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#secondchances
I’m prophetic, paid my time into a dream, that the profits felt it. One life, once; but in it, many seconds… second chances. First fails, second learns. Take it —don’t think twice; every second you stall, is a second that could’ve been your second.
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Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC
Seconds That Count
Be gin nings Be- gin again & again Be- gin-nings be- coming re- newed vows re- flections Be- liefs composted resurrected re-constituted re-deemed re-focused Be- gin-nings Be-ing Hope Second, third, fourth chances
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Apr 12
Apr 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM UTC
Be-Gin-Nings
there are broken pieces of me I work hard to hide except with him without judgement or criticism he holds all of me without expectation of change he shows up there are broken pieces of him underneath the charm when we are alone without surrendering myself I embrace him entirely without expectation of change I hold him close two broken halves may not look perfect but they can fit together well enough fill in the jagged gaps well enough to make pleasure, joy a sense of belonging two broken pieces can fit together well enough to feel a lot like love a lot like finally being whole
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Mar 26
Mar 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC
Baggage Claimed
When I'm at your gunpoint, You, about to shoot me, Placing your finger on the trigger, Will you remember our shared moments? Will you be able to **** me afterwards? The thought of me being yours, Till a moment ago, Would you dare pull the trigger? Your soul is satisfied with me dead, But will your heart let you do that? Your revenge is successful once I'm dead, But can your love for me allow you to **** me? I'm here standing before you, And you before me. Make the move? Lose me forever to death. Stand still? I'll make the move, Making you leave this world for this life time of yours, Ensuring we would cross our paths again. Next time, Love me And I'll love you....
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Feb 21
Feb 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC
Gunpoint
when all was said and done and when you'd left my bones ransacked I pointed you out the door but I left it slightly cracked
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Nov 23, 2025
Nov 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM UTC
you left my bones ransacked
In the breath of time, I gasped a second of a dream – to clock it all in a single second; to live off seconds, to starve on scraps, constantly second-guessing myself. It feels like going back, stepping into my past – a time traveller, as much, wandering the ruins of yesterday. Give me a second to catch my breath; here in this second stanza; I wear each stanza like armour– armour stitched from broken words, to fight for peace in armour, to piece together what’s left of honour. Where hell meant to crush my thoughts, I cover my head with a helmet, shielding my mind from the fire. And if they break my bones – I’ll pick a bone with _the breaking,_ laughing in the face of the fracture, gnawing on the marrow of pain until it tastes like defiance. Every scar another tick of the clock; every second I stand, I steal back from the seconds that tried to finish me. Call me a time traveller, for I’ve learned to turn broken seconds into futures
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Sep 14, 2025
Sep 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC
The Weight of a Second
You still want me. I still want you— I think. I’m listening to the voices inside me, Caught between longing And hope. You’re not a bad person. I’m not a bad person. We can be good Together. Again
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Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM UTC
again
Yes— you have your issues. You made mistakes. And so did I. I don’t want this to be the speech of an emotional dependent who only blames herself and forgets that a relationship is built by two people. From now on, every “i” will have its dot, and every accent will be marked— as we write our story again.
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Aug 17, 2025
Aug 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM UTC
Rewriting Us
Funny— it feels like life has crookedly aligned itself again. The crisis has passed. The paper says we’re divorced, but our bodies say something else. You know exactly where to touch me, and I want to try new things with you. I think I love you— not with that passionate, reckless love, but with a mature one. I know I have traumas. You have them too. And sometimes I feel ashamed, because I’ll have to tell people we’re trying again when they rooted for it all to end. Thank you for agreeing to give us another chance.
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Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM UTC
A New Chance
We could have a second chance— to meet again, to date, to get engaged, to marry the right way. What God has joined together, let no one ever separate. Do you want to try again?
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Aug 17, 2025
Aug 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM UTC
Shall We Try Again?
second chances 6.27.25 (3:24 pm / 15:24) i know i deserve this i know i did this to myself but is a second ******* chance so much to ask for
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Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM UTC
second chances
How many times can one restart Before they lose their beating heart? Is there a line where second chances Turn to ghosts in fractured glances? Each version built, then swept away, I ask, how much of me will stay? My future spreads, a boundless sea, Each wave a path calling to me I crave them all, each shining shore And my future stretches, vast and wide, A thousand doors on every side And oh, I ache to walk through them all Yet once I choose one to open, the rest refuse my call
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Jun 11, 2025
Jun 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM UTC
A Thousand Doors
Back then, I thought I was making the right decision If only back then I had my present vision If only I hadn't done that, my life would begin anew Numerous more opportunities I would've gotten to I don't want to think of it as a regret, but a way to ascend But after that, for two years, my freedom came to an end Even now I know his soul is kind Or is it because I wanted time to rewind? Now I'm back again, with a second chance But I can only see the similarity in your glance I don't want to make the same mistake as before Or am I just supposed to have evil in my core? I did say I wanted a true friend But will this be the ultimate end? I prayed that in the future, I'd learn to think twice But this test is most certainly not nice So please, don't let me fail this test Because the continuation of this story, I know the rest.
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Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM UTC
A Test
It had been three months since I last saw my face in the mirror. One might wonder, why that long? You see, there is something about mirrors something about looking at yourself and not having a conversation just looking, observing and looking again. That, does not sit well with me. What if the other man talks back? Or, what if he comes out and strangles me and becomes me? I do not want to give him that power. Today, however, I looked in the mirror My heart clenched like a baby's fist when I saw how old I had become how the wrinkles on my forehead curved as if to make a mockery of the trajectory of my life. I had never noticed the changes because I had always embraced the child beneath forgetting the child had become a man and no ritual had been done for the initiation. I had blossomed beneath the petals but I had chosen to ignore the feeling Right there, I could see all the talent and the potential I had slept on each time I snoozed my alarm for another 15 minutes hoping to get more rest from my dreamless state. But you see, one cannot sleep forever unless they choose to do so. And this is a path I told myself never to take for I still want to travel to the far lands and see how the children yonder dance to the rhythm of the winds I still want to listen to the cracking laughter of my lover when I retell one of my old jokes, the one she has heard 42 times so far. I still want to drink some of the local brew at the old shelter and dance shirtless on top of one of the wooden tables and feel my skin vibrate to the sound of the drums coming from the big old speakers placed in the corner of the dark room Most importantly, I want to move away from this mirror and stop looking at myself because it is making me talk a lot.
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Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022 at 3:29 PM UTC
Something About Mirrors
It had been three months since I last saw my face in the mirror. One might wonder, why that long? You see, there is something about mirrors something about looking at yourself and not having a conversation just looking, observing and looking again. That, does not sit well with me. What if the other man talks back? Or, what if he comes out and strangles me and becomes me? I do not want to give him that power. Today, however, I looked in the mirror My heart clenched like a baby's fist when I saw how old I had become how the wrinkles on my forehead curved as if to make a mockery of the trajectory of my life. I had never noticed the changes because I had always embraced the child beneath forgetting the child had become a man and no ritual had been done for the initiation. I had blossomed beneath the petals but I had chosen to ignore the feeling Right there, I could see all the talent and the potential I had slept on each time I snoozed my alarm for another 15 minutes hoping to get more rest from my dreamless state. But you see, one cannot sleep forever unless they choose to do so. And this is a path I told myself never to take for I still want to travel to the far lands and see how the children yonder dance to the rhythm of the winds I still want to listen to the cracking laughter of my lover when I retell one of my old jokes, the one she has heard 42 times so far. I still want to drink some of the local brew at the old shelter and dance shirtless on top of one of the wooden tables and feel my skin vibrate to the sound of the drums coming from the big old speakers placed in the corner of the dark room Most importantly, I want to move away from this mirror and stop looking at myself because it is making me talk a lot.
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I'm hardly the one You left behind, Twenty odd years ago; The suit fits much better, Now I'm in the show. I'm not using slight-of-hand, No smoke or mirrors, Just running sand; The big tent long left town. I know the four directions, And how my wind will blow. And even at a four way stop I know who has the right-of-way. And when it's my turn to turn, I'll step on the pedal and spin my wheels And drive myself insane.
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Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022 at 8:04 AM UTC
I Can Drive
One thing that truly changes No matter how I cut my hair Or the kind of clothes I put on. When I look in the mirror I am still me. Not very often do second chances come around. How often do things change No matter if I trim my beard Or let myself go and my belly hangs over my belt. One thing that truly changes How quick you threw your clothes on & left me with conversations we'll never have again. When I look in the mirror I am still me When I step outside I am still me One thing that never changes
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Jan 3, 2020
Jan 3, 2020 at 9:42 AM UTC
Things End (Changes)
We used my last name As part of being together So tomorrow we could end it Cash and cheap pen Is all we need To seal the deal With the legal devil But my heart's the ink And my hands are shaking I don't want to leave you I still love you Like early days full of promises The idea of leaving the nest To build a new one I don't want to leave you I still love you
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Nov 17, 2019
Nov 17, 2019 at 1:29 PM UTC
Divorce Papers, Pen without ink
take every chance you get every single one cause right now all i feel is regret for not taking that chance on us
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Aug 18, 2019
Aug 18, 2019 at 12:54 AM UTC
chances
You used the oldest play in the book, But I’m a sucker for antiques and I’m optimistic to a fault. You said don’t be worried, But why is this time different? We’ve always ruined it with our vicious cycle, And the venom is just sweet enough that even though we are rotting, we still want seconds. Please don’t let this be poison disguised as nectar. Next time, I won’t come back.
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Nov 22, 2018
Nov 22, 2018 at 11:55 PM UTC
Day 2 of you still wanting me
Begging on my knees Forgiveness is elusive Yet you are a saint.
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 12:59 AM UTC
you gave me your spare halo
I admit, I’ve never chosen you. Falling in love is temporary, love is a choice. And I surrender to you. You’re heart is grandiose. In search of an asylum, the delicacy of your love, softens my core. Peering into your soul, through the earthy green in your eyes, that spec of blood orange a fire lights inside of you, hungry to achieve a purpose. I want to be your motivation, be your motivator. We could lose time but we’d meet back at the equator, once again, feeding the fire that lights for you and I. We’ve survived darkness time & time again, lost. In search of that dwindling fire we find each other, nose to nose. We are special, We are young, We are beautiful, We are complex, We are strong. We are real. Years spent, trying to navigate the passion of our love. We’ve rebelled against time, against distance... We are flawed, we are damaged. But we are stubborn in love. I hope I’m not too late, I want a clean slate I’m not holding back anymore. For the first time, boo I choose you.
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Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018 at 10:35 AM UTC
Aflamed
You bathe in my radiance, With your eyes closed, Taking what you need from me, to strengthen your bones. You stick around, Just long enough, But now its time for you To wander off. I expect that you will soon return To use me again, So I wait patiently, Here on spectrum end. When you return You will regret not wandering sooner, This time too much of me Might just destroy you. I am Ultraviolet
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 9:31 AM UTC
Ultraviolet
A wrinkle in time; in that moment you laughed and then the moment passed me by   In that exact moment your laugh caught my eye; Then I saw shooting stars making landfall on to the surface of Mars The echoes of your laugh spiralled out of control in to my mind’s eye and lit up my soul Entire parallel universes in their corresponding dimensions unwrapped in warp time & light speeds You were setting me up for the inevitable fall The fall that would come eventually and in the next moment I fell Head over heels in love you could tell- so much it hurts An epiphany - you are not the only woman for me in this world followed by this catharsis But you are the only one for me in the entire multiverse; But all these revelations took place in a parallel dimension on a mirror earth on a counter  ecosphere   Because in this cosmos I never heard your laugh Never saw shooting stars, create craters on Mars Just as you left your impression on my heart;   But sadly in this time line you never caught my eye Hence in this realm all these moments just passively passed me by
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Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 1:04 PM UTC
Parallel moments