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Sreeyaa Jun 2020
We all got so used to wearing so many different masks,
that we quite forgot about the literal one, well, until now
  May 2020 Sreeyaa
Erika
he said he couldn’t breathe,
so they took his last breath
I’m so sick of feeling like it’s never going to stop. It needs to stop. It’s exhausting to know that everyday social injustice keeps happening and now that something is being done about it, everyone is ******. When I can raise my sons and daughters and not fear for their life. Only then, will I be satisfied.
Sreeyaa May 2020
And every time I look
into the mirror, I see a fighter,
proud of the fading scars, that grace her heart,
the one you turned into a warrior
Sreeyaa May 2020
Poison in my mind,
my heart isn't free,
love hasn't been kind,
was it only to me ?
Sreeyaa May 2020
I live in two worlds,

one in my head, a fantasy,
a world created by my words,
a get-away, an escape from reality,

another, the authentic actuality,
a stark contrast to my verses,
in disparity with the picture in my head,

of how it's supposed to be
  May 2020 Sreeyaa
Ellie Sutton
The creak of a spine
And scent of a musty page
Intoxicates me
Sreeyaa May 2020
My traitorous heartbeat,
just won't slow down,
tryin' to be discreet ,
with my fallen crown.
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