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Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Francesca Parenti

contradictions
they define me, lately
sensing familiarity in your voice
i watch you in my mind
and
i am convinced that
i knew you in a life before this
former reflections disguising themselves as déjà vu
but
i don’t believe in past lives
with my jagged exterior &
clenching fists
i remind myself
no one will fit with me
well
wrap your every limb around mine
& i know
not a single gap will exist

just wait.

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Competence

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

rufus

Competence

He likes you?
Great, he has money.
He's handsome,
he's nice,
he's cute and pretty.
What else?
I don't need to know if he's famous.
Oh, he's a family man!

What's in it for me?
Why are you telling me these?
You want to be with him?
Then go.
It's not my fault everyone looks way better than me.*

*I never told you he's better.
I only said he seems perfect,
but not for me.
I only said he has a little crush,
but did I tell you that it's mutual?
I informed you because I want to be honest.
I never told you he's better.
I want you to be jealous.
I want you to fight for me.
Why are you giving me up for someone else's love?

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Let Go

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Waiting4TheStop

Let Go

Sitting here alone.
Well, except for the continuous ringing of my cell phone.
I don't want to hear you whine or moan.

It hurts me too y'know?
One of hardest things that we have to do is learn when to let go.

Our time has gone, yes this is true.
There is simply nothing more you or I can do.

While at times we had a blast.
We didn't make it last.
But the past is the past.

Your texts say that you wanna stop by.
Just to say "Hi."
Now we both know that's a lie.
You start analyzing everything, "If....But...Babe.....Why?"

"NO! NO! NO! Please will you just stop?!"
I scream then to my knees I do drop.

You stand stock still.
As realization hits, the air develops a deathly chill.

If looks could ****. I'd be dead.
With a decapitated head.

Then you just walk away.
Escaping the fray.

And yet I hope we become friends again one day.

#breakup

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Diamonds In The Grass

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Joe Cole

Diamonds In The Grass

It's early in the morning, the sun comes over the mountain
peaks
To reveal a million shimmering diamonds scattered round her
feet
Each a liquid sphere of beauty shot through with rainbow
light
Only the magic hand of nature could create this wondrous
sight
A million glittering dew drops were laid there over
night
Each is now a diamond transformed by the suns warm
light
She sits in stunned amazement as each diamond fades
away
Burned off by the rising sun with the coming of the
day

The idea here was to incorporate factual nature, glistening dew drops with a bit of imagination

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

The Friend Zone

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

BertJane Perez

The Friend Zone

The friend zone is a painful place to stay
A place you will be trapped in for longer than a day
You will feel the hopelessness of being just a friend
The never ending feeling of having to pretend

You never know which day you'll finally be free
So I'll share a little secret between you and me
The friend zone is a jail cell, so stop wasting your time
It's almost like manslaughter, if wanting someone were a crime

You've got what it takes to finally leave
But you think they like you, is that what you believe?
The friend zone is higher than Mt.Everest and harder to climb
You're wasting so much effort, money and probably time

Turn your back on people who have so many to choose
Just take your pride and walk away, you've got nothing to lose
If they put you in the friend zone, it's almost never reversed
So don't be someone's second choice, if they are your first.

#first #time #leave #friend #the #zone #money #finally #reversed #mteverest

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Untitled

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

Mikayla White

Untitled

I never understood why I would walk around with a mask called a smile and pretend to be fine while I visibly was not

I never understood why my chest would get so heavy with emotions that I could not breathe or leave my bed for days upon days

I never understood why my image in the mirror would be so haunting that I would cry when my mom would remind me it was just a reflection that was distorted

I never understood why my physical pain would be easier to cope with than the emotional damage I had endured

I never understood why the demons in my head would tell me to do such unthinkable things to myself on a regular basis

I never understood why I was never good enough for myself no matter what I would change to better myself

I never understood why I wouldn’t let myself believe I had a problem when I so desperately needed help

and I don’t understand why I was so ashamed of something that wasn’t my fault but I do understand it has been a few years and things get easier

and I understand that without everything I felt, I wouldn’t be who I am today

#poem #depression #hope #new #recovery

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

destroyed//you

Jan 2015 shosho Rea

i

destroyed//you

i wrote poetry about him until my hands hurt
because i didn't want to forget the way
my heart burned every time he smiled and
i didn't want to forget his eyes and the stars in them
and how they always shined, even in the daytime
but i guess that poetry will stay unread and
he will stay unaware and it's the cigarettes
i wanna smoke and the ***** i wanna drink
until i forget his face but i know that even when
i'm completely smashed, i'll still be slurring his name.

#love #heartbreak #poetry #drunk #heart #passion #pain #hurt #forget #you