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 Jul 2021 Veronica
Sabene
My mother's shawl,
She wonders why I steal it sometimes,
I steal it because its smells of her,
Her earthly scent brings warmth to my heart,
It reminds me of her embrace,
My father bought her that shawl,
It reminds me of him,
How he cared for her,
And it reminds me of what love is supposed to be
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 Jul 2021 Veronica
Sabene
My mother's shawl,
She wonders why I steal it sometimes,
I steal it because its smells of her,
Her earthly scent brings warmth to my heart,
It reminds me of her embrace,
My father bought her that shawl,
It reminds me of him,
How he cared for her,
And it reminds me of what love is supposed to be
Hey y'all. My friend Riya wrote a poem and it inspired me to write this. Follow both of us on Ig:
@rihahah
@poetrybysabene
 Feb 2021 Veronica
Mikey
lies
 Feb 2021 Veronica
Mikey
"ill always love you"
say it again my darling, that was a beautiful lie.
 Jan 2021 Veronica
Mr Shankley
I kissed a girl with a broken smile;
nothing could come near.
She carved it with a pocket knife;
slit from ear to ear.
And she wears it like her favourite scarf;
it keeps her from the cold.
So I told her its only woven by
her enemies of old.
 Jan 2021 Veronica
Jaxey
numb
 Jan 2021 Veronica
Jaxey
They say pain
makes poetry
so I wondered why
I hadn't been writing
then I remembered
pain is not what I'm feeling
it's what I'm yearning
in all this feeling
of numb
 Jan 2021 Veronica
Colm
Notes
 Jan 2021 Veronica
Colm
These notes were just abandoned pages, until I took them in and they adopted my thoughts. My name as their own.
ME
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