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1.1k · Jan 2016
midlife
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
Rushing downstream
everythinggoesbysofast
gasping above the waterline
idontrecognizeanythinganymore
grasping at rocks and branches
wherethehellaminow
heaving breaths haul me ashore
ilaygasping&vomiting;
where the hell am I?
9/29/15
840 · Jan 2016
Born
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
Born
Without skin
To hold it all in

Nerve
      So raw it screams
              (everydayeverydayeveryday)

Mind
        So exhausted it snaps
              (itsnotmeitsnotmeitsnotme)

Feeling
         So intense it chokes
               (icantbreatheicantbreatheicantbreathe)

To hold it all in
Without skin
Born
9/11/15
822 · Jan 2016
Haiku 9/4/12
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
Breathing is too much
for me today; maybe I’ll
stop for a minute.
666 · Jan 2016
untitled 10/30/15
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
You wouldn’t understand; no one does.
Who I am doesn’t fit who I’m supposed to be.
Cramped and crowded in leftover expectations,
like a cicada larvae in too-small skin.
What will I be if I ever emerge,
and how long will it take everyone to **** it?
604 · Jan 2016
My mistake
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
My mistake;
I told myself I just forgot to put my makeup on
and no one would really notice anyway,
but there it is large as life -
the part of me that doesn’t fit in.
10/30/15
470 · Jan 2016
War
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
War
He was just alive
beside me, laughing at my
***** jokes, shaking
his head in shared silent mirth.
His last words – ‘Stop it, Joe, you’re-‘
An attempt at tanka, which as I understand it is similar to haiku format, but with 5 lines of 31 syllables in all, distributed 5-7-5-7-7.
419 · Jan 2016
Inner Space
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
I have been gone from here, haven’t I, Love?
My body has faithfully occupied its given space,
And resolutely fulfilled the duties expected of it,
But I have been as a sojourner in a foreign land,
With only a thin tether of loyalty to bring me home.
374 · Jan 2016
i die so quietly
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
i die so quietly
you dont even notice
im just an empty shell

now
i die quietly
only death can see me

now
i die
9/17/15
360 · Jan 2016
hope
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
hope
is a brilliant gem
with sharp edges
that slice clean and deep
like a razor
9/29/15
345 · Jan 2016
Present
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
It doesn’t fit right, you know.
The sleeves are too tight,
the shiny threads
running through the material
are scratchy,
and I never really liked this color,
anyway.
I wonder if I can return it?
318 · Jan 2016
untitled
Okie Cavies Jan 2016
i begin to think that death
is for the adventurous
and i am only a coward
9/17/15

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