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You know,

words are just letters

thrown together in clumps.
A
Poem
Is just a
Jumbled mix
Of words, shaped
And shifted according
To the writer's every whim-
Lovely, gray, unexpected, cliche,
Harsh, crisp, ragged, soft, or pointed
As an
Arrowhead
 Dec 2014 Özcan Mermaid
Styles
Broken hearts can't mend amends;
so forget what you've seen,
Forget what's been said.
      Without each other, we are one short of      
       alone; Two deadbeats, one heart beat,
       short of being dead.
 Dec 2014 Özcan Mermaid
Rose
maggie
 Dec 2014 Özcan Mermaid
Rose
everywhere i went
there were giant holes
in my heart i know
it was not better then

you sleep so peacefully
sometimes you cry out
i reach and pull you close to me
we breathe each other in

i once felt so unsure of everything
it was hard to let life keep happening

but i don't cry anymore
 Dec 2014 Özcan Mermaid
Rose
I am just me in an empty sea
Of absolutely insane women
Trying to make sense of myself
I feel so different from everybody
I spent my life thinking you were talking about me
Why did I feel this way?
I was a distant, distant, distant thought..
Sick sick *****

All I can trust is my gut
Y'all tell lies
One after another
You're just puking on each other
What's the point of family ties
 Dec 2014 Özcan Mermaid
Rose
i am the sadness
i am the hurt
i am the thickness of the ammonia
seeping out the walls
don't wanna be around it anymore
but what makes me feel best
is a little bit of yip
a little bit of puff
somethin small and hard
to slow me down
zone me in
clear me up
i don't wanna be around it anymore
*no dear you're not enough
is that what you wanted to hear?
Some lies are of omission
remaining deep inside
others pour down like rain
without a place to hide

Although they are quite different
their quest may be the same
to find a place of safety
to  help silence their shame
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