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Elvie Libby Mar 2015
So as I sit here and droop my toes over the end of my bed frame,
and watch my fish blow orbs to the ceiling,
despite the tranquility,
I feel myself sinking.
Silence is drowning.
my fish just looked cute
  Mar 2015 Elvie Libby
Amanda
And so, they ran as far as 7 year old muscles would let.

Cutting across the softened hues of green and pinks on the end of a day.

Where skinned knees were kissed with the warm promise that the smarting pain would be gone.

Pinkys said shy hellos under bed-sheet tents,
their hair haloed by the sunshine
Eyes brighter, and cheeks crimson and freckled,

all ready to take on the
great big world.
I realised, love comes in different forms, through different mediums, through people, time, I could go on, really.
Night night!
xo
Elvie Libby Mar 2015
the tiredness in their eyes but pretend not to notice God forbid you become entangled in their despair.
Elvie Libby Mar 2015
Lecture me once more about my inability to see outside of myself.
How I'm selfish for trying to be selfless.
Write a poem about your inability to see outside of yourself.
Convince yourself you aren't as self-centered as the rest of us.
Elvie Libby Mar 2015
I am afraid to lose what I have built up,
for another example of fleshy architecture.
Elvie Libby Mar 2015
And she's at her loneliest when surrounded by souls that are equally as lonely as hers.
Elvie Libby Feb 2015
I continue to crawl within the skin of something I'm not,
and never have been,
is not life a question of acting?
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