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Vowels and consonants

Pool together into words

As my emotions rain down

The grim and grit

Of every memory clings

To each sentence

Until I step in

Then they collect on me

Dampening fingertips

And soaking my tongue

I jump in

Splashing out thoughts

Until I am coated in my imagination

I stomp through

The puddles of letters

Saturating me with words

And sentences are dripping

From my chin
 Jul 2020 Unpolished Ink
amanda
sun
 Jul 2020 Unpolished Ink
amanda
sun
i guess i could
stay at a safe distance
and watch you
brighten the world
from afar

but i would rather burn
trying to get close enough
to touch you
i don’t just want
your light—
i want your heat

i don’t know
what’s gotten into me, ry
...but ****, i want you tonight
Air filled with bird-songs
At dawn, this last day of June
T'will be winter soon
Time goes by so fast
 Jun 2020 Unpolished Ink
Grace E
I used to be afraid of wolves
Until I realized I am a lion
 Jun 2020 Unpolished Ink
HOPE
Birthed me,
nursed me,
trained me,
And most of all you loved me

to the womb that became my home for 9 months,
to the arms that never grew weary for years,
to the chest that turned my pillow for decade,
to the back that forever bended for me to find a comfort place of sleep,
and to the lap I'll never outgrow for,
I raise my fist up there in the sky to say,
Thank you
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