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The pain
It's almost unbearable
Every time it flares
My body turns on me
The needles stabbing me
The joints in pain
The raw bleeding skin

Sometime I want to cut it away
Scope out the source of pain
But I know if I did
My feet would no longer work
Nor my legs
Important tendons
Would be missing too much
And I would probably bleed out

But would that be bad
If I'm not in pain
Anymore?
 Aug 2022 Abeer
jeffrey conyers
You respected.
You a legend.
Became part of a trio that is now called a legend.

Hotwax, Invictus, just added thrills of more creativity.
You were the name in between two brothers that reign supreme.
Accomplished so much during the sixties scene.

You were Dozier, loyal soldiers creating Motown success.

And, now you're gone.
Tell him, you gave your best.
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Julie Rogers
Cinnamon
A rug you got for free
On Craigslist
Faded and red
Like your eyes used to be
When you loved him
Lavender
What’s old feels new again
And the smoke curls
Out of my lips
Like a daydream
Even that old lamp
Is shining brighter
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Healer
Dreams
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Healer
Dear Moon,
million dreams are keeping me wide awake.
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Lucía
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Elliot
We don’t see the carrots to be cut,
We see the sharp knife that could cut us.

We don’t see the bridge,
We see the other side of the railings.

We don’t see painkillers,
We see medication we could drown ourselves in.

We don’t see the train,
We see the tracks we could lay on.

We don’t see the nice view,
We see the cliff's edge we could jump off.
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Midnight
victim
 Aug 2022 Abeer
Midnight
the night my life changed
i was wearing
a white dress
with blue and red
flowers

and you were wearing
well, actually
it doesn't
matter

the night my life changed
it was dark
and you were drunk
and somehow
it was my fault
this is not my story, but it needs to be heard.
 Aug 2022 Abeer
sancus
starless
 Aug 2022 Abeer
sancus
you take all of the
stars in the night sky with you
whenever you leave.
 Aug 2022 Abeer
misha
drunk on you
 Aug 2022 Abeer
misha
your name is
forbidden in
my mouth
or in my heart
because when
i think about
you;

i'll cry a little more,
hurt a little stronger
love a little softer
because you no longer
make me feel sober

i'm drunk on the
memory of you
if only i could chase you with pizza but shots don't work like that
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