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 Mar 9 Unpolished Ink
spilled tears
draw me naked
 Mar 9 Unpolished Ink
spilled tears
draw me naked
Once you drew me naked,
And I did not recognize the man,
A stranger in my skin,
I couldn’t trace where I began.
I know you have the picture
Tucked between your pages
I know I have your heart
Tucked between my teeth
#drawing #naked
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 Feb 16 Unpolished Ink
Caits
It’s the Paint
 Feb 16 Unpolished Ink
Caits
It’s the Paint
if I take anything
to my grave
whether it be shallow
or deep
let it be
that I was loved
the way I asked to be loved
I have not stopped repeating that in my head since first hearing it on ‘The Last of Us’
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 Jan 16 Unpolished Ink
BipolarBear
Dead-end
 Jan 16 Unpolished Ink
BipolarBear
Dead-end
It turned too messy to amend.
I gained no love, but lost a friend.
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 Jan 11 Unpolished Ink
sonja benskin mesher
.promises.
 Jan 11 Unpolished Ink
sonja benskin mesher
.promises.
'we were friends’  more than that with promises that faded into silence. i woke this morning the same….
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 Jan 9 Unpolished Ink
Madeon
My imaginary friends
 Jan 9 Unpolished Ink
Madeon
My imaginary friends
Oh Lord,
how few normal people there are in this world!
Only me and my imaginary friends.
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 Dec 2024 Unpolished Ink
Nemusa
he's always around
 Dec 2024 Unpolished Ink
Nemusa
he's always around
He eats at my soul with a lover's slow hand,

Each bite a hymn, each wound carefully planned.

His silence, a gospel, his shadow a prayer,

I light every candle, but he's always there.

A feast in the dark where no one can stand.
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