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Ashley Thao Dam Jan 2017
and despite my initial doubts
i've learned
i am learning
to live
breathe
and dream
without you
or your ghost's curvature
peering over my shoulder
and pleading within my soft
fragile
barren
mind
Ashley Thao Dam Jan 2017
last night i killed myself
for the thousandth time
trying to reorientate
reinvent
reimagine who i am
my soul was unwound
the threads extending
frayed and yet interweaving
forming
into someone
possibly
that you may give
a singular chance
or wandering thought to
  Sep 2016 Ashley Thao Dam
Timothy Ward
and then
one day
my sky
really did fall
and life carried on
without
me
but eventually
i was helped up
slowly
dusted myself off
and i even learned
to smile
again
Life hangs by the thinnest of threads and relationships by the most brittle tendrils of trust. The most I can ask of myself is resilience
Ashley Thao Dam Sep 2016
the wisps of breath
that cloud my conscience
when you speak to me
is unbearable

i am flooded
with the disillusions
that have begun
to blossom and bloom

as the dust settles
and the cracks
of my existence
that you've left behind
crumble beneath my skin

i am the carvings
of the world you choose to leave behind
the world you chose to create
but never to love
Ashley Thao Dam Aug 2016
In this day and age we have this reoccurring issue

Individuals of all generations advocating for a culture of language abuse

Instances of linguistically supported oppression

Whose only intention is to condemn its receivers into a depression

Toxic tongues with the intent to poison your thinking

Promoting all things vile, so fast, nearly blinking

Tell me why words like “****” offend you more

Then the degrading usage of the word “*****”

I’m sick of people using skin tone and gender to map out one’s prospects

Suggesting that not everyone deserves a chance to reach success

Institutionalized prejudice

Don’t stand for any of this

Every individual is beyond just a word

Strive to be the definition that they’ve never seen or heard

Become the human being that they could never be

Resist the forced oppression and strive to be free
#sj
Ashley Thao Dam Aug 2016
like fleshy flowers you arose,
cellular and beautifully composed.
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