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 Feb 2018 mickey finn
Liz Carlson
what drives me crazy
is how people interact.

we all listen to reply,
not to understand.

we listen to share our
experiences instead of
just being there for that person.

next time you interact
with someone,
try to really listen.
 Feb 2018 mickey finn
LeV3e
Rest your convictions on
The foundation of knowledge
Lest one day it will dawn,
Your beliefs sunk into sandpits
 Feb 2018 mickey finn
Malak S
I painted my wrists black and blue hoping the colors indicated the underlying emotions locked up in 4 chambers spewing blood and oxygen throughout my body  
The dotted lines told a story of so much loss, you wouldn’t believe it unless you were there.
Sometimes the blade found its way, creating an opening with rich, wine-like blood oozing from a scratch and sometimes I had a hard time holding back but I always did because I never want to exist in a world that does not contain you.
Sometimes my insides burn up and I don’t know how to extinguish the flames that eat me alive, leaving nothing but char.
Sometimes the flowers growing around my lungs threaten to suffocate me and I can’t help but continue to water them because I don’t want anything else to wither and decay.
Sometimes your words drip like honey and I allow my tongue to lick every letter because I am head over heels for the sweetness that is you.
Sometimes my legs walk me to the finish line but my thoughts take me back to the starting point because nothing ever makes sense and there are multiple of options for why something might be the way it is, and all I want is for you to hold me.
Sometimes I’m feeling blue and black, while other times I’m the rest of the colors imbedded in a rainbow. I blow in full force blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, making you wish that I remain a sustainable part of your life.
I painted my wrists black and blue and reminded myself that my worst nightmares are nothing but that; nightmares.
I am the stars and I’m a field of roses swaying with the wind and I might flow against your sea but I’m asking you to caress my petals and be cautious of my thorns; as sharp and pure as I look, poison still seeps beneath my smooth, marked skin, and I am not aware of the damages my broken heart might ever create.
Blessed is this monument where -
the woe begotten mechanisms of -
capitalism and caste democracy -
gather
May their gods deliver and protect-
them
May their labors ne'er be forgotten
May their frozen , weathered and
calloused hands find solace
I pray that their zeal for family and -
financial security is forever accomplished* ..
Copyright February 7 , 2018 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
 Feb 2018 mickey finn
xy
Roses.
 Feb 2018 mickey finn
xy
Roses are red,
Her eyes are too.
Flooded with tears,
And bags dark blue.

Roses are dying,
Her pupils just drown.
But now she fell asleep,
Like the petals to the ground.
 Feb 2018 mickey finn
Julia
I met someone
we had some fun
then we were done

he made me so happy I couldn’t write
he made me so happy I didn’t bite
he made me so hopeful I thought we might...

I met this man
whose daddy hand
could burn my sand

we stole each other’s shirts
kissed each other where it hurts
planted flowers in these dirts

repainted stained and tainted glass
gave each other words to pass
decided not to pay for class
alas...

sand falls through spaces
between fingers’ interlaces
wind blows it in our faces

we shared some time
body soul and mind
there is no rewind

I said things I didn’t mean
Across the darkness like a screen
Pages burned and turned the scene
and maybe
love really doesn't made for me
it wasn't created for this life i had
and even the love i know can't even handle
the way i hypocrite things

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