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I have made more mistakes
than I could possibly carry.
My words are pretty
because they're the truth,
and the truth is pain.
And there is pain in
everything with beauty.

I'll remember him
for the way he
was the first to break my faith.

I'll remember him
for the way he shaped my
belief of the little
I am worth to boys.

I'll remember him
for being the first to
break my heart.

I'll remember him
for the way he
broke my soul
in believing
there was still
good guys in the world.

I'll remember him
because he was
the only one that
ended on good terms.

I'll remember him
for being just
another *******
that walked all over me.

The truth is,
I had a part
in ruining everything
that ever starts.
The pain is,
fat
as
ses
are never enough,
right?
And the beauty is,
I'll take everyone of them
wherever I go.
Life lessons to
Trust no one.
-
sometimes i get tired of working,
i'd like to be more free.
not spilling paint,
dotting i's or crossing t's.
so i take a walk, make some tea,
stretch my knees and try to breathe.
-
the warmth of this unsteady breeze,
puts me at ease, it could put me to sleep.
i feel at home among these sad, sleeping trees.
i wonder what gets them down,
or maybe they're just having bad dreams.

dear weeping willows,
of what do you dream?
a cold night of lonely moonbeams,
or of dead tiger lilies floating downstream?
i hope you're happier than you seem.
dear dreaming willows,
why do you weep?
this is not really about trees, it goes at least a little deeper.
dream more.
I guess
poetry can be used
to inspire resolve

but I'm looking for
the kind of direct, boldface salve
that spawns trust, eats doubt
and sifts the tar from under my ribs

"The medium is the message."
- **** McLuhan said
 May 2017 Caitlin Nesbit
J
Tonight was grand
I felt symphonies in my rib cages
Where music was out of tune before
Only for a second did he kiss me
But I wish it were an hour more
I felt zoos inside my bones
Stampedes of nerves wouldn't le'me alone
And then he kissed me and I felt a spark
Something I had lost last year, left in the dark
My third first kiss was multi colored
It was unlike everyone since my first and second
My third first kiss made my heart race
And I can't wait for it to happen again
I'm so lonely
for someone I
can be alone with

a million tongue notes
flicked upon a rogue
scale of silence

echoing unsaids
across flesh parallax

seeing you seeing me
is enough, it's so much
I can barely handle it
and it all stays
in mouth
or drips

down the corners
where I lick
 May 2017 Caitlin Nesbit
nivek
my female side hides
most days

and nights haunt
her footsteps

she wears frilly dresses
but I never see them

my female twin sister
loves to dance

while my male side
plays the fool

likes to give the finger
most days.

each poem a protest
against poverty.
 May 2017 Caitlin Nesbit
nivek
Words come real easy some days
a flood you ride
hold on tight and
sing.

And at others you are washed up
a dried creek
no sounds come
silent.

Is there a middle way?
not when you are all in
its painful to be silence
sometimes.

And at others its a must
the trick is to know
which is which is
which.
 May 2017 Caitlin Nesbit
nivek
to sing one love song
before eternal silence.
Sometimes in life
I've taken all I that could get
And at other times
I've given all that I am
And then ultimately
I was empty of everything
And full of nothing
But at least I've lived
And lived hard at that

                                By Phil Roberts
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