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316 · Sep 2018
Body
Maria Etre Sep 2018
Body
"What have I done?"
asked my life.

"Ruined me"
replied my heart with strife.

"It's alright"
answered my mind.

"You still beat, right?"
asked my body.

"Sometimes, I think"
replied my heart

"When?"
asked Time

"I have yet to find out"
said my eyes
#body #eyes #poetry #society #heart #break #feel #again #happy #sad
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315 · Nov 2017
Ear Muffs
Maria Etre Nov 2017
Ear Muffs
Today
I closed my
ears
for
I don't want
to listen
to the beats
of my
own heart
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314 · Dec 2019
ED
Maria Etre Dec 2019
ED
This is a mental battle
I wish I can drown in *****
#eating #disorder #tantrum #relapse #thoughts #mental
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313 · Aug 2016
Time and I
Maria Etre Aug 2016
Time and I
I went back in time today
and saw him standing there
the way I did before
but a lot more mature

Shoulders broader
hair darker,
maybe some white strands
and here I thought
never a chance

I went back in time today
and talked to him
he sounded older...

Will continue demain
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313 · Jun 20
The Day I Became A Nudist
Maria Etre Jun 20
The Day I Became A Nudist
The moment I let life unbutton my fears
and slowly remove my shirt
undraping my shoulders
exposing my skin
to the sun
we the
mo
me
nt
I
f
e
lt
re
bo
r
n
#nudist #exposed #clarity #insecurities #poetry #self #love #poem
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311 · Jan 2018
Other Languages
Maria Etre Jan 2018
Other Languages
The things
left unsaid
left us
breathless
#language #love #kisses #you #me
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311 · Mar 2018
More Than Part 3
Maria Etre Mar 2018
More Than Part 3
It's more
than just
a taste
when my tongue
forgets flavor
and only
savors
#more #than #heart #feel #tongue #speech #conversation
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310 · Jul 2017
Wishes and Skies
Maria Etre Jul 2017
Wishes and Skies
The stars
grew heavy
from the wishes
that they carried

Until one starry night
they rained
on me
giving me
a sky of
shooting
stars
#sky #wish #star #night #skies #poet
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310 · Jun 2018
Riddle in Brackets
Maria Etre Jun 2018
Riddle in Brackets
I fel(l)
in (.....)
t(o)o hard
I felt
hea(v)y
and my
heart
brok(e)
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309 · Nov 2024
Ink Me Softly
Maria Etre Nov 2024
Ink Me Softly
Fatten my papers
with poetry
your name
is dense
it inks it
differently
#ink #paper #poems #life #poetry #romance
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309 · Sep 2020
COVID-19ers
Maria Etre Sep 2020
COVID-19ers
My hands
lost sense of feeling
from all the sanitization
#losing #life #poem #poetry #society #feeling #hands
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309 · Jul 2020
What A Story
Maria Etre Jul 2020
What A Story
(JUST)(IF)Y

The verb that strengthens the truth
also questions it.
#society #poetry #justify #poem #question #you #me #strong
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305 · Jun 2020
Astray
Maria Etre Jun 2020
Astray
I lost the manual to life.
#lost #manual #life #karma #society #poem #poetry
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302 · Feb 2021
Effort
Maria Etre Feb 2021
Effort
Falling in
is easy
But

How does one falling out
when falling requires gravity and all I want is to do the opposite...
to climb out
claw my way out
from the void that ****** me
into
toxicity
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300 · Oct 2018
Insert New Character
Maria Etre Oct 2018
Insert New Character
I do not write for you
I write about you..
Well not about you, about you
but about what you would be
had I wanted to add
a new character
to my fiction
#you #future #fiction #story #writer #poet #poetry #society #lover #partner
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298 · Oct 2016
Solitude
Maria Etre Oct 2016
Solitude
Sometimes the rambling
of your thoughts
in the middle of night
alone
is the only music you need
to keep you company
till dawn!
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298 · Jan 2018
Dear Heart,
Maria Etre Jan 2018
Dear Heart,
Hope you are doing well on all levels.
This is an apology to all the insults
I have rained on you
to all the curses
I have cussed
to all the mistreatment
that I have voiced
when you lead me down paths
of broken dreams.
I want to apologise for being irrational
I had no idea, you had it planned
all along.

Sincerely,
Sorry Self
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298 · Jan 2020
BackPast
Maria Etre Jan 2020
BackPast
When everyone is going forward
I find myself
leaning
backwards to the simpler things
#past #classics #society #life #poetry #poem #now #today #2020 #year
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296 · May 20
Watching A Movie
Maria Etre May 20
Watching A Movie
I watched a movie the other day
the intro credits
were more of an intro
to you in this space
sober and aware
the air in between
well at least for me
felt different

The movie commenced
till a tune
a soundtrack
hit a scene
I nestling on the floor
beneath
felt
his feet
beat
to the beats
following the per second
theme

He's never seen this scene before
nor the movie as a whole
that's how you know
music runs through
his veins
without him
saying a word
tap tap ... wait tap
tap tap tap...wait tap tap
till the scene ended
he came back from his trance
he was watching the movie
again
#movie #inglorious #******* #music #soundtrack
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293 · Jun 16
The Shortest Saddest, Most Healing without Thinking, Selfless, Selfish,Overthought, Maybe Not Right Story
Maria Etre Jun 16
The Shortest Saddest, Most Healing without Thinking, Selfless, Selfish,Overthought, Maybe Not Right Story
I made
my bed
for you
The things we think we do for others end up being good for us.
#poem #poetry #heart #selfish #selfless
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292 · Apr 2018
Sleeveless
Maria Etre Apr 2018
Sleeveless
I have always worn
my heart on my sleeve
and now,
summer
is around the corner
sleeves are no longer worn
and my heart.. well
it's torn...
between where to be shown
or should I play
a game and leave it
in the unknown?
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292 · Jul 9
Disc Jockey
Maria Etre Jul 9
Disc Jockey
A man of few words
but
loud notes
#music #night #paradox #notes #words #poetry
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291 · Oct 2017
Paper and Blood
Maria Etre Oct 2017
Paper and Blood
My papers
bled every time
I scarred them
with my quill
injecting
my lines
with your
name
#paper #blood #write #poem #poetry
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291 · May 2017
Cello
Maria Etre May 2017
Cello
He ran his fingers
up and down her spine
like a cello
and with every glide
she released a sigh
that composed a melody
a symphony
that tuned
the night
their night
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289 · Feb 2018
"CUT"
Maria Etre Feb 2018
"CUT"
I rewind
unwind
repeat
my prayers
and restart
replay
my days again
in hopes
of a
different
movie
#movie #hope #doubt #belief #weakness
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289 · Jun 2018
Bashful Lines
Maria Etre Jun 2018
Bashful Lines
The fault
in my lines
is that they too
are scared
you'd read
your name
in between
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289 · Aug 2017
Wet
Maria Etre Aug 2017
Wet
Waiting for the sun
to line the cusp of dawn
wetting the cigarette path
that has ashed my throat
with the last sip of yesterday
I saw my tomorrow
sugarcoated with a hangover
and sprinkled with reality

I am still alive
#alive #breathe #life #after #night
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287 · Jun 30
Reverse It
Maria Etre Jun 30
Reverse It
Maybe age
stresses you to un-stress
and that's the magic formula
#formula #stress #unstress #society #heart #feel #love
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286 · Feb 2018
Endless
Maria Etre Feb 2018
Endless
For some reason
our "happily ever after"
tends
to replay our
first encounter
over and
over   ........ and over....
                      over......and over....
                                                   .... over.....
#endless #love #story
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281 · Jan 2018
Tap Tap
Maria Etre Jan 2018
Tap Tap
When
there's that certain
tapping on
a fragile heart
there's that
salty raindrop
collecting
in your
eye
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278 · Jan 2018
Chemicals 2
Maria Etre Jan 2018
Chemicals 2
A writer in love....
" .............
......................
................
...........­....
....................

......................
........
......­.............................."

Note: for the poem above, ask the lover
#lover #love #writer #here #there #heart #beat
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274 · Mar 2018
The Dangers of First Sight
Maria Etre Mar 2018
The Dangers of First Sight
I asked for a peek
and I
f
   e
l
    l
ever
since
then
#first #sight #eyes #look #here #there
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269 · Nov 2019
Multiple Choice
Maria Etre Nov 2019
Multiple Choice
Adrenaline ignites me
Poetry serenades me
Routine murders me
Romance sedates me
Rain waltz's me
Music hypnotizes me
Chaos romances me
Instability intrigues me
Art melts me
Reality scares me
Society humors me
Classics make me
Time molds me
Lessons create me
Family guides me
Summer strips me
Friends hold me
Colors birth me
Laughter tears me  

&

You, my sweet
are all the above
#you #romance #life #today #chaos #unknown #reality #time
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269 · May 2019
Horror
Maria Etre May 2019
Horror
I scared
the doubt
out of
me
When I
found m
                    y  
                           s
                                     e
                                             l
                                                       f
Map to you.
#i #scared #poetry #society #confidence #poem #found #me
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268 · May 2018
Forgot
Maria Etre May 2018
Forgot
There are some
things
my memory
remembers
to forget
and others
forgets
to
remember
#memory #silly #funny
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267 · Jan 2020
FELL,FALL,FALLEN
Maria Etre Jan 2020
FELL,FALL,FALLEN
I fell off the bed
little did I know
that I was
falling
in
something I have already
fallen for
#verb #fall #poem #poetry #poet #society #relation #write #him #her
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266 · Aug 2017
Romance
Maria Etre Aug 2017
Romance
"Look at the moon"
he said
"Here have it, with the memory
of me"
she said
#romance #love #lovers #heart #break #beat #memory #today #tomorrow
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263 · Mar 2020
All About Asking
Maria Etre Mar 2020
All About Asking
He asked me to stop asking him about loving me.
#one #line #poem #poetry #read #today #society #unreciprocated
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262 · Mar 2020
One Sided Loss
Maria Etre Mar 2020
One Sided Loss
Today I lost something I never had
and it hurt even more than when I did
#poetry #poem #love #one #side #ended #breakup #relationship
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260 · Mar 2018
Circular
Maria Etre Mar 2018
Circular
I (in) fell
and melted
under pressure

                                             I fell (out)
                                                                ­and was reborn
                  then I stumbled
                                                        ­     on a pebble
                                  and fell
                                                in
                                                           again
#heart #cycle #feel #here #now #caution
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259 · Oct 2024
Ghosts
Maria Etre Oct 2024
Ghosts
What ***** is that
poets don't ghost
because they
can't
un-write
#poems #ghosting #society #life #poetry
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258 · Jan 2021
Alone-isms in 2021
Maria Etre Jan 2021
Alone-isms in 2021
He ended the year with
"you'll always be single"
I smirked with a tear and said,
"Have you met my personalities?"
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255 · Apr 2019
Shameless
Maria Etre Apr 2019
Shameless
My pen knows no shame
the paper doesn't judge
#paper #poet #poem #poetry #society #pen #write
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255 · Jul 2020
Replacement
Maria Etre Jul 2020
Replacement
You have your life
and I have "mind"
original saying:
You have your life and I have mine
#mind #mine #poetry #poem #society #him #her #relationship #today
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254 · Dec 2017
Inhibition-land
Maria Etre Dec 2017
Inhibition-land
I drank
till my inhibitions
sat on the shelf
next to the bottle
I saw them dilute
with my logic
"Hello pretty one" I heard
and my mind
smiled
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254 · Oct 2017
Too
Maria Etre Oct 2017
Too
Her love
was a cocktail
too strong
to handle
too sweet
to ignore
too poisonous
to taste
yet too
colorful
to dissect
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251 · Jan 2018
You
Maria Etre Jan 2018
You
There were
so many reasons
not to
that also
pushed me
to
#you
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251 · Jan 2020
Ready?
Maria Etre Jan 2020
Ready?
A poem
of 365 days
is in the making

A story of events
is brewing

A blank page
is aching

&
I can't wait to meet my characters
#poem #2020 #new #year #book #poetry #society #chapters #story
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249 · Feb 2017
Stars
Maria Etre Feb 2017
Stars
I  collected dust
over the years

They filled my hands
with worries and fears

Today I threw them
to the skies
they turned to stars
that glittered away
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246 · Mar 28
Slumber
Maria Etre Mar 28
Slumber
Sleep
only
- robs me -
of
your
presence
#sleep #poetry #emotions #missing
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