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All of my best
(And worst) thoughts
Can be traced
Back to a foreign city
Where I walked the streets
Alone, at night
A short poem from when I spent a summer alone in New York City
 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
Jenna
All around, people always look up
So why is it I am attracted to the ground?
Looking up occasionally to search
what is there and isn't
they never stop watching and waiting
to catch my own intimidating gaze
It's been
40 days
and I'm still
thinking about you.
You're not here
anymore
and I still can't believe
that it's true.
I hope that
up there
you see what we're doing
down here.
But I know it doesn't matter to you;
it's only for us.
To try and bring us a sense of closure.
the first sign of spring
robin plucking worms outside
presume it's a male.
 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
D Baby Bey
my future is clear as the green
upon stagnant waters
with only one thing for certain
Smooth midnight black
Desecration blues
Wandering down a desolated road
With my frenzied mind
Raptured, yet empty
Longing for the end of the night
Yet fearing the dawn
And the eternity of an existence
I may never know
 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
blackbiird

You are wildly in love with me
because you made the stars and the
sun and the universe and everything in between.

You are wildly in love with me
because you cover my scars with grace
and you pivoted the mirror to
see all my blemishes yet still
chose to sing over me.

You are wildly in love with me because
you positioned the nails on the cross
to give me life.

 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
D Baby Bey
egg
 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
D Baby Bey
egg
the sun is hot
it's heaviness compresses
so that i become tired
i want to be still
but the ground burns
busy life no time for stillness
 Mar 2019 meadowsweet
a m a n d a
i dream often
that i cannot move
or move s l o w l y
unseen and
unheard
breath a
struggle.
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