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 Apr 2015 kas
Lizzie
Melancholia
 Apr 2015 kas
Lizzie
My dearest friend,

I wish more people understood you
You have kept me company all these years
Your rich, bitter-sweetness has shown me depths,
Shown me that sadness should sometimes be embraced
That you are nothing to be feared

You have taught me unique lessons,
Alternate perspectives
That I never would have considered
In any other state of mind

Allowing me to appreciate the beauty
Within the past
Reminding me
That sometimes "where it's at"
Isn't always where we're at
In the present

Maybe I look for you too much
In books, in films, in art, in people

Maybe it's because
You have kept me
Company
For so long

When people leave,
You are present
When others are present,
You are often still here
With me

Do I over identify?
Perhaps.
But in the end,
You have stayed my closest friend
Thanks for the company
 Apr 2015 kas
james arthur powell
Burning
Turning
A blast of the past
Hitting home
Almost nearly alone
Too much pressure
Driving me insane
Can't play the game
When I unlock this door
I let the demons out
Life is full of doubt

Being human
Ain't so perfect
Look into my eyes
And see the pain
I've cried about
I just want to shout
Throw a fit
How can I ever get over this?
The anger rages on
And I feel like I'm running out of time
The days are numbered
And I need to make them count for something

Show a little bit more love
Trying hard not to get frustrated and angry
Life is too short
And I have wasted a lot many hours
Trying to play the actor
Fitting everyone neatly in my own little world
 Apr 2015 kas
R
Untitled
 Apr 2015 kas
R
this doesn't count as self-harm, right?
 Apr 2015 kas
R
Untitled
 Apr 2015 kas
R
i want to deconstruct everything i have always known about myself in hopes that ill find something worth saving
 Apr 2015 kas
Bus Poet Stop
eye am out on a rainy weekend day, feeling  the compulsion to escape the imprisonment of one's living quarters reflecting off of the rain puddles slicks on black city streets, that shine bright like an addiction's craving. For   Single people in a city that values personal beauty and anonymity simultaneous means entering the outside world of a drizzling, more like misting, gloom and be outside dressed as if going to,  and indeed, perhaps some were actually going,  to the gym though for most, off for a Starbucks moment of community.

all dressed to code.  The code says all black, hooded yoga clothes, exercise uniforms of various sort, special string chain mini-pocketbooks  to hold phone of just in case, always all black always, all  of no color, except, by code, by some global understanding of a legislated law, somewhere on the body must be a splash of pink or a luminescent pastel.  

Usually it's the sneakers, but not necessarily. Some pinks streaks were observed in the drawstrings that pulled the hoodies tight around the face or just the laces of the black sneakers...there are rules in the world that must be obeyed though they are never legislated or indeed, never spoken...this is one...the coda of black and pink splash.
 Apr 2015 kas
William Welch King
it's weird to be afraid of yourself,
to be afraid of who you are
i'm always trying to change myself,
make myself that much better

i'm always struggling to see,
who I am or attempting to be
i never seem to figure it out
i always fear, I always doubt
always regretting my regret
blaming others for what I forget
and that's not right
that I'm so god ****** doubtful of my decisions

was that the right thing to say
did I do that the right way
should I go or should I stay
should I throw it all away

these are the questions I'm afraid of
the fact I ask these
the fact I actually answer these
with some dumb decision
that I'm not really sure of
unless it's against me
separating I from we
making myself a victim of imagination
created a home full of confrontation
and the lies I told were the worst
all those bubbles I had to burst
and there is still so much left
i wish I just got up and left

and that's my fear day by day
asking me to throw it all away

w.j.w.k
this one is very aggressive
 Apr 2015 kas
M
math class
 Apr 2015 kas
M
how many standard deviations and circle transpositions do we need
to be back to ourselves again? or were we always?
Maybe it is not the point on the line that defines who we are but the line itself.
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