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 Oct 2016 kaycog
Jess Hays
I wish that you were here
Because tomorrow I'm going to cry
I'll try to hold it in
But I'll be fighting inside
So I wish that you were
Because... does there have to be a reason why?
I can already feel tomorrow's burden
Something feels deprived
I just wish you were here
Because I feel hollowed out tonight
All I want is to talk again
But you're still too far during these times
Why can't you be here?
 Sep 2016 kaycog
Shannon Delaney
Take the gun from off your back and shoot down the wild birds from the sky
They come easily if you wait
If you wait
When my ankles swell with the storms
You carry me over your shoulder like the corpse of a Canadian goose
I am your prize
You've blown a bullet through my aching bones and I am your prize
It was a terrible day yesterday
When my dear Aunty pam passed away
She was diagnosed with lung cancer and she never smoked
And she was a nice lady
And she looked after everyone she knew
She was there for everyone
It will be a Shame she isn't going to be around to see her grandkids grow up
But the thing is death happens
There isn't much you can do about it
Pam pam pam
We will miss you as you pass
Through the life cycle
And we saw that you were willing to live life to the full
And may your next life
Be just as fruitful as this life was
Pam pam pam
See you and don't forget
To send us a message in death
As you would in life
 Aug 2016 kaycog
Mickinous
you think I laid my life
down for you
it was my sacrifice
nothing to do with you

it was me getting back
at my old man
I was the only one
who could foil his plans

and you think
I saved your lives
with my sacrifice

but you see
I didn't really die
my friends came and saved me
in the dead of night

don't get me wrong
my dad was ******
he was swearing he'd be back
and he was shaking his fist

here we are now
I tell you he's back
and everyone here
gonna feel his wrath

this time there's nothing
that I can do
cause this time it's also
between me and you
 Aug 2016 kaycog
Kelly Weaver
There is no being
That can make my stomach turn
Or make my eyes burn
More than he.

                                         On cloudy days
                                     I yearn for the sun
                              To kiss my frozen skin
                          He left my heart chilled.

I often think of our past
No matter how painful
And I still cannot believe
I allowed you to treat me that way.

                                            I was so weak
    Accepting demons that weren't mine
       But how could I stick up for myself
          When I didn't know how to love?

How was I to know
That self acceptance gives
Overwhelming confidence
To the broken?

                     I do not regret my mistakes
       I could not question my judgement
       Thanks to you, I learned my lesson
                                 And I'm better for it.
 Aug 2016 kaycog
Akemi
everyone is dying
has died
will die
the greatest predictor of the death sentence is ethnicity
we're been increasing the income gap so our children leave home without shoes or umbrellas or lunches or coats
i hate this world so much i
choke on my worthless privilege
reading research pieces playing
playstation to escape my own existence
i am breaking apart like waves of
radio static on unconscious shores
waiting for the end to sweep the earth into
sand glass broken teeth
the sun's plasma core
*******
**** your cult of everything will be alright
my gender studies tutor was ***** because you stood by
and said the world isn't a fair place
and to get over it
*******
*******
*******
i ******* hate you all
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