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 Dec 2019 The Red Woman
Survived
This year taught me people will leave if you love and care about them so much.
When I was small
I wrote a song.
It was as wild
As it was long.

I did not know
How to write words
And so I sang
With the morning birds.

Now I am grown,
I am depressed.
I write long things
Just to impress.

I do not sing,
I only sigh.
When I was small
I was alive.
mental illness is the
most expensive thing
i've ever owned but
never wanted
05/30/2016
 Dec 2019 The Red Woman
Chelsea
Someone asked me to draw
Draw what heartbreak looks like
I finally got tired of drawing a broken heart
And I started drawing you
" Cut yourself"

Just a cut
Just a scratch
"What's that mark?"
"It was the cat."
Just an excuse
Just a lie
"What's with all the bracelets?"
" Just fashion, why?"
Just a tear
Just a scream
" Why were you crying?"
"Just a bad dream."
But it's not just a cut, or a tear, or a lie
It's 'just one more' until you die
this poem is about me
 Dec 2019 The Red Woman
Vic
I have lost my ability to write.
And with that, I lost a part of myself
A poem every day.
02-12-19
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