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Dec 2017 · 177
wading {2}
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
wading {2}
breath was short
looks were long

- but not long enough
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Dec 2017 · 182
lies of humanity
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
lies of humanity
opinions
words
stories
thoughts
struggles
truths
affections

none­ of these
can be spoken

keep them buried
beneath this female skin
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Dec 2017 · 177
notes to self {3}
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
notes to self {3}
life will not slow down
:
:
:
:
unless I make it
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Dec 2017 · 172
notes to self {2}
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
notes to self {2}
don't aim for the stars
not even the moon
forget the galaxies
for
the universe lives inside you
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Dec 2017 · 156
loud
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
loud
.
.
.
I keep my distance
but you still catch my eye

I am most drawn to people
who make things noisy
.
.
.
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Dec 2017 · 150
rushed
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
rushed
I want to feel it
so bad it hurts

but hurting is not
what I need

forcing doesn't help
but I'm bad at waiting
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Dec 2017 · 149
fresh skin
magnificently maddie Dec 2017
fresh skin
often onions need their outside
layer peeled away to stay fresh

I am convinced people
are the same
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Nov 2017 · 1.4k
notes to self
magnificently maddie Nov 2017
notes to self
you are not an inconvenience to the world.
my dear, this world is an inconvenience to you.
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Nov 2017 · 187
8/17/17
magnificently maddie Nov 2017
8/17/17
raw eyes
raw heart

open sky
new start
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Nov 2017 · 254
melody by mouth
magnificently maddie Nov 2017
melody by mouth
we can make music
with our mouths

- no words necessary
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Nov 2017 · 180
scarlet
magnificently maddie Nov 2017
scarlet
my heart believes
we'll run away together
but in reality
only one of us will be running
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Nov 2017 · 152
shipwrecked
magnificently maddie Nov 2017
shipwrecked
my heart is drowning,
water running
through my veins
until I sink
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Sep 2017 · 227
radiant
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
radiant
whole and independent beauty
without pressure of society
untouched by makeup
not broken by self doubt

is far more breathtaking
than any magazine model
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Sep 2017 · 220
wading
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
wading
i have never known
the color of your eyes

i cannot remember
looking into them

our relationship
was between bodies
not souls
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Sep 2017 · 199
beautiful broken
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
beautiful broken
spilled paint +
crumpled paper,
misshaped clay +
broken crayons

still make art
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Sep 2017 · 198
hurdles
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
hurdles
my thoughts
get caught
somewhere between
my head
and
my hand
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Sep 2017 · 435
stargirl
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
stargirl
some day
you will dance among stars
but for now
you must walk with men
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Sep 2017 · 183
in You alone
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
in You alone
your power
amazes me

your love
guides me

your gift
comforts me

your words
show me

your strength
lifts me
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Sep 2017 · 173
a poem for a friend
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
a poem for a friend
i see the pain
it hides
behind Your eyes

You mask it
so well

but no one
can live
disguised forever

one day
You'll open up

if you let me
i'll love
Your brokenness
away
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Sep 2017 · 143
awake
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
awake
days spent dreaming
of far off lands

nights spent wishing
I was in a princes hands
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Sep 2017 · 134
dip
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
dip
dip
your toes
to feel

dip
your tongue
to taste

dip
your hips
to dance

dip
your head
to laugh
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Sep 2017 · 193
self controlling
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
self controlling
yes.
no.

stop.
go.

smile.
wave.

breathe.
behave.
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Sep 2017 · 337
starsongs
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
starsongs
lay me beneath the stars
turn my ears to the tide
(and i will never let you go)
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Sep 2017 · 1.2k
silence
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
silence
there is something to be said
about
          walking
                         alone.

- (something beautiful)
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Sep 2017 · 203
haiku of september
magnificently maddie Sep 2017
haiku of september
your kiss fell from my lips -
I wore you around my shoulders
for impossibly long
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