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Taylor May 2018
my mom left me when i was 10 for ******

happy mothers day
**** happens
  May 2018 Taylor
Angela
you say i love you
like it was some kind of recitation
and i was fool enough to listen till the end of the recital
  May 2018 Taylor
Hannah Marr
Just. Eat a bowl of cereal.
Sit on the kitchen floor carefully so the milk doesn't spill, scoop the flakes into your mouth by the streetlights filtering in through the window.

Or climb out onto the roof.
Slip out your window, hip braced on the edge, and use your arms to pull yourself up, crossing your legs on the shingles and breathing in the stardust swirling around your head.

Create a masterpiece.
Dip a brush in some paint, use your hands to shape clay, choreograph a dance, script a play, write a poem, draw a spring day.

Make a blanket fort.
Tuck the blankets over the couch, pad the floor with cushions, and flick on the TV, so you can watch cartoons while wrapped in warmth like when you were a child.

Stargaze in the backyard.
Tiptoe out the back door, quilt tugged tight around your shoulders, spread it out over the dewy grass and stretch out, facing the clouds and counting the stars.

Learn Morse Code.
-.-. --- -. ...- . .-. ... .     .-- .. - ....     -.-- --- ..- .-. ... . .-.. ..-.     .. -.     - .... .     -.. .- .-. -.- --..--     -.- . . .--. .. -. --.     -.-- --- ..- .-.     ... . -.-. .-. . - ...     -... . - .-- . . -.     -.-- --- ..-     .- -. -..     - .... .     ... .. .-.. ...- . .-.     -- --- --- -. .-.-.-

Have a shower.
Run the water hot so it'll burn when it hits your back, shed your clothes and step into the steam, breathing in the vapors and imagining that you stand in the heart of a geyser.

Go back to sleep...?
No, this elusive peace is distinctly one with the night, and it would be foolish indeed to throw away such a gift merely to function during the bland sunlight hours.

h.f.m.
Taylor May 2018
my fingers are red and raw
all skin ripped away

"stop doing that"
they all say
i could if i would
but it's a nervous tick
a sense of relief

"you're practically self harming right in front of me"
then don't look

"doesn't it hurt to wash your hands?"
yes
but i won't say that,
i'll say
"you get used to it"

my fingers are red and raw
all skin ripped away.
Taylor May 2018
i feel like i should just stop doing everything.
stop writing
drawing
singing
dancing
pretty much everything i do
just quit showchoir
stop writing stories and poems
throw away my sketch books
i feel like i just **** at everything..
Taylor May 2018
do you remember the first time we talked?
it was midnight and you texted me hello
do you remember the first time we hung out?
it was at a football game our freshman year
you asked me about my fingers
why they were so red and raw

do you remember the first time we kissed?
it was at a concert at the school
do you remember the first time you said 'i love you'?
it was when we were hugging goodbye at the bus stop
you whispered it in my ear

do you remember when we had that paper ball fight?
it was at your house on your birthday

do you remember how much i loved you?
it was more than was humanly possible
do you remember how much i still love you all this time later?
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