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#oxymorons
I am a list of oxymorons Extrovert who Reads all day Sunshine smile can't keep Clouds away Selfish and loud Loyal not proud Running on Coffee Never stops Talking Circles under the Eyes And hatred of my own thighs I hold on so tight I don't know how to fight I just WHISPER into Chasms That I caused Filling them with my Impenetrable walls of stone
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May 16
May 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM UTC
Oxymoron
Noisy silence Never relents Bright darkness. It's a blight In my sight With all my might I'm still not right Windy night. I just feel numb. I can't hear my heart thump. It's a dead stump. But it's not your fault. You just added salt. That stain in my past. Catches me at last. Even as I stall. I try not to fall. But the ghosts are strong. Was I wrong ?
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Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 9:54 AM UTC
The paradox
The tune filled all of their ears But was not present in the air. I called to my fair lady, But she screamed it was not fair. It clearly wasn’t your day, You live in tomorrow because you have no today. You live their nightmares: “he lives the dream” They say. 4, 6, 8, 10 Here we go again and again. Break your neck dancing on your head, Because your legs have fallen dead. Butterflies in your stomach, And you shot them all down. Now it feels too heavy, What are you doing? Get off the ground. Angels are falling, Machine guns in hand. “It’s not right!” you cry. They can shoot, but not stand. Caught in the crossfire, You are lulled to sleep. You’re twisted, Your lives have been listed. Which one do you want to keep?
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Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 12:27 PM UTC
It Was Not Fair
'Love is a drug' it's a bit cliche at this point but its true not in the sense of addiction or how harmful it can be but in the sense of its effects love changes people and it changes each one of us differently for some, they become suave people with immense charms for others, they become bumbling awkward masses that are plagued with a mentality and drive that makes them try too hard it can slow you down make you hyper aware fill up every bit of you from your toes to your hair Love is a drug it can make you do or think or say things you never thought you could it's an oxymoron that turns you into everything you never were it's every color and sound and feeling; it's everything at once it's pure, it's evil, it hollows you out as it fills you up and gives the deepest sense of pleasure as it kills you and eats you from the inside out Love is a beautiful thing, some might say life's greatest creation maybe this is true, maybe it isn't but be careful because its beauty makes so shockingly easy to overdose on when you're in it
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 2:22 PM UTC
oxymoron.
When all alone, Be oxymoronic; Focus on all, Not alone.
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Jan 29, 2017
Jan 29, 2017 at 5:06 PM UTC
Be Oxymoronic (10W)
Contradictions that we agree upon, Morbidly humurous situations, Fictitious reality's dreams of truths, And how we hate the things we truly love, It's all so fake yet it also exists! Inconsistency became consistent, Change has always been unchanging, constant. Reality has become vaguely clear, Bravery has brought about many fears, We wail with a smile as we cry our tears. Living in a state of peaceful conflict, Accepting that we're all clearly confused, Dying as if we're living and breathing, We open our eyes, sleeping and dreaming.
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Jan 5, 2017
Jan 5, 2017 at 2:37 PM UTC
"Oxymoronic"
something to fill this empty room, besides the scatters of something started; a work in progress, never finished. something besides the dull smells of fake fragrances and a thousand candles, spent and past in brazen attempts at aromatherapy. something to accompany the ceiling stared at, night after night, besides the spider and moth that live near the light. another human, perhaps, if there were room, at least. another set of thoughts, besides ones own, weighing heavy in the walls. a monster under this bed, give us something real to fear, make me leave, make me feel, make me scream. something to fill this empty room, besides everything still in it. not empty at all, just worn and torn, bored, full, empty.
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Jun 11, 2016
Jun 11, 2016 at 3:11 PM UTC
wanted:
"Compassionate Conservatism" and "friendly fire": Euphemistic oxymorons capable of destroying hospitals.
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 9:16 AM UTC
Politics & Language
Can something really be beautifully  tragic? Is it possible for a being to be gracefully destructive? How can a life be insignificantly worthwhile? Does that mean an existence can be grotesquely appealing? Could you be more radiantly  pitiful? You are stunningly heart-rending. How are you so delicately harrowing? You are harmlessly treacherous.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 11:21 PM UTC
Dangerously Ravishing
It was anywhere at all hung upon a dusty roof Immobile   Swaying gently Across and over Tilt and rolled   Stiff as board A dusty wicker ball Made Simple for decoration   And it's swaying For no reason at all made me think Of wondrous places A Clear blue sea Of Dusty desert sand With monsters and angels And love with no pain Like a window to see through That empty wicker ball Was all but new
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Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 6:11 AM UTC
Empty wicker ball