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  Apr 2014 Shawn
aphrodite
"I wish you well."
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                                         ­                                     (but not too well without me)
I like 10 word poems because it forces you to summarize your thoughts  to the point where you're really only saying what you mean.
Maybe I should try using that same theory in my own life, haha.
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  Apr 2014 Shawn
Wednesday
I wonder if you’d want to know
I named all of my demons after you and
they haunt me in my sleep

when I was 14 I fell asleep in April and dreamed of bones and
I’m not sure I’ve really ever woken up since

when I lost 5 pounds I never saw a difference

when I lost 10 my mother said I was looking good

when I lost 20 she told me to stop and handed me food
and I became anemic

when I lost 25 I stopped drinking anything because
I felt water had calories

when I lost 30 my mother held me on her lap
and held my bones together for me

when I lost 35 I started fainting every morning and
the doctors could no longer easily find my blood pressure

when I lost 40 people started to stare and food made me cry

when I lost 45 it hurt to walk and to lay down
it hurt to eat
it hurt to breathe and
I started throwing up my empty stomach

the mind plays tricks on those that decide
nourishment is not needed

Eat.
Shawn Nov 2013
once upon a winter day
i took my pen and paper pad
and wrote down every
unspoken word in my head

it  saddened me to see
how many there were indeed
is this how things would be
if i had just let them free?


once upon a winter day
i sat down with a cup of tea
and couldn't help but
stare at the scars on my wrist

they remind me of how i was
and how i still am
how i've changed and
how things have changed


once upon a winter day
i said goodbye for the last time
to my friends and my foes
to those i held dear

i was slowly fading away
just like my scars
i walked home alone again
knowing it was time to end my stay


once upon a winter day
i wrote my last words
on one last piece of paper
maybe now i'll be heard

i took my pills again
more than i should have
but it's okay because
this time i'll find peace
Shawn Oct 2013
a waltz with death
a dance with the stars
as the last breath
leaves my lips

i wish i had never left your arms

— The End —