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 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Louise
My inner poet asked me
just the other day
what would I do if she left
would I feel alone and afraid

I begged her not to go
to think about it first
How would I arrange my
thoughts?
Where would I display the hurt?

All the varied emotions
that build up inside of me
wouldn't have a place to go
no haven to leave them be

I cannot store them all
inside my manic mind
they need to be released
and quite regularly I find

I love the arrangement
of words in line, after line
my thoughts are then clearer
creating space for me inside

In systematic order
they often gain new meaning
but when they are scrambled up
I'm not sure what I'm feeling

Penning everything in lines
for my inner poet to see
she gazed at the rows of words
and said poetically

I'm here with you now
and will probably always be
trust in you're thoughts and feelings
and reveal them for all to see
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Liam
facing our feelings
experiential release
soothing the psyche
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Mike Hauser
These words I have are simple
These words I have are true
The ones in my possession
I've been holding them for you

I've held them for a reason
For the stars to perfectly aline
For you are the only reason
I'm letting these words go at this time

Although they may be simple
A massive truth they do convey
It's you I love and you alone
Are the words that I have saved
That I now wish to give away
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Chris T
If I were a tree,
I'd be a good tree.
Heehee it's 2AM
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Louise
○  ◇  ○

Within myself
I search a person
yet unknown to me

○ ◇ ○
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Ellie Geneve
Pain
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Ellie Geneve
Pain is subjective
Showing it is selective

The mind
denies,

The eye
cries,

The heart
tries—
Not to feel— not at all.
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Ellie Geneve
Maybe if you wipe the tears
From your eyes
You'll see the beauty of years
unravel and arise.

And maybe,
If you wipe the tears from your eyes
You'll come to realize
Why you never wanted to visualize
The agony that underlies--
them
 Jun 2014 TheExpat
Ellie Geneve
If you ever feel rejected by perfection,
know that perfection isn't even an invention.


Perfection only exists in the eyes of critics,
in the imagination of teenage girls,


in the harsh judgements of your surrounding,
and in the person you someday wish to become.
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