awesome-annie
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40 / F / Dillsboro IN
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Salt Benediction
The sea knows every wound by name,
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each grief stitched deep beneath its skin.
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Black waves drag m
1m
2d ago
Salt Cathedral
The sea knows the language of mourning.
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It gathers my sadness
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in its cold, black hands,
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carrie
1m
Jun 3
Promised Land
Backwards clocks sing fractured chimes
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through this promised land.
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Nothing steady holds me now /
1m
May 28
Loneliness Sings
i
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become
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my own
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midnight hymn
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fingers
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learning
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the soft language
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of ache
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& the room
2m
May 24
Remembering
old ghosts
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opening the dark
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i am
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falling through
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a twilight of shattered years
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every where
1m
May 24
Psalm to the Hollow Place
Lord of the raw edge,
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bless the scrape of the empty bowl.
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Bless the throat that stays dry,
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and
2m
May 23
The Shape Of Ruin
I have spent years
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digging through the ashes of myself,
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palms split open,
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searching for bones
2m
May 21
Blue Bicycle
We carry whole worlds
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inside unfinished sentences.
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A flicker of fluorescent light,
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winter brea
1m
May 13
Hunger
You arrived
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like a match strike
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sudden, dangerous,
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bright enough to ruin sleep.
1m
May 7
Where We Catch Fire
Palm to body
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a quiet fire catching,
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heat learning the language of skin.
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Your breath finds mine
1m
May 2
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