#semicolons - Hello Poetry

come along with me; say “love,” breathe “hello,” train your ears on the echoes of my breathing; there is no such thing as running away, because wherever we go we are running forward.

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Jul 30, 2015

Jul 30, 2015 at 5:04 AM UTC

kai-kashino

follow my lead [shh, it'll be okay]

come along with me; say “love,” breathe “hello,” train your ears on the echoes of my breathing; there is no such thing as running away, because wherever we go we are running forward.

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i can be alone; i have been alone for quite some time; it’s fine, i will be alone, but don’t worry. you don’t have to pretend, you don’t have to stay up, you don’t have to console me when i want to cry— but thank you anyway.

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Jul 30, 2015

Jul 30, 2015 at 2:41 AM UTC

kai-kashino

reading [know the lonely]

i can be alone; i have been alone for quite some time; it’s fine, i will be alone, but don’t worry. you don’t have to pretend, you don’t have to stay up, you don’t have to console me when i want to cry— but thank you anyway.

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i made a promise— a shackle, a chain, a weight to bear— inked it into my skin, let it hover behind my throat; a secret agreement; so why do i feel like my chest is an eternity and a fortnight lighter?

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Jul 29, 2015

Jul 29, 2015 at 8:09 AM UTC

kai-kashino

binding [but not kept]

i made a promise— a shackle, a chain, a weight to bear— inked it into my skin, let it hover behind my throat; a secret agreement; so why do i feel like my chest is an eternity and a fortnight lighter?

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