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"contagious" poems
I LOVE MYSELF With all my flaws In my Beautifulness, In my mistakes, In my weakness, In my darkness. I love myself, because I am worth it. I am a high power person who can move mountains with my love, thoughts and dreams I am good, kind, funny, full of life and love, contagious with my explosive energy Some things may be equally essential but nothing is more important than loving oneself And at this moment the love I have for myself goes above and beyond. It could reach the end of the universe if I just unwrap it I love me in my inane, craziest, sanest, beautiful twisted, darkest and funniest way I love me in a way that no one does I love me in my fullest woes I am everything that I can and will be I am frightfully proud of my flaws and proudly wearing them as no one is perfect This is the start of a new journey to me The journey of love and self acceptance The journey to fully embrace and value my own self I allow myself to fall in my stupidest and biggest way, just to get back up and catch my breath again Failure will not stop me but make me stronger I am fully seeing me and smiling at my imperfected and distorted reflection Hugging myself so tightly, refusing to let go The more I am spending time with me, The more and more my love grows Is it bad for my health ? I do not think so. It’s true, I am better, happier, more free, powerful, at peace The sun is shining on me I don’t need no help to be beautiful, ‘cause I’ve got me I’ve got that uncontainable light from within me I am smoldering a treasure, sharing laughter, joy and sadness with myself I have learnt the phases of myself So distant from that little insecure girl I used to know As I allow her opinions to matter I have accepted her difference Her different kind of beauty, I have learned to love This feeling of wholeness, self acceptance, comfort and love, is liberating I wrap myself around my contorted and beautiful else to form a ME As I am, Raw and Real
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Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016 at 6:34 AM UTC
Me, Myself and I
I LOVE MYSELF With all my flaws In my Beautifulness, In my mistakes, In my weakness, In my darkness. I love myself, because I am worth it. I am a high power person who can move mountains with my love, thoughts and dreams I am good, kind, funny, full of life and love, contagious with my explosive energy Some things may be equally essential but nothing is more important than loving oneself And at this moment the love I have for myself goes above and beyond. It could reach the end of the universe if I just unwrap it I love me in my inane, craziest, sanest, beautiful twisted, darkest and funniest way I love me in a way that no one does I love me in my fullest woes I am everything that I can and will be I am frightfully proud of my flaws and proudly wearing them as no one is perfect This is the start of a new journey to me The journey of love and self acceptance The journey to fully embrace and value my own self I allow myself to fall in my stupidest and biggest way, just to get back up and catch my breath again Failure will not stop me but make me stronger I am fully seeing me and smiling at my imperfected and distorted reflection Hugging myself so tightly, refusing to let go The more I am spending time with me, The more and more my love grows Is it bad for my health ? I do not think so. It’s true, I am better, happier, more free, powerful, at peace The sun is shining on me I don’t need no help to be beautiful, ‘cause I’ve got me I’ve got that uncontainable light from within me I am smoldering a treasure, sharing laughter, joy and sadness with myself I have learnt the phases of myself So distant from that little insecure girl I used to know As I allow her opinions to matter I have accepted her difference Her different kind of beauty, I have learned to love This feeling of wholeness, self acceptance, comfort and love, is liberating I wrap myself around my contorted and beautiful else to form a ME As I am, Raw and Real
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Friendship isn’t about being liked It isn’t about being invited to that party It isn’t about being picked first in gym class It isn’t about being popular Friendship is about having that shoulder to cry on when you’re not invited When you’re picked last When you’re sitting alone at lunch It’s about having that person who lets you be you Who makes you feel good                                           loved                                                    proud Therefore friendship isn’t about just anyone to me It’s about one It’s about one girl who makes me feel all these things Who makes me feel good                                        loved                                               proud It’s about one girl who is always there for me Who makes me smile every morning Who makes me want to be better but still makes me happy to be me It’s about my best friend But it’s not about how we’re best friends, anyone could be It’s about the million little things, that no one could be but her It’s about the way she’s always happy to see me It’s about the way she laughs with me when everyone else stares It’s about how when she smiles, she glows and it’s contagious It’s about the way she just is, and how it makes me Everything about her, the million little things that make her up That is what our friendship is to me That’s what friendship is It’s love.
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Nov 27, 2011
Nov 27, 2011 at 8:52 PM UTC
"Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things"
Friendship isn’t about being liked It isn’t about being invited to that party It isn’t about being picked first in gym class It isn’t about being popular Friendship is about having that shoulder to cry on when you’re not invited When you’re picked last When you’re sitting alone at lunch It’s about having that person who lets you be you Who makes you feel good                                           loved                                                    proud Therefore friendship isn’t about just anyone to me It’s about one It’s about one girl who makes me feel all these things Who makes me feel good                                        loved                                               proud It’s about one girl who is always there for me Who makes me smile every morning Who makes me want to be better but still makes me happy to be me It’s about my best friend But it’s not about how we’re best friends, anyone could be It’s about the million little things, that no one could be but her It’s about the way she’s always happy to see me It’s about the way she laughs with me when everyone else stares It’s about how when she smiles, she glows and it’s contagious It’s about the way she just is, and how it makes me Everything about her, the million little things that make her up That is what our friendship is to me That’s what friendship is It’s love.
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Lovesick and you've got the cure. Got all these symptoms. You know what for. Don't be afraid of this contagious disease, Just take my requisition form. I've made room for you in my atria and ventricle. You're the capillary to my arteriole and venule. You're the amniotic fluid to the child in my heart. I find you even in the interstitial parts. Treatment like uours is like a centrifugAl force. So be the **** stasis my heart is longing for. Some homeostasis is what we need. We will make compromises to succeed. Lay me supine and you in prone. Sensory neurons fire Exocrine glands make to pressure Spark endocrine glands to hear you moan. Without your heart I'd be anemic. Withiutbyour arms I'd be half a paraplegic. Your kisses give me air, without them I'm cyatonic. You're the fibrin in my veins, to my pain an anesthetic. I'm ready for some long-term care and affection. Got a chronic condition that needs your attention. I k now I'm concluded, parts of me sclerosed. Don't wait post mortem to know that you're the most.
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Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 3:51 PM UTC
a medical love letter
Never let someone else decide how good you are. And never make an exception to that rule. Your words, and your unique we of expressing them, are a gift given to you. If someone else doesn't appreciate them, then good for them. It's not their gift, so it has nothing to do with them. Its your responsibility to respect your gifts and to protect them from negativity; typical of these lower life forms, called Haters; annoying little creatures that feed off of other people's energy and hard work - they spawn fairly quickly and dewl in the depths of social media, hidden behind computer and smartphone screens. Usually over-weight, bad breath, single and filthy broke. Hindered by limited hand-eye coordination; they simply **** at every thing. They are pretty pathetic, in person. I mean they look human, but have no spinal cord, so they don't stand up straight. Their habitats similar to that of a large roach, just messier with and more filth. I hear they are contagious, so be careful. Don't let their negativity rub off on you, or you will end up like one of them. A soulless zombie, paroling posts looking for a something stupid to say.
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May 10, 2014
May 10, 2014 at 8:20 PM UTC
Haters
I hope that you will smile today and give yourself a break. A smile can be great medicine. It helps when hearts might ache. Perhaps, if you try hard enough, the smile becomes a grin. And when you've worn it long enough, you'll feel it grow and then... The grin becomes a chuckle and it then becomes a laugh. And everyone will wonder if you've made a social gaffe. For laughter is contagious and it helps to get us through. Here's hoping that today will bring some happiness to you.
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Aug 22, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 at 10:24 AM UTC
Smile
Capricorns, Capricorns are ruled and schooled by the planet Saturn, Saturn, Saturn. A bandit with a similar pattern, pattern, pattern. Capricorns, Capricorns are brethren from a legion; a legion of an atmosphere of the southern-hemisphere; in the equatorial region. At an angle, angle, angle; Capricorns, Capricorns are angels of Aquarius and Sagittarius. They’re boisterous, courageous, contagious, glamorous, prestigious, rebellious, various and victorious-goats, goats, goats! Capricorns, Capricorns cope, devote, note and quote, quote, quote. They’re ambitions with superstitions and various missions, missions, missions! They’re novelties and poverties, revelations and revolutionaries, revolutionaries, revolutionaries. Capricorns, Capricorns are theories and visionaries, visionaries, visionaries. They’re objects, projects and rejects. They’re leaders and readers that are poetically, negatively or positively dictatorial and doctorial!  Some are historical, optical, political and radical; authentic, eccentric, neurotic, poetic, theoretic, theoretic, theoretic. Unicorns, Unicorns are biblical and mythical, mythical, mythical; they’re ****** exotic, iconic, ironic, magic, nostalgic creatures, creatures, creatures. Their features resembling a horse of course, of course. Furthermore, they’re fierce and a force. They’re a breed and creed of desire, fire and perspire, perspire, perspire, perspire! They’re viral, viral, viral! This partial, sworn steed; born awesome, awesome, awesome and too blossom, blossom, blossom. Unicorn’s spiral, crescent horn usually projecting and protruding from their foreheads. Rough and tough enough too pierce, pierce, pierce! Unicorns, Unicorns are defendants, independents and pendants. Hark! Hark! Hark! They’re brilliant and resilient sparks, sparks, sparks! They’re told as bold, old art, from the heart, from the start. Unicorns, Unicorns are fillers and pillars of guide, pride and stride, stride, stride. They’re along for the long, long, long ride... Unicorns, Unicorns are strong, strong, strong! Some as a song, song, song, some throng, throng, throng, some wrong, wrong, wrong. As a child, child, child; wild, wild, wild! Unicorns, Unicorns overwhelm, overwhelm, overwhelm. Their domicile realm, apparently, inherently and originally belonging from India; alleluia, alleluia for India, India, India! Capricorns and Unicorns; two different creations. Capricorns and Unicorns; two different relations. Capricorns and Unicorns; two different situations and superstitions. They’re rainbows that glow, know and show. They’re of borrow, of sorrow and of our tomorrow.
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Mar 29, 2012
Mar 29, 2012 at 9:12 PM UTC
POEM ENTITLED: “CAPRICORNS AND UNICORNS”
Capricorns, Capricorns are ruled and schooled by the planet Saturn, Saturn, Saturn. A bandit with a similar pattern, pattern, pattern. Capricorns, Capricorns are brethren from a legion; a legion of an atmosphere of the southern-hemisphere; in the equatorial region. At an angle, angle, angle; Capricorns, Capricorns are angels of Aquarius and Sagittarius. They’re boisterous, courageous, contagious, glamorous, prestigious, rebellious, various and victorious-goats, goats, goats! Capricorns, Capricorns cope, devote, note and quote, quote, quote. They’re ambitions with superstitions and various missions, missions, missions! They’re novelties and poverties, revelations and revolutionaries, revolutionaries, revolutionaries. Capricorns, Capricorns are theories and visionaries, visionaries, visionaries. They’re objects, projects and rejects. They’re leaders and readers that are poetically, negatively or positively dictatorial and doctorial!  Some are historical, optical, political and radical; authentic, eccentric, neurotic, poetic, theoretic, theoretic, theoretic. Unicorns, Unicorns are biblical and mythical, mythical, mythical; they’re ****** exotic, iconic, ironic, magic, nostalgic creatures, creatures, creatures. Their features resembling a horse of course, of course. Furthermore, they’re fierce and a force. They’re a breed and creed of desire, fire and perspire, perspire, perspire, perspire! They’re viral, viral, viral! This partial, sworn steed; born awesome, awesome, awesome and too blossom, blossom, blossom. Unicorn’s spiral, crescent horn usually projecting and protruding from their foreheads. Rough and tough enough too pierce, pierce, pierce! Unicorns, Unicorns are defendants, independents and pendants. Hark! Hark! Hark! They’re brilliant and resilient sparks, sparks, sparks! They’re told as bold, old art, from the heart, from the start. Unicorns, Unicorns are fillers and pillars of guide, pride and stride, stride, stride. They’re along for the long, long, long ride... Unicorns, Unicorns are strong, strong, strong! Some as a song, song, song, some throng, throng, throng, some wrong, wrong, wrong. As a child, child, child; wild, wild, wild! Unicorns, Unicorns overwhelm, overwhelm, overwhelm. Their domicile realm, apparently, inherently and originally belonging from India; alleluia, alleluia for India, India, India! Capricorns and Unicorns; two different creations. Capricorns and Unicorns; two different relations. Capricorns and Unicorns; two different situations and superstitions. They’re rainbows that glow, know and show. They’re of borrow, of sorrow and of our tomorrow.
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Don’t fall in love with me. There are days when I get sad without a reason and I just stare at the ceiling with tears streaming down my face. Don’t fall in love with me. On those days, I don’t talk to anyone. I just bury myself in my bed and think about how I became this mess of sadness. Don’t fall in love with me. I will become attached to you and I will cry myself to sleep if you don’t text me good night before you go to sleep and I will convince myself that it’s because you got tired of me. Don’t fall in love with me. I’m too much. I will depend on you. I need attention, much more than other people. I’ll talk to you in metaphors and make you one. I’ll write poems about you and opening up my skin at 2 A.M. Don’t fall in love with me. I couldn’t stand you coming home to find me on the bathroom floor shaking and crying, with blood spilling from my wrists. I couldn’t stand seeing the disappointment in your eyes. Don’t fall in love with me. I will pour everything I’ve left of me into you, every bit of love, until I have nothing to give. Until I become completely empty. Don’t fall in love with me. I’m scared that my sadness is contagious. Don’t fall in love with me. I will replay your sweet words in my head when I hate myself so much that I want to die. Your words will be the only thing that make me stay. Don’t fall in love with me. You will live in fear. You won’t be able to leave me, because you’d know if you did, I wouldn’t have anything to live for. Don’t fall in love with me. Before I met you, there wasn’t a single person who could’ve made me stay. You’re my reason now. Don’t fall in love with me. Because I will fall in love with you.
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Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 2:11 AM UTC
Don't fall in love with me
Don’t fall in love with me. There are days when I get sad without a reason and I just stare at the ceiling with tears streaming down my face. Don’t fall in love with me. On those days, I don’t talk to anyone. I just bury myself in my bed and think about how I became this mess of sadness. Don’t fall in love with me. I will become attached to you and I will cry myself to sleep if you don’t text me good night before you go to sleep and I will convince myself that it’s because you got tired of me. Don’t fall in love with me. I’m too much. I will depend on you. I need attention, much more than other people. I’ll talk to you in metaphors and make you one. I’ll write poems about you and opening up my skin at 2 A.M. Don’t fall in love with me. I couldn’t stand you coming home to find me on the bathroom floor shaking and crying, with blood spilling from my wrists. I couldn’t stand seeing the disappointment in your eyes. Don’t fall in love with me. I will pour everything I’ve left of me into you, every bit of love, until I have nothing to give. Until I become completely empty. Don’t fall in love with me. I’m scared that my sadness is contagious. Don’t fall in love with me. I will replay your sweet words in my head when I hate myself so much that I want to die. Your words will be the only thing that make me stay. Don’t fall in love with me. You will live in fear. You won’t be able to leave me, because you’d know if you did, I wouldn’t have anything to live for. Don’t fall in love with me. Before I met you, there wasn’t a single person who could’ve made me stay. You’re my reason now. Don’t fall in love with me. Because I will fall in love with you.
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It happened in the dark of the night, Scrolling through a story line my attention was caught by a picture, She carried a wondrous smile, bright and very warm and inviting, In response I began to smile as well, beaming in the somber night, Though my smile was not a mirror, it was distorted, yet brighter, I soon understood that my body wanted me to carry on, shine on, Not stopping despite having no reason to grin I began to chuckle, The moonlit night had turned crimson, yet it was more luminous, Was it because of my means, my very purpose of being a bound, Bound to time and fate that I couldn't recall to stop smirking ? Or was it the blooming of a flower in this phantomed moonlight ? I must've stopped asking questions, of transient content, Because, they would ruin the beauty of this contagious expression, Ending up losing the track of time or any means whatsoever, I fell asleep by the melody of the wind, as itecho's through the valley, Even if tomorrow were never to arrive, I wouldn't care less, For now, just let me rest my eyes. ~ Umi
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May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018 at 6:17 PM UTC
Smile
Set the alarm Lock the doors Lock the windows Lock the shutters Find the cricket bat – “put it by your bed” Say goodnight to mom and dad Although young, not naïve I knew every night had the possibility of being my last A routine that is now muscle memory. Fear – You may think But life – Normal for me. Wake up Turn off the alarm Unlock the doors Open the windows Open the shutters Put the cricket bat in the cupboard Never being able to be left alone at home. Unwillingly dragged from store to store. But – that’s the thing – People don’t know the real Her, They know the exquisite scenery, the unforgettable wildlife They don’t know… But I do. Because She is my home Because being in constant fear for my life – is normal. Confused – What do I tell people about Mother when they ask? The person who raised me, taught me how to be grateful, how to ride a bike,         how to love. Do I tell them? Will I scare them? Although hidden beneath the tyranny – I would say – the bloodshed the faces of malnourished children left for dead on the side of the road the poverty struck soil the corruption      the greed the hunger the death the separation of class and race Although a place feared – Africa. My Africa – Whose sunshine you feel ignited in your soul My Africa – Whose smile is irresistibly contagious My Africa – Whose heart lies in the grassy terrain The golden dunes of sand The never-ending mountain tops My Africa – Who is the heart of various people            cultures    languages           All who call Her home. She is – Where my heart lies even if I am thousands of miles away Where my mind wanders from day to day. Her air, instantly calls you Her smell, instantly smelt Welcoming you ever so dearly –       Home. Like all good mothers, She is the one who can handle both the tranquil and turmoil, the love and war. She is my home. She is who I fear of disappointing. My Africa – is beautiful.
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Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 8:44 AM UTC
Africa
Set the alarm Lock the doors Lock the windows Lock the shutters Find the cricket bat – “put it by your bed” Say goodnight to mom and dad Although young, not naïve I knew every night had the possibility of being my last A routine that is now muscle memory. Fear – You may think But life – Normal for me. Wake up Turn off the alarm Unlock the doors Open the windows Open the shutters Put the cricket bat in the cupboard Never being able to be left alone at home. Unwillingly dragged from store to store. But – that’s the thing – People don’t know the real Her, They know the exquisite scenery, the unforgettable wildlife They don’t know… But I do. Because She is my home Because being in constant fear for my life – is normal. Confused – What do I tell people about Mother when they ask? The person who raised me, taught me how to be grateful, how to ride a bike,         how to love. Do I tell them? Will I scare them? Although hidden beneath the tyranny – I would say – the bloodshed the faces of malnourished children left for dead on the side of the road the poverty struck soil the corruption      the greed the hunger the death the separation of class and race Although a place feared – Africa. My Africa – Whose sunshine you feel ignited in your soul My Africa – Whose smile is irresistibly contagious My Africa – Whose heart lies in the grassy terrain The golden dunes of sand The never-ending mountain tops My Africa – Who is the heart of various people            cultures    languages           All who call Her home. She is – Where my heart lies even if I am thousands of miles away Where my mind wanders from day to day. Her air, instantly calls you Her smell, instantly smelt Welcoming you ever so dearly –       Home. Like all good mothers, She is the one who can handle both the tranquil and turmoil, the love and war. She is my home. She is who I fear of disappointing. My Africa – is beautiful.
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Inner beauty is to me The hardest and easiest thing to see Hard because of the world we're in Easy because my eyes aren't dim Don't get down because of your reflection Because inner beauty is like a contagious infection When you find it, others do too So to be beautiful, it's all up to you Everyone has it, though it's not always found You must believe in you and turn your life around Because when you glow everyone will see The true you and your inner beauty... - max friedman
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Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013 at 10:16 PM UTC
Inner Beauty
A rainy dreary Halloween from 2006. Candlelit late night bedroom phone calls. Your dream about a train ride and mushroom farmers. My dream about hidden cities. "I want to feed you ****** and a muscle relaxer and **** the **** out of you" How long has it been Now? Too long maybe, some lines are stretched too thin, through waiting and longing, love and lust and the once closest of friendships, Stretched like Taffy till nearly gossamer strands wound meandering miles of complex life events and other unshared memories. A too familiar voice. Echoes of "I want you to have the perfect blow job" Spaces in conversations that would have been empty if not for the most contagious laugh I've ever heard. One not matched before or since. Can you live in the past and long for the future? Is it greedy to desire more of something that was already so sweet? I don't tell anyone about my dreams now. Candles sit on.the shelf primarily unlit. There are no more secret cities. No mushroom farmers or train rides But there are still threads Stretched like Taffy but woven like a tapestry. Across time and distance. Made of memories. All you'd have to do Is tug on a thread.
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Mar 26, 2015
Mar 26, 2015 at 7:18 PM UTC
Of Secret cities, mushroom farmers, threads between them and the perfect *******
Inner beauty is to me The hardest and easiest thing to see Hard because of the world we're in Easy because my eyes aren't dim Don't get down because of your reflection Because inner beauty is like a contagious infection When you find it, others do too So to be beautiful, it's all up to you Everyone has it, though it's not always found You must believe in you and turn your life around Because when you glow everyone will see The true you and your inner beauty... - max friedman
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Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013 at 10:16 PM UTC
Inner Beauty
My sisters have witchy feet. Their words, not mine. If someone else puts them down I firmly draw the line. When they are laughing, Just because they are together, The joy I hear from them Seems to change the weather. It might be chilly or gray But today the clouds evaporate. Inside it’s all warm and cozy, And I do not exaggerate. They manage to find something That they can all laugh about Even when that laughter rises To the level of three sided shouts. It usually starts when one dances And turns it into a wiggle. Then all three of them break out In wild, uncontrollable giggles. Or a memory will get triggered Of something outrageous And the laughter takes over. It is immediately contagious. I am always rewarded by this Circus of the instantly absurd That turns into the best of all Sounds I have ever heard. May I wish all of you have What has happened to me; To have such close members Of our often silly family.
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Jan 15, 2017
Jan 15, 2017 at 9:05 PM UTC
WITCHY FEET
I have a sickness, which is contagious, spreading with quickness, which is outrageous. Every person I look upon, is struck with the feelings of hate, soon these feelings will be gone, as someone else carries this weight. Is there a cure for what I feel? Must i react with such zeal?
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 6:48 PM UTC
Anger
My King, At sixteen we have the world at our feet. We're building our future with unsteady hands. One day we might run, leaving this little town in the dust. Hand in hand. Crowns atop our heads. The two of us against the world, off to build our own castle. Battles raging around and between us, but we will win them. One day we will walk through the doors of our castle, our kingdom, our home. One day our story will be told. They will tell it. We will tell it. To the little princess or prince that fills our castle with the pattering of little feet, beyond contagious laughter, and more mess than we'll feel we can handle. It will be wonderful, an adventure we face together. A journey through life, all our own                                                                   Love, your Queen.
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Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017 at 8:46 PM UTC
Journey to our kingdom
You're my storm cloud disguised as sunshine but your masquerade never stops the rain. Laughs like lightning flashing across your face sharp and dangerous, followed by the thunder of my ignorance, cluing you in on how far your lies stretch into my desperation to be wanted. Lightning. Thunder. Oh I never thought I was that funny Your electric strings Pull the punch lines out of my mouth. Thunder. The lightning's best friend. Thunder. You must really like me You must have told your friends about me too. Because that cackles coming out of their throats when I tell a joke sound just like the storm, the zigzags of fire that tear through the clouds. telling me how funny I am, how much they love having me around. How you need me. Time for my response… its my job right? Thunder. Thunder. Why is it now that the way you curl your lips when I make my jokes looking less and less like a smile? Your friends know that shape and they know how to make their lips look the same way. Is it some contagious thing that they all have, and disease passed around the room every time that lightning escapes. But they all think I am funny It must just be a friend thing… I should learn how to do it too. Thunder. Thunder. Streaming pixels Blurry faces of “friends” it must have been a mistake The love me next time, I’ll make sure to clear it up with them why wouldn't they want me to attend? Thunder. Thunder. Glances like knives Darting through the air like flies and infestation of insects that carry messages that I don’t understand. But they do. Like a major league team catch after catch never missing those eyes that seem a little bit darker and a little bit colder. Passing the ball around the bases returning the favor. Why can’t I grip ball that seems to bind them all together leaving trails of text messages and parties that I was not invited to this ball that seems to always keep me on the outfield. And how come everytime that ball goes around and around…. its feels like a punch to the stomach never ceasing to knock me down and leave me breathless. This must be what friendship feels like… Thunder. Is it? because I look around these hallways where I always walk to fast trying to keep up yet I am always one step behind. I see that these other girls walk in straight lines arms joined so that no one falls too far behind yet I’m always walking in dizzy circles wondering when they will turn around to see if I am still following, still standing, still funny. Thunder, the lightning's best friend… but that is never who I was to you.
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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:49 PM UTC
Funny :)
You're my storm cloud disguised as sunshine but your masquerade never stops the rain. Laughs like lightning flashing across your face sharp and dangerous, followed by the thunder of my ignorance, cluing you in on how far your lies stretch into my desperation to be wanted. Lightning. Thunder. Oh I never thought I was that funny Your electric strings Pull the punch lines out of my mouth. Thunder. The lightning's best friend. Thunder. You must really like me You must have told your friends about me too. Because that cackles coming out of their throats when I tell a joke sound just like the storm, the zigzags of fire that tear through the clouds. telling me how funny I am, how much they love having me around. How you need me. Time for my response… its my job right? Thunder. Thunder. Why is it now that the way you curl your lips when I make my jokes looking less and less like a smile? Your friends know that shape and they know how to make their lips look the same way. Is it some contagious thing that they all have, and disease passed around the room every time that lightning escapes. But they all think I am funny It must just be a friend thing… I should learn how to do it too. Thunder. Thunder. Streaming pixels Blurry faces of “friends” it must have been a mistake The love me next time, I’ll make sure to clear it up with them why wouldn't they want me to attend? Thunder. Thunder. Glances like knives Darting through the air like flies and infestation of insects that carry messages that I don’t understand. But they do. Like a major league team catch after catch never missing those eyes that seem a little bit darker and a little bit colder. Passing the ball around the bases returning the favor. Why can’t I grip ball that seems to bind them all together leaving trails of text messages and parties that I was not invited to this ball that seems to always keep me on the outfield. And how come everytime that ball goes around and around…. its feels like a punch to the stomach never ceasing to knock me down and leave me breathless. This must be what friendship feels like… Thunder. Is it? because I look around these hallways where I always walk to fast trying to keep up yet I am always one step behind. I see that these other girls walk in straight lines arms joined so that no one falls too far behind yet I’m always walking in dizzy circles wondering when they will turn around to see if I am still following, still standing, still funny. Thunder, the lightning's best friend… but that is never who I was to you.
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pompeii runs through our veins, hot with the taste of ash & decay. some of us are fortunate enough to become ruins; others are ruinous, sepulchers of epidemics, air-born, contagious. a disease that could make London a cemetery. we dress ourselves up like relics, clothed in silk and gold and gossamer, as if they could one day be armor. as if they could bring us safety. as if we deserve such things when everything we touch rusts. it takes only twenty-two years for the average person to realize they are a weapon. that words are knives and actions are razor blades, as if to remind the living that we came into the world screaming— and we have never been silent since. we are the Morrigans, the cursed women, those whose destiny is entwined with death. we court death, invite her to our dinner table every night, let her sleep in the guest room, leave the doors and windows unlocked for her. death, we realize as women forced to bear the weight of the dead on our shoulders, never comes as a thief. she comes as a lover, smelling of lilac, a grin too white and too large to be human. still, we invite her in, because even death, regardless of form, makes for better company than the empty dark.
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Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 at 10:46 PM UTC
small comforts like dying alone
If you weren't dark skin you'd blush, You and your pleasantly "spring" demeanor, blooming smiles in secret inside your hazmat suit, from any type of feelings, you are already infected, -- and contagious, yet refuse to admit the goosebumps on your neck, without the fortunate luxury of showing your emotion society has deemed you timeless, an eloquent flagrant aroma, the definition of fine wine with a zest -- a spiciness of an impatient "summer", you are warm, and the stem of your smiles comes with thorns of poison, weapons of mass destruction, so you're cloaked, tucked away from societal norms, and expectations --  who are we to judge, you are correct, your skin, is the right tone, to grab the attention for all the unwelcome, literal and figuratively baring a cluster of ideas, wants, desires -- requested by only the elite, pasteurized and preserved until then.
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 7:56 PM UTC
(daughter of Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet) the un-Suppression of the Black Woman pt.1
I remember you from your beautiful smile your cinnamon scented hair your contagious laughter your nail-biting addiction your pointless insecurities to our silly inside jokes our dumb little fights our peculiar bets our goofy text messages through tears and smiles you were the only one who understood my unspoken words my concealed pain my unexpressed happiness my puzzled feelings counting your days we recalled our mischievous memories when we danced in the rain when we rang doorbells and ran away when we pranked the gullible ones when we stole Ikea pencils when we fangirled over stunning guys when we were together everything turn into excitements moments with you I remember them all, Grace it was a week before December twenty-fifth when the monstrous cells stopped your heart a glimpse of smile appeared upon your face as you're being taken far away from us skin turned pale body stiffened tears flooded my sight there were wailing across the room time flies like a bullet train without you it's a rainy day today you've always loved rainy days sinking my knees in the dew-wet grass raindrops whisper in my ears as I brush off the gray snow from your stone I still remember you, Grace I still do
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 5:27 AM UTC
For My Grace
what i cant understand is how people can write poetry about the flowers or the sunshine it just seems so irrelevant when there are so many more beautiful things to write about like your dainty, thin, long fingers and the way your lips emit a tiny bit of air when you pronounce ‘th’ words your towering, awkward, bony body loosely, limply entwined in mine that make up your gentle, comforting hugs how melodic your voice is, almost lulling me to sleep your contagious, animated smile how you write as if embroidering the pages gracefully, an art and the words float mid-lines reflecting how your thoughts float among the clouds doolally detonations of enigmatic pure excitement   over the most extraneous of matters your eyes, the captivating bluish-steel of a mid-winter night sky their flare, and the way they light up when you maunder lovingly of such passions alas perhaps, poetry about plants or the weather are just as beautiful but i would not know for even the planet, and nature and sheer beauty of life seems pale in prejudiced comparison to your radiance and how bright you make my insides feel
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Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015 at 9:15 PM UTC
Bias Among The Tulips
Your colors are so heavy, how dare I, I cannot sleep. Years inundated under, through skin coils, marigold fields. Yellow crocuses, orange California poppies. Moors of cattle ranchers, yokes of oxen. Plasticine uber-confidence, silky white-skinned testubular thrice people harmonies. Blisses of contagion, contagious bliss. Wrists and incisors, tying down in a bedroom, waking up to live harps and choruses. You dance like you're so alive, but I'm so alive I can't dance. Or breathe. Or knead my fists of earthen wears, or sell my soul completely. I drove off a cliff last night, but the four foot fall ended neatly. The plateau authors my chance to sew my bright, beyond- my fortunes. But the hour before I fall asleep, seems to be the greatest torture.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 4:54 AM UTC
good night moon
Her man had left for California. Left her with nothing but the dog to fight the emptiness of her apartment. She told me she couldn't sleep anymore, told me she couldn't eat anymore. She got sick, so sick— swore that it was tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid fever— My experience led me to my own diagnosis; another case of a love long lost. I didn't have the heart to tell her. Instead I slept with her, despite the risk of sickness. She was afraid it was contagious. I laughed, told her I would take the risk. I stayed there two weeks, laughing. She could eat again, she could smile again, she made up love late into the night. It seemed like this quarantine was paradise. Till up one night there was a knock on the door. It seemed like her bags were already packed. It seemed like she was gone within the few moments it took to see who it was behind the door. Told me to lock up the apartment, leave the key under the *** of wilted hydrangeas. He was back from California. It seemed like she was cured— of her malaria, her yellow fever, her cholera— Just like that, a clean bill of health. A modern day miracle. It seemed to have been contagious, after all.
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Aug 21, 2013
Aug 21, 2013 at 1:06 PM UTC
Think I'm Coming Down With Something
I look down at my hands There I see they seem to be fading away I feel like a pill dissolving in a cup of water I can no longer see my hands Just a blur of my wrists The fading continues Why do I have to leave when everyone else can stay I am leaving Leaving forever I try to call for help But no one answers I see everyone else carrying on but no one talks No one helps I can tell they know I am here Side glances Whispers They know I need help Maybe they just don’t want to Maybe they don’t want to be needing help too Loneliness isn’t contagious I am fading more Now I know they want no part of me Now I am almost gone I will be gone forever I wonder what they will do When I am gone I don’t think they will care If they don’t care when I need help Why would they care when I don’t
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Oct 21, 2018
Oct 21, 2018 at 7:10 PM UTC
Fading
Moon is not beautiful She doth not shine golden She drops weakened, white light on creatures craving sleep She sits there and stares At a frightened little world with her cold, chilling glow and a hostility deep It's ingrained in her soul to make the nimbus look fearsome ghastly and pale like a place to hide demons She debases belief We forget our star-wish and thick, we go fishing at nighttime And then, Moon releases a loneliness, cold and we can't elude we're stuck in the hole of This brooding solitude mood and its tole. There's no escaping anytime soon As we start to fear the burning sun And I suppose, this is my loathing of Moon. Moon is contagious. She offers the aid of her presence, unfailing When we're washed down like willows, weakened and wailing And we can sail under her Just as the dime It's a lie that the night's only clock-start for crime When she's out from the hiding place to be bright as Moon can There's not a direction No footpath No overworked plan And when I remember: Beauty needs not a rival I suppose I'll be loving Moon, soon again.
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 10:54 AM UTC
Moon
We all just want to be truly free, Of all the hatred and misery. But the limitations of humans, you see, Is that we can't decide what's meant to be. We can't control what happens around us, Not even prevent tragedies that faze us. And while happy and sad are simultaneous, It seems only the depression becomes contagious. Life is hard, and we all know, When only a mask, can we show. Only one can relate and help us grow, But the breeze carrying love, will rarely blow. I just want to live in happiness, Feel nothing but the eternal bliss. But the only thing that brings me this, Comes from her lips, that one special kiss. But what do I do when she's not here? She may not return, that's what I fear. Her time to go, seems to be near, But I can't let go when I hold her so dear. Each day that passes, what grows is her pain, And as  a human, it's what I can't contain. I'd love to die, but I must refrain, Because that would just drive her totally insane. We don't want to be, not at each others' side, But The Lord didn't make that for us to decide. To know this just happens, sounds like genocide, Losing her is like breathing cyanide. We can only see through our own eyes, We can't comprehend another's demise. It's this very limit that I despise, Because I'll never know when her soul cries. The limitations of being human, Make us permanent catechumens. Only she could restore my faith, But lost I will be, shall I see her wraith. She is all that matters to me, Together forever, we wished we could be. My soul can't escape the depths of this Hell, Without her, there I'll eternally dwell. But her soul being a pure white dove, She saves me with her beauteous love. So I beg thee great Lord, not bound like us, Save her, it's You to whom, her I entrust. She's the one who takes away, The sins that always lead me astray. Lord, you know, for you are not I, She's my Angel, I see in both eyes.
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May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014 at 1:17 AM UTC
The Limitations of Being Human
We all just want to be truly free, Of all the hatred and misery. But the limitations of humans, you see, Is that we can't decide what's meant to be. We can't control what happens around us, Not even prevent tragedies that faze us. And while happy and sad are simultaneous, It seems only the depression becomes contagious. Life is hard, and we all know, When only a mask, can we show. Only one can relate and help us grow, But the breeze carrying love, will rarely blow. I just want to live in happiness, Feel nothing but the eternal bliss. But the only thing that brings me this, Comes from her lips, that one special kiss. But what do I do when she's not here? She may not return, that's what I fear. Her time to go, seems to be near, But I can't let go when I hold her so dear. Each day that passes, what grows is her pain, And as  a human, it's what I can't contain. I'd love to die, but I must refrain, Because that would just drive her totally insane. We don't want to be, not at each others' side, But The Lord didn't make that for us to decide. To know this just happens, sounds like genocide, Losing her is like breathing cyanide. We can only see through our own eyes, We can't comprehend another's demise. It's this very limit that I despise, Because I'll never know when her soul cries. The limitations of being human, Make us permanent catechumens. Only she could restore my faith, But lost I will be, shall I see her wraith. She is all that matters to me, Together forever, we wished we could be. My soul can't escape the depths of this Hell, Without her, there I'll eternally dwell. But her soul being a pure white dove, She saves me with her beauteous love. So I beg thee great Lord, not bound like us, Save her, it's You to whom, her I entrust. She's the one who takes away, The sins that always lead me astray. Lord, you know, for you are not I, She's my Angel, I see in both eyes.
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