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 May 2015 paper boats
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My Ex
 May 2015 paper boats
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There are not many souls as beautiful or broken.
Tormented by depression no one completely understands,
you fight through the fog of every day.
I wish you could see what I see.
You always remembered my birthday-
even though you were self medicated with beer.
You took me to dances
and always gave me the most beautiful corsages -
each and every time.
I dried all the flowers you gave me
and kept them through the divorce and my remarriage.
(now our son sends me flowers
that I dry and keep with yours-
he truly is the better part of you)
I also remember the fights -
only now realizing you weren't fighting with me,
you were fighting your demons.
I think I will cling to the good.
Our son is one of the most amazing men on the planet.
You predicted he would be an athlete -
when he took his first steps.
I only wish your illness would have released
its grip long enough for you to make his games.
High school, college, two years pro ball
Your illness only released its grip once.
One game out of hundreds.
Your excitement to see fans
wearing the name you gave him with his number.
If only you could experience joy-
without the deadly combination
of alcohol and meds.
Tony....
I got lost in my own life.
It feels like a life I no longer want to call my own.
I give up. Im not proud. I feel worthless
Like I really dont matter.
Like nothing matters.
I shouldn't be here, messing with this world, with the people in it..
they would be happier if i was not here.
Hurting people with my confusion, my own tortured heart.  
Im not good, I'm not nice.
Im not special.
Im wounded.
I know the world that is true, but..
Will i ever get to go? Can i stay?
Sometimes we will find this world,
But as soon as we do
it disappears, and so do i.
Im tired of the distractions,
the places my thoughts can take me,
I cant see ****!
I forgot to look.
I forgot to care.
So I went for a walk.
I saw the immaculate beauty of this place today.
I sat in space.
I saw that my mind is filled with poison.
I saw that the inner world i have been experiencing is no where i want to be.
I heard the beautiful sound of inch tall waves lapping at the shore.
Then i opened my eyes.
I saw complete and utter gorgeousness,
nothing was missing.
I saw the mountains across the bay.
The blue hues of different distances,
the birds intricate dance with the wind.
The perfect and unique personality of each rock,
Caressing a few,
I wished i could take them all home..
Every stick washed ashore,
intentionally placed by the forces of nature.
I saw it all,
but still dont have an answer for all this **** inside my mind.
I can see the dancing of the universe, but still dont know why it dances,
or why i came to see the show.
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It's the way that even though I know you are so poisonous;
so harmful
you leer me in every time

and the worst part is
is that I don't even put up a fight
 May 2015 paper boats
collin
kebab
 May 2015 paper boats
collin
i can feel this rage making its way through the blood in my veins, white hot. incinerating every other thought or feeling my body might send in to calm and counteract this anger before it manifests into something more physically painful. it's too strong. there's too many factors investing in this fury and placing bets on the things of himself he'll destroy tonight. let's go, corona, we have a show to put on. what a shame it would be if we let these people down.
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Sleep
 May 2015 paper boats
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I can remember when sleeping was always pleasant.

It was alleviating my burning heels and loosening my straining eyes, looking forward to crystal dreams, transforming myself into a new dimension every night.

Sleeping was my superpower; it was absolute blackness that created a story from nothing, always making me smile in the yellowing morning.

Tonight, a clean slate just seems frightening.

I have no control over this superpower. It is confusing my sense of presence, swallowing me whole and inverting my perception, and injecting evil into my veins, awakening new sides of me.

I'm hoping the moon stays away tonight.
in your eyes
i can see the innocence with which we arrive
the hope we gather as children
and the wisdom we earn from pain
in your eyes
i can see the anger of injustice
the sadness of disappointment
the caution that follows betrayal
in your eyes
i can see the future you're planning
the present you're living
the past you struggle to forget
in your eyes
i can see the love that you offer
the warmth you radiate
the woman i know you shall be
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I tossed out all the baggage of
guilt
regret
sorrow
despair
loneliness

At the doorstep I am leaving
gloom
misery
anguish
desolation
hopelessness

My fear was the hole my constant companions would leave.
However, now I find I have room...
to dance silly with my grandchildren
to enjoy a movie with my sons
To smile on my way to work
To sing Pop songs at the
top of my lungs. I don't
wake up crying
any longer
I don't
define
myself in you... and I never did!
You are gone.... now I have room.
No more DH... :-)
The **** on her heart
tore open, and spilled into the sea--
I had seen this and dove in.

Her heart was a fountain, and I looked to it
as a source of purity.
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