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 Feb 2021 Priya
shianne rose
there are two types of sadness

there’s the kind of sadness
we ignore and
try to get rid of it
by finding new things to do
or we find someone to talk to
by blatantly avoiding any type of conversation
about feeling sad
about having any feelings at all
and then there’s that kind of sadness
that takes over
and it consumes any activity we do
we know it’s there
and there’s no possible way to avoid it
so we feed it exactly what it wants
it craves the sad music
it craves the isolation
it craves the anxiousness
and the sadness comes storming in
it has no manners
here we are calling sadness, an “it”
when all it is
is a feeling
that most people
call home
 Feb 2021 Priya
Ashly Kocher
Face It
 Feb 2021 Priya
Ashly Kocher
Ignoring the sadness
Covering it with happiness
Doesn’t heal the wounds
That you had no control over
Except the scars that were made
Understanding all the pain
Wont make the wounds go away
But the healing process can begin
Once you face the trauma for your own sake...
 Feb 2021 Priya
usagi
they said fall in love
he said fall for me
but no one ever told me it came with a fee
 Feb 2021 Priya
Poetria
good man
 Feb 2021 Priya
Poetria
(i)

when you are good
i soak up your goodness
like a plant under the sun
green for just a season

(ii)

when you are good
you hold a roof above my head
you sew a smile across my face
i question what goodness is

(iii)

when you are good
it hurts my eyes to look at you
you burn across the universe
it hurts to look at anything at all
the people who hurt you can be good to you too. how do you learn how to stop loving somebody you've loved for a lifetime?
 Feb 2021 Priya
Caroline Shank
I have a head full of bitter
change.  Shake me gently
or it will fall out.  Do you
like me enough to tally
the aged money?

You are a stream where
people go to pray.  The
Ganges of the soul.  Weary
of the candles floating on
the prayers of lesser sinners
you ask only for confession.

You send the lighted candles
downstream.  Forgiveness
is not for the weak, and
shy of life's detritus

you weary of all things that
I leave on the edge of
sorrow.  Oh! River of my
Old age why do you

need me?


Caroline Shank

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