#smaller - Hello Poetry

okay, but I don't 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 to be the bigger person. I want to be the person who looks out for their own needs. being the bigger person for what? the benefit of someone I hate? the benefit of someone I avoid in the halls? you don't 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 for me to be the bigger person- so I will throw my fits.

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Feb 23, 2021

Feb 23, 2021 at 11:03 AM UTC

Unwinded

i am the smaller person

okay, but I don't 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 to be the bigger person. I want to be the person who looks out for their own needs. being the bigger person for what? the benefit of someone I hate? the benefit of someone I avoid in the halls? you don't 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 for me to be the bigger person- so I will throw my fits.

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_LIFE 🕯🕯🕯 IS 🕯🕯🕯 LIKE 🕯🕯🕯 CANDLE 🕯🕯🕯 IT 🕯🕯🕯 GETS 🕯🕯🕯 SMALLER 🕯🕯🕯 AND 🕯🕯🕯 MORE 🕯🕯🕯 DELICATE 🕯🕯🕯 DAY 🕯🕯🕯 BY 🕯🕯🕯 DAY_

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Aug 4, 2020

Aug 4, 2020 at 9:48 PM UTC

nidhi098765

Candle🕯🕯🕯

_LIFE 🕯🕯🕯 IS 🕯🕯🕯 LIKE 🕯🕯🕯 CANDLE 🕯🕯🕯 IT 🕯🕯🕯 GETS 🕯🕯🕯 SMALLER 🕯🕯🕯 AND 🕯🕯🕯 MORE 🕯🕯🕯 DELICATE 🕯🕯🕯 DAY 🕯🕯🕯 BY 🕯🕯🕯 DAY_

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maybe if I find deep thoughts in small words they won’t get lost

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Oct 9, 2018

Oct 9, 2018 at 12:53 AM UTC

MermaidinCLE

the stress is silencing

maybe if I find deep thoughts in small words they won’t get lost

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my shoulders curl inward like a brittle winter leaf I crackle as I stretch my limbs and I turn ever smaller over time

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Jan 19, 2018

Jan 19, 2018 at 5:46 PM UTC

kilojewel

winter

my shoulders curl inward like a brittle winter leaf I crackle as I stretch my limbs and I turn ever smaller over time

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Broke, sitting with half plate Pasta, butter, spice Shuffle through my old clothes I used to look nice What is nice, but smaller? Smaller, smaller, still String bean and potatoes Go fine together The grocer tries to tell me, "Divide, conquer, divide." "What is nice, but smaller?" I guess the grocer's right

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Nov 29, 2017

Nov 29, 2017 at 4:43 PM UTC

ZeroNine

A Microphone

Broke, sitting with half plate Pasta, butter, spice Shuffle through my old clothes I used to look nice What is nice, but smaller? Smaller, smaller, still String bean and potatoes Go fine together The grocer tries to tell me, "Divide, conquer, divide." "What is nice, but smaller?" I guess the grocer's right

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I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was weaker. I wish someone would be here to hold me and keep me warm. Someone here to prevent the chills from going up my spine. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was shorter. I wish I was skinnier. I wish my body weren’t so broad. I wish I had a feminine body. I’m happy with my body, I swear. I just wish it wasn’t the way it was. I wish I was skinnier, that I was not so broad, that I was shorter. That my nose was like the models from the magazines or that my thighs wouldn’t touch. Because I’m envious of my thighs. I wish I had green eyes. The eyes of the leaves.. Not of the bark, because who finds bark beautiful? No, everyone looks to the leaves. They simply carve their lovers initials into the tree bark, leaving scars on me. I’m envious of my thighs. I’m envious of those skinny, pretty girls. I’m envious of the model's bodies even though I know they go through hell. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was weaker. I wish I was pretty. I wish I was light. I wish my voice was soothing when I sing. Instead it’s raspy and grated. I’m quiet when I sing.. I’m quiet when I talk too… If I talk.. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was skinnier. I wish I wasn’t so broad. I wish my voice was smooth. I wish my arms wouldn’t look the way they do. Why do I keep getting picked on because of them? I wish I was pretty. I wish I could be loved. I wish these voices would leave me alone. I wish I could think straight. I wish I was pretty. I wish I was skinny. I wish I looked like the models in the magazines. I wish my hair didn’t have split ends or had different lengths. I wish I didn’t have blemishes on my face I wish I didn’t say the things I do. Because I always regret it in the end. I wish my voice smooth. I wish I talked more. I wish I wouldn’t always feel the need to say sorry after I speak because I’m afraid that my voice isn’t smooth enough. I wish I walked, talked, and looked the way the models do. I wish I felt pretty I wish I was I was skinny I wish I could feel comfortable in my own skin But I’m not.

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Nov 21, 2017

Nov 21, 2017 at 12:21 AM UTC

Sincerely

I Wish

I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was weaker. I wish someone would be here to hold me and keep me warm. Someone here to prevent the chills from going up my spine. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was shorter. I wish I was skinnier. I wish my body weren’t so broad. I wish I had a feminine body. I’m happy with my body, I swear. I just wish it wasn’t the way it was. I wish I was skinnier, that I was not so broad, that I was shorter. That my nose was like the models from the magazines or that my thighs wouldn’t touch. Because I’m envious of my thighs. I wish I had green eyes. The eyes of the leaves.. Not of the bark, because who finds bark beautiful? No, everyone looks to the leaves. They simply carve their lovers initials into the tree bark, leaving scars on me. I’m envious of my thighs. I’m envious of those skinny, pretty girls. I’m envious of the model's bodies even though I know they go through hell. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was weaker. I wish I was pretty. I wish I was light. I wish my voice was soothing when I sing. Instead it’s raspy and grated. I’m quiet when I sing.. I’m quiet when I talk too… If I talk.. I wish I was smaller. I wish I was petite. I wish I was skinnier. I wish I wasn’t so broad. I wish my voice was smooth. I wish my arms wouldn’t look the way they do. Why do I keep getting picked on because of them? I wish I was pretty. I wish I could be loved. I wish these voices would leave me alone. I wish I could think straight. I wish I was pretty. I wish I was skinny. I wish I looked like the models in the magazines. I wish my hair didn’t have split ends or had different lengths. I wish I didn’t have blemishes on my face I wish I didn’t say the things I do. Because I always regret it in the end. I wish my voice smooth. I wish I talked more. I wish I wouldn’t always feel the need to say sorry after I speak because I’m afraid that my voice isn’t smooth enough. I wish I walked, talked, and looked the way the models do. I wish I felt pretty I wish I was I was skinny I wish I could feel comfortable in my own skin But I’m not.

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Ignore the trembling body that lay before you Try to forget the sight of her sliver fingers curling around the reapers gift remember how they caressed your hair last season when the sky was as pale as the skin between her thighs, an oasis that you knew all too well Don't watch her growing ever smaller, the flesh you once drew your tongue over disintegrating Finish your joint and turn the other way

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Jul 5, 2015

Jul 5, 2015 at 5:16 PM UTC

keah-rose

Ignore It

Ignore the trembling body that lay before you Try to forget the sight of her sliver fingers curling around the reapers gift remember how they caressed your hair last season when the sky was as pale as the skin between her thighs, an oasis that you knew all too well Don't watch her growing ever smaller, the flesh you once drew your tongue over disintegrating Finish your joint and turn the other way

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