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Honey this feels like forever, And the youngest child never grows up. These tears are not for a bright stage, And this forest feels so endless. Empty. But if you’re afraid of these woods Why not run in? The wolves in there will welcome you They were children once too. Take some paperclips, Cut yourself apart And clip all the pieces back together. You’ll never make someone so lovely. Because darling it is worth it To fall in love with yourself. And who you are, who you were, who you will be. Let it become the air in your lungs The blood in your veins. So if you’re afraid of the woods Why not run in? The wolves in there are friendly They used to all be you.
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Jan 26
Jan 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC
Paperclips, The Woods, & I
Do not mind what a poet tells you, it is an ellipsis, find the missing truth. The title of an elder is not an umbrella to shield a child's head from life's heavy rain. When the storm comes, the child's head becomes as empty as the facade of a hollow title. Do not deceive when tomorrow's dawn foretells the fate that awaits, like a burning forest's spell. In that inferno, the bandits of deceit are consumed by the flames, their power defeated. Nothing lasts forever, for the world itself is a fragile paperclip, destined to be folded into nothingness. ~Mikelson
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Jan 3, 2025
Jan 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM UTC
irony of solitude
i opened your file and what i saw was diferent than what i expected; i saw that you were sad, pained, angry, confused; i turned the page. you were suffering, afraid, and alone; i looked at your photo, it was diferent than the you i knew, you looked terified and sad; i printed a new sheet of paper. it said that i would be your friend. that i would be your friend no matter what; i fastened the new page in the folder cautiosly, caringly, with a paperclip.
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Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021 at 11:18 AM UTC
Paperclip
Dear paperclip You never slip All day you hold Documents untold No one ever stops to thank The one who is of little rank But I shall stop and pay my dues To the one who is now my muse So thank you dearest friend For all the help that you lend.
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Mar 26, 2020
Mar 26, 2020 at 2:31 PM UTC
Dear paperclip
You pretend to zip your lips like there's even a secret to spill, as if i couldn't pry open your mouth like a four day old rusty paper- clip off an empty           manila                      folder
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Nov 21, 2016
Nov 21, 2016 at 6:03 AM UTC
zipper