze of pain
Lost in a sea of bewilderment
Constantly striving for a breath of air

Help
Jan 2014 · 360
dark
Hollie Shantz Jan 2014
Sometimes i wonder whats out in the dark
Who makes the rustling noise in my closet
The creaking under my bed
The banging around on the stairs

If i could see whatever it was
Would i regret it when night came again
Knowing what it was
Walking up to my bed
Its kinda creepy, sorry
Jan 2014 · 601
sinking
Hollie Shantz Jan 2014
Lungs screaming
Heart beating
The water pulls me down
Screaming is useless
There is nobody to hear me but the fish
Stomach twisting
Chest heaving
I can feel my life slipping
Fighting it is futile
There is no way i can survive this
I close my eyes
Sinking deeper
Deeper
Deeper
Away
Fading
Then gone
Dec 2013 · 257
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Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
Each scar has a story waiting to be heard
Each story has a moral wanting to be learned
Dec 2013 · 541
if i had known
Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
If i had known id be leaving
I wouldve said goodbye
I wouldve held you in my arms
And dried your teary eyes

If i had known id never see you again
I wouldve said i love you
I wouldve kissed your perfect lips
And washed the pain away
Dec 2013 · 249
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Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
Wasting away counting stars
For a love who is long gone
Dec 2013 · 804
the shape of love
Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
I always thought the shape of love was a circle
Only one road
No suprises or twists
No jagged edges
Or Sharp corners

Then i met you
And i realized love was the shape of a
Knife
Cold and metallic
With a dull and a sharp edge
Twisting paths all leading to one thing
Cuts
Stabs
Wounds
Scars
Pain
Dec 2013 · 277
why
Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
why
If nothing good happens
how do you keep your faith
When the world is turning against you
How do you stay sane
Dec 2013 · 593
the yukon
Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
The warm kiss of a summer breeze
The melodic singing of birds
The quiet mornings after rainfall
The sting of cold water on your feet
The dull itch of soft grass
The soundless echo of caves
The life vibrating through forests
The rough, comforting feel of trees
The bubbling laughter of rivers
The cool breath of winter to come
The warmth of sunbeams
The tall mountain sentries
The dust left over from climbing claycliffs
The numb feeling of snow
The peace of twilight
The smell of woodsmoke hanging in the air
The dark of long winters
The joy of short summers
The yukon
Dec 2013 · 263
me
Hollie Shantz Dec 2013
me
Small as i may be
I am more than you can see
Looks dont always lie
Still
Im more than meets the eye

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