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 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
darkness was unsettling
pain was concealed
odds were undying
and
the wreck
was revealed

distance was maiming
noise was eagerly silenced
lights were flickering
and
to death,
life was sentenced
 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
My life is like a dandelion
Spending my days under the sun
Then he came holding a little crayon
With his jet black sketches undone

My heart's been doomed since then
In moonlight, it hued to a dark silver-grey
He was the brightest among other men
"Please pick me." I repeatedly pray

He did and instantly, I was blissful as gold
Days are short but bursting into intense joy
But then his eyes turned blue; so dark, ice cold
Was he a trap or was he a perfect decoy?

My glows are gone but still, the stars shine
I lost my beams and my wandering mind
I will still grow and be completely fine
Believing that I was a rainbow, and he was color-blind
Because for once in our lives, we've been to a point where we couldn't see our worth. And when you start seeing your worth, you'll find it harder to stay around people who don't.
 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
While you're young,
do what you want to do
Spend all your money,
sleep until noon
Do procrastination,
stare at the moon.

While you're young,
be careless sometimes
so that the elders will advise you
the things you need to do
and those you have to know.

While you're young,
don't be the child
who's dying to grow old
You're not running after time,
Time runs after you.
Life is too short to hold back. Do what makes you happy. Be the person you want to be. Be brave but most importantly, be you.
 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
I can completely understand
how it’s palpable
to have your heart so broken
that you want to morph
into another person
to lessen the pain.
 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
Have
a
nice
life.
I
am
done
trying
to
be
in
it.
 Jun 2020 Janelle Tanguin
H A N A
Those silly songs;
so sad but true
With lost feelings
of me and you

I played it on
with the tape's side A
Felt like blossoms of dawn
and flowers of May

I flipped the tape
Found side B's empty
The same thing I get
Every time you look at me

"You'll get over this."
You once confided
That's what our love is;
Too one-sided
I wrote this three years ago and I'd love to share it here with you! ♥
It's been a year and the streets are a little brighter, and daybreaks are a little colder, and everyone seems a little happier. But forgetting has become way harder and longer, darling, and Novembers still feel like losing you.
What is fiction?
Fiction is love.
 Oct 2019 Janelle Tanguin
eli
today,
i wore it again
and people complimented me
they say red is my color
and it suits me.

today,
it's too thick and dark
did i overapply
no, it's the right amount
just enough
to make them think
i'm fine.

today,
i look at myself
in the mirror,
and they're right
red shines on me,
so i applied
another layer,
and another
until my lips felt too thick,
but my eyes still see
the scars beneath it.
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