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760 · Oct 2016
Vice
Nicholas Nicotra Oct 2016
Everyone has an addiction
Believe it to be true, or fiction
It could be money or power
Drinking after work at happy hour
New timbs or the new Jordan shoes
**** it, get a couple more tattoos
Everyone does something to get through tough times
You just have to read between the lines
Getting blackout drunk
Over eating junk
Posting on Facebook about your gains
Are you in pain?
Likes on your Gym selfie flexing in the mirror
Are you seeing clearer?
Addicted to attention
Feeling the emotional tension
Everyone has a vice
Had a bad day go by the new Apple device
Maybe shopping helps you get through
Go to the mall when you're feeling blue
Stop at Starbucks, Doubleshot espresso
New makeup pallet, make that face glow
Spend $100 on a pair jeans
It all becomes routine
Ask yourself are you going to the extreme?
As I sit and daydream
Thoughts drifting in my head
What vice will shed?
What am I masking?
The question I'm still asking
660 · Oct 2016
Perception
Nicholas Nicotra Oct 2016
One lit match can burn a home,
a forest fire

One lit match can light a camp fire
Light the darkest nights

One thought can burn you
Or make you smile
Light up the room

One lit match, one thought
Are one in the same
329 · Oct 2016
The Sea of Blank Stares
Nicholas Nicotra Oct 2016
Wondering threw life
Nothing but blank stares
No emotions
Everyone looks the same
But
I keep searching
For the warmth of a smile
Just one
Even if it's just for a second
329 · Oct 2016
Beauty
Nicholas Nicotra Oct 2016
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
                            I behold her...
                               Hold her...
                              The beauty

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