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 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
Jay
Some lack the decency to love others. The connection between humans
-people-
has become much too weak, while the judgment and disregard of stranger has become much too strong. Our guards up, noses down, and business to our own. However when the negatives this world contains are taken into consideration, it mustn't be all that bad to love first of all.
Before you

Judge
Demean
Hate
Neglect
other human beings

Love first of all
Love before you hate
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
Medusa
You're such a kindhearted person.
That's what I like best about you.
You’re  kindhearted.
Rare breed, kindhearted people.


~Krista DelleFemine
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
C
numb
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
C
biting  my tongue hard to hold back the tears
living through my biggest fears
i told you i was scared to be alone
yet here i am wondering where i went wrong
feeling more, i want to feel numb
wishing i could overcome
Where in pastures sunflowers flourish and grow
And herds of cattle can be heard deep and low
Where once natives lived and hunted with pride
There's still a prairie stretching far and wide

Partly filled with suburbs by those in high places
hiding behind masks and fake smiles on faces
Upon this land our nearest star shines so bright
And this forever night has changed with light

And those natives once in possession of this land
Some fought bravely with tomahawk in hand
Many were slain like slaying wild beasts of field
Cause they love the land and wouldn't yield

Now all their survivors were quickly led faraway
Traveling for many a full moon and a sad day
As some became deathly ill, laid down and died
Snowflakes continued to fall as many cried
coral snakes
weaving
their
basket
while
pausing to pray
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
Anya
My ignorance is astounding
Yet,
It is of my own choice
Laziness
...
Exactly the cause of my diffidence
If one is to be confident
They must believe in themselves

And in order to do so
They must deserve it
By feeling they
Deserve it
Through their actions though,
I suppose,
That show they deserve it
...
Oh la, I’m simply leading myself in circles

But the main point is
If I want to be condfident
Only I can make myself feel
I deserve it
Breathe in the brisk air of life
Breathe out the exhaust from your heart
the air around me is muggy
I cannot catch my breath
This is what it feels like
to be intimate with death
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
ali
pennies
 Oct 2018 Adam Holmstrom
ali
for every time
i almost cry
i give myself
a penny.
because eventually
there’s going to be
that one time
as my heart begins
to leak
and my real
comes racing
down my cheeks
and the only road out
is the one
to the ice cream parlor.
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