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It's me not you
It’s not that you do not want my love / It’s that you do not want me.
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Feb 6, 2019
Homme
Homme Un / Il me regarde et il me ment / Je me sens comme une enfant devant une vitrine de mensonges
34
Jan 7, 2018
Face-off
1. I created my own mask when I was 8 and crying in the back of a cab. / 2. I had taken for granted the joy and happiness but my eyes were seeing through tears and for the very first time I could not breathe under the weight of the stone placed upon my heart and we were driving away and away / and away
31
Jul 25, 2017
Spoken word is
Spoken word is the only thing that drives me to the breaking point because all the words, all the feelings that are trapped inside my soul are somehow released into the air and linger around for people to breathe in / suddenly, / it is not as hard as I usually feel like it is to be
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Jul 21, 2017
The Demon with a Sword
Often I feel like people do not realize I am smarter than they think. Perhaps not in the way I handle math problems or in the way I act out. / But in the way I observe and listen when they believe I am not. / The way I take notice of things and keep that in mind for the next time, and the way I see what makes them tick, what makes them uncomfortable and where to hit to hurt.
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Jul 21, 2017
8 words story
I wanted a love that didn't want me
1
May 30, 2017
We
When will I get to say / We / Us
16
May 1, 2017
The feel of forgetting
I get these bursts of want, of extreme need to be someone's something / When I see someone being somebody's someone / And
17
May 1, 2017
We're just beautiful things in destroyed places
0
Apr 29, 2017
Memories of when
I want to know why*whywhywhy* did he flush our friendship down the drain. / What I mean is, why*whywhywhy* don't you love me? / We sit down with our coffees.
32
Mar 15, 2017
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