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 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
Honesty
      shouldn't
           hurt,
                      Neither should love.

         But things
     don't
           always go
 as planned.
 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
The
Children
Can't
      Sleep
At night...

    ...And
We're the ones
Protecting
   Them...
Flashbacks.
 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
We were
under the bridge;
looking at the street lights
and the half frozen,
patiently racing
river.
               We started talking
about all the things
we've done;
all of the things we
simply did.
               And I thought to myself...
        "maybe this is growing up."
For two of my dearest friends;
Austin Eshenbaugh and Josh Mohney
 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
Awkward
 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
We are a moment of awkward eye contact
         and sweaty palms;
All the tension of the world
      weighing on feeble shoulders.

I'm not sure if we're going anywhere,
Or if we're already where we need to be.

Walking past you in the hallway,
Always makes me
              Think.
 Feb 2014 Abs
Johnnie Rae
Change
 Feb 2014 Abs
Johnnie Rae
And one day, they'll all be gone.
Like constellations that slowly stray,
and fade into the ever stretching sky.
Nothing lasts forever,
even the bones,that keep you
from falling apart, will someday
just be matter, turning to dust.
One day, it'll all be different,
your old stomping grounds will be wearing thin,
the plumpness of you cheeks will deteriorate,
and your eyes will sink, hollow with age.
Your old high school friends, gone with the wind.
Their names on the tip of your tongue, yet still,
light years away.
The tides will continue on,
just like they did, that night, all those years ago,
when you had a bit too much alcohol,
and the boy you just met kissed you,
and then danced with you,
the only music being a starry night,
and the hum of the ocean.
You swore you'd never forget those eyes.
Swore the taste of his lips would,
never leave your tongue.
But now, the details have faded into a near nothing,
and you'll have a new life.

A new shell to break out of.
 Feb 2014 Abs
Andrew Durst
People will believe
What they want to
Believe.
          It is not up to Us
To decide whether their
Beliefs
Are fact or fiction.
          So don't waste
Your time
Worrying about what
Other People's
Judgement and Concerns
May be.
          Because in the end,
    You're only left
With
     Yourself.
 Feb 2014 Abs
Kayla Kiley
You have proceeded
You took everything from me
My sanity, hope, and happiness
You took my lungs
and I did not notice
because I was still infatuated
with loosing you
than loosing an ***** to help me breathe

K.K.

— The End —