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1.2k · Aug 2015
Sonder
Emily Aug 2015
they say
Sonder, is defined as realizing that every passing person has a life just as complex as your own.

to walk through a crowd
to walk through a crowd of souls
a collection of memories
refracting light off of a window
over a crib
a mother
a father
a first love
tiny hands
growth
to be born
to die
a favorite sound
a favorite feeling
a favorite painting

sonder
and to each his own.
529 · Aug 2015
cinema skull
Emily Aug 2015
"i wish i was here"
i stay to myself.
eyes closed,
mind spinning through film.
i've watched this one so many times,
it's become distorted and worn.
my head hits the pillow.
my heads a cinema,
playing silents films.
459 · Aug 2015
concentrate
Emily Aug 2015
i have ideas
full pages
crammed inside my skull
under layers
of ADD
trying to pull a concrete thought

it's like pulling fabric
from deep mud
385 · Aug 2015
What I feel now
Emily Aug 2015
All those things I didn't say

        Little words

  And big words

            Drift past my bedroom window

When I'm missing you at night.
360 · Aug 2015
bed
Emily Aug 2015
bed
rose bed
optional  
wedding bed
optional

death bed
obligatory
336 · Aug 2015
thaw
Emily Aug 2015
some time ago
i froze my heart
i froze my heart
i kept it cold

to keep from breaking
keep from falling apart
but ice can splinter
ice can crack
more easily than i could have known
319 · Mar 2017
February 9th
Emily Mar 2017
broken on the cliffs i stood
looking out to where we used to be

you tell me to breathe
and breathe i do
i breath in half the sea
i see the waves and see the light
the light of what i knew
young ****** on a holiday
a girl who never knew
knew that love could break her heart
and break her heart it would
299 · Aug 2015
feel again
Emily Aug 2015
i would give
    perhaps it all
            to feel again  
t
  h                      w
     e                          a
                                       y

y     u
   o       r
            
              a
                   r
                        m
                              s
could curve around my spine.
294 · Aug 2015
hush
Emily Aug 2015
skin on skin
little spark
little fire
little love
out past curfew
you're cigarette in my lungs
secret kissing
all the things i'm not supposed to do
hush
don't make a sound
286 · Aug 2015
waking
Emily Aug 2015
While I’m waking up,
You’re falling asleep.
As I return to reality,
You’re slipping into a dream.
“Wake up!”
“Wake up!”
I scream,
Because the next time you’re awake,
I’ll be fast asleep.
284 · Sep 2015
who cares
Emily Sep 2015
If we are all ******,
  Then who cares?
I'll still wear my coat and a pair of boots I once wore,
when life offered so much more.
268 · Aug 2015
august 11th
Emily Aug 2015
lay down on concrete
watch the sky change
arms over arms
X on my chest
Night comes crawling
into my ear drums
it settles in my spine
i'm on the same earth as you
under the same stars as you
all thoughts, someones thought before.
248 · Aug 2015
longing
Emily Aug 2015
to know you're in love,
while together.
what a special thing.
                           to realize you're in love,
                            when far apart,
                       the heart is cruel that way .
240 · Mar 2017
valentine
Emily Mar 2017
i'll never feel the way i did
   when you picked me up in your car and spoke to me
the hands that once held heaven

now forgotten things of fever dreams
217 · Aug 2015
Here.
Emily Aug 2015
Shift you're weight
Wait just an hour
Our sun is setting
Set me down in flowers.
198 · Aug 2015
year later
Emily Aug 2015
lead to believe
        no
         you can't fall in love
                 at 16
182 · Aug 2015
time
Emily Aug 2015
I know how seasons grow.
And that time,
tastes like bitter wine
letting happy memories turn cold.

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