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helping the kids with homework• no one told you, was part of the job description paycheck earner a-ok, gruff but tender lover, knowing her special places, building a tree swing, a tree house safe and satisfactory, one the neighbors envy taking them to the hospital for broken arms and chemotherapy, part two of the non-routine but a very possible foreseeable, going to school to give that principal a look that will make him think twice before suspending one of his for defending himself you remember your daddy doing the same for you, forgetting to repeat the tar and hiding that came later the tucking in, the pretense ouch when your end of day scratchy beard ruffling the skin of babies, carrying tissues in a toolbox, never heard of, nevertheless done, tho not a memory defining the future inclusive, definitely a learning ability, a likeability doing homework, nuh uh, no way jose, don’t dare let them know how you never got a gold star, always sat in the back row, outta sight, all day dreaming, chemistry rhymes with mystery, and poetry is rhymes needing a big vocabulary which means lots of words for a man who don’t talk much ain’t exactly his strong suit sure, heard of Shakespeare but never met him, know where the on/off computer button hides, the rest is up to them; got no email address, but taught them sir and ma’am, how to address humans with respect, i’ll promise them anything but not doing any homework, unless it the kind that that makes “a home work
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 9:20 AM UTC
helping the kids with homework
helping the kids with homework• no one told you, was part of the job description paycheck earner a-ok, gruff but tender lover, knowing her special places, building a tree swing, a tree house safe and satisfactory, one the neighbors envy taking them to the hospital for broken arms and chemotherapy, part two of the non-routine but a very possible foreseeable, going to school to give that principal a look that will make him think twice before suspending one of his for defending himself you remember your daddy doing the same for you, forgetting to repeat the tar and hiding that came later the tucking in, the pretense ouch when your end of day scratchy beard ruffling the skin of babies, carrying tissues in a toolbox, never heard of, nevertheless done, tho not a memory defining the future inclusive, definitely a learning ability, a likeability doing homework, nuh uh, no way jose, don’t dare let them know how you never got a gold star, always sat in the back row, outta sight, all day dreaming, chemistry rhymes with mystery, and poetry is rhymes needing a big vocabulary which means lots of words for a man who don’t talk much ain’t exactly his strong suit sure, heard of Shakespeare but never met him, know where the on/off computer button hides, the rest is up to them; got no email address, but taught them sir and ma’am, how to address humans with respect, i’ll promise them anything but not doing any homework, unless it the kind that that makes “a home work
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Depression is hard to understand. The dictionary naively refers to it as, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." But what does the dictionary know about depression? I think depression is more complicated than that. But I don't quite know what that consists of. I've been trying to figure it out for months now, and I just can't seem to understand. I don't know what depression is, but I can tell you what it's not. Depression is not polite. Depression doesn't knock before he barges in. He just lets himself in, unannounced and unexpected, and leaves me gasping for what little air is left in the room. Depression isn't clean. He doesn't tidy up after he makes a mess. He comes into my life like a hurricane, and leaves me to pick up the crumbled pieces of my rubbled life. Depression isn't moral. He steals my happiness and kills my spirit. He doesn't abide by any common rules or laws, he makes his own rules and I have to play by them. Depression isn't popular. The only "friends" he has are his victims. He drags me away from everyone who used to love me, and leaves me isolated in a cold, dark place. Depression isn't respectful. He claws his way into the lives of so many genuine people and drives them to the brink of insanity. He has no regard for my thoughts or my feelings, stomping all over me until there's nothing decent left to salvage. Depression isn't creative. He tells you everything as it is and makes you see all of the terrible things poisoning the world. He doesn't sugarcoat the truth, no matter how much it hurts, and he helped me clearly see even my smallest of flaws. Depression isn't nice. He calls me ugly and tells me I'm worthless. The words he whispers ring in my ears: **** yourself, **** yourself, **** yourself." It's hard to define depression. It doesn't fit into a small box. I've practically driven myself crazy trying to figure out what it is and why this is happening to me. I don't understand depression, and no matter how hard I try to define it, I always fall short. I don't know if depression can ever be defined. While I try aimlessly to define the undefinable, depression ruthlessly takes advantage of me. I can try as much as I'd like, but I don't define depression, depression defines me.
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Mar 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 at 7:05 PM UTC
Defining Depression
Depression is hard to understand. The dictionary naively refers to it as, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." But what does the dictionary know about depression? I think depression is more complicated than that. But I don't quite know what that consists of. I've been trying to figure it out for months now, and I just can't seem to understand. I don't know what depression is, but I can tell you what it's not. Depression is not polite. Depression doesn't knock before he barges in. He just lets himself in, unannounced and unexpected, and leaves me gasping for what little air is left in the room. Depression isn't clean. He doesn't tidy up after he makes a mess. He comes into my life like a hurricane, and leaves me to pick up the crumbled pieces of my rubbled life. Depression isn't moral. He steals my happiness and kills my spirit. He doesn't abide by any common rules or laws, he makes his own rules and I have to play by them. Depression isn't popular. The only "friends" he has are his victims. He drags me away from everyone who used to love me, and leaves me isolated in a cold, dark place. Depression isn't respectful. He claws his way into the lives of so many genuine people and drives them to the brink of insanity. He has no regard for my thoughts or my feelings, stomping all over me until there's nothing decent left to salvage. Depression isn't creative. He tells you everything as it is and makes you see all of the terrible things poisoning the world. He doesn't sugarcoat the truth, no matter how much it hurts, and he helped me clearly see even my smallest of flaws. Depression isn't nice. He calls me ugly and tells me I'm worthless. The words he whispers ring in my ears: **** yourself, **** yourself, **** yourself." It's hard to define depression. It doesn't fit into a small box. I've practically driven myself crazy trying to figure out what it is and why this is happening to me. I don't understand depression, and no matter how hard I try to define it, I always fall short. I don't know if depression can ever be defined. While I try aimlessly to define the undefinable, depression ruthlessly takes advantage of me. I can try as much as I'd like, but I don't define depression, depression defines me.
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oh the joys of time travel to be able to flit between moments of perfection defining moments, inspiring reflection and thought nothing overwhelming just joyous and sweet and everlasting oh the joys of time travel
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Jan 6, 2014
Jan 6, 2014 at 4:39 PM UTC
time travel
The word, defining, muzzles; the drawn line Ousts mistier peers and thrives, murderous, In establishments which imagined lines Can only haunt. Sturdy as potatoes, Stones, without conscience, word and line endure, Given an inch. Not that they're gross (although Afterthought often would have them alter To delicacy, to poise) but that they Shortchange me continuously: whether More or other, they still dissatisfy. Unpoemed, unpictured, the potato Bunches its knobby browns on a vastly Superior page; the blunt stone also.
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Poems, Potatoes
Handsome is not your dancing eyes when you smiles Handsome is not your sunny face or your well built muscle I have never been wrong.. in defining handsome handsome is not your flesh not your looks but a little bit lower than your abdomen Look down... Its your fat wallet in your pocket... Thats handsome...
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Oct 2, 2014
Oct 2, 2014 at 6:04 AM UTC
Handsome
Defeating the power of pain by resilience, and defining themselves by the number of times they get back up , they are making a head towards cherishing the every moment they still have in their own life. Mistaken for being numb, They not even feel the intensity of pain that comes with life, Socially detached , they feel nothing . Oh but they do feel something , In fact they feel everything, The feeling of loss , disappointments and regrets with heavy heart . But the power of resilience does not let their pain to define them , Instead it defines their tenacity and strength !
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 8:12 AM UTC
Power of resilience
We find multiple ways to disconnect Where business and technology intersect We kick one another for cash When we need equilibrium for our economy Our morals disintegrate to ash And we trade away our autonomy But we don't dare reflect Instead we disconnect We turn people into symbols and numbers So we can more comfortably slumber After causing heartbreaking pain Through bureaucratic chains Because face to face Our heart will race And we'll examine our submerged morals That lie in the depths with the coral But our reflection is too much to bear So we cowardly choose not to care The only way we can feel ecstatic Is to turn people into demographics The Internet connects us But also satisfies lust And imitates human contact Which has a negative impact The feeling leaves us sated And we don't feel the need to change Our armor becomes plated And we shoot arrows from long range Because we don't like the idea of being one another We get used to the idea of not seeing one another We disconnect so we don't have to try We disconnect so we can slowly die The ****** disconnection continues As we find more violent avenues We utilize fatal instruments To ****** without the sense Of physically feeling The life we're stealing We stabbed one another with swords Until the bullets soared But we still needed more So we disconnected further And became satellite searchers Studying people through actions Defining them by faction We don't have any interest in their personality or flaws All we're concerned with is if they're breaking the law The law we wrote to tip the scales The law that makes us too big to fail A husband leaves his wife Disconnecting from her life She's left with a child To raise in the wild Until a drone drops a bomb On the struggling single mom She's not an investor So we'll just harvest her worthless life Who'll be her protector When she's near someone we don't like? We **** her from our computer That's the way we casually mute her We carefully cultivated a disconnect To treat one another like insects This mentality will infect Until we interject Once we finally reflect Love will connect
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Oct 26, 2017
Oct 26, 2017 at 6:09 AM UTC
Disconnect
We find multiple ways to disconnect Where business and technology intersect We kick one another for cash When we need equilibrium for our economy Our morals disintegrate to ash And we trade away our autonomy But we don't dare reflect Instead we disconnect We turn people into symbols and numbers So we can more comfortably slumber After causing heartbreaking pain Through bureaucratic chains Because face to face Our heart will race And we'll examine our submerged morals That lie in the depths with the coral But our reflection is too much to bear So we cowardly choose not to care The only way we can feel ecstatic Is to turn people into demographics The Internet connects us But also satisfies lust And imitates human contact Which has a negative impact The feeling leaves us sated And we don't feel the need to change Our armor becomes plated And we shoot arrows from long range Because we don't like the idea of being one another We get used to the idea of not seeing one another We disconnect so we don't have to try We disconnect so we can slowly die The ****** disconnection continues As we find more violent avenues We utilize fatal instruments To ****** without the sense Of physically feeling The life we're stealing We stabbed one another with swords Until the bullets soared But we still needed more So we disconnected further And became satellite searchers Studying people through actions Defining them by faction We don't have any interest in their personality or flaws All we're concerned with is if they're breaking the law The law we wrote to tip the scales The law that makes us too big to fail A husband leaves his wife Disconnecting from her life She's left with a child To raise in the wild Until a drone drops a bomb On the struggling single mom She's not an investor So we'll just harvest her worthless life Who'll be her protector When she's near someone we don't like? We **** her from our computer That's the way we casually mute her We carefully cultivated a disconnect To treat one another like insects This mentality will infect Until we interject Once we finally reflect Love will connect
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Nothing quite makes sense Try defining this Why calculators are only encouraged after high school So "they" can say In America we know trigonometry, calculus Or algebra all in order to pump gas work at Lowe's, Walmart or a restaurant
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 3:17 AM UTC
High school
Overlook the fragile hourglass figure Beyond corsets and pseudo-beauty rules, Endorse thy curves and stretch marks strewn, The dusky skin and frizzy curls, Braille like pimples on the face Discoloration, bumps and pores; This Body shaming, I shall pass. Writhing in pain and humiliation, Drenching in rage and insecurity While I lie, Society curses me Defining and redefining my chastity; 'T was the crop top, the alcohol and the sly behavior. You set the monster free and blame the **** This Victim shaming, I shall pass. Beige and ebony; They call me names blatantly Betwixt skin color and bleached smiles. Laugh and scoff all you want. Harass the Black, detain them, Prejudiced minds rule your dystopian world. This Black shaming, I shall pass. Without creating a labyrinth of stigma, And seeking refugee in collective blame, Let's construct our utopian world Acknowledging all freaks and flaws This Shaming, we shall pass.
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Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 at 8:05 AM UTC
This shaming, I shall pass
#*What is true joy? It's delight which flows without measure from the assurance that through every circumstance and detail of my life God is ever beckoning and drawing me into deeper intimacy with Himself, ever whispering to my heart, “Come closer still.”*#
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Nov 14, 2015
Nov 14, 2015 at 1:18 AM UTC
Defining Joy
Frozen in the darkness silence peacefully shrouds me hoping that I am breathless, praying he wont see, this sublime sorrow I am gasping in the pain swallowing bitter tears seconds from insane. Defining the emotion each and every time trying not to echo, balancing on the line, silence is a killer but not my reason to die hearing in this deafness will always make me cry. The shadows over take me, speak the unspoken curse just as well I am dying can't bear to smell this hearse. Weighed down by lost tomorrows my memory finally broke, why is it always my own hands gripped to make me choke? His hug comforts my stomach blindly in his sleep not knowing in this darkness my eyes can't help but weep, obscurity plays around me tries to steal my breath every time I close my eyes I know I’m close to death. Panic underestimates the power the black withholds carving me so gently, painless as it moulds I sweat out my reaction cause words can't find a voice, helplessly devoted to lay I have no choice. Everything suffocates can't bear to close my eyes repeated optimism as I see how everyone dies, my mind is there to haunt me it never gives me peace all the pills digested at will, still wont make it cease. Night is a blur now confused by chemical reaction convulsions rage as death excels performing its extraction, in the mix I see his face traumatised by my choice, it's made but time has gone his actions futile as sight begins to fade, regret stabs flesh repentantly too late to change effect I know he’ll cry forever at his failure to correct. My selfish, vengeful actions will speak louder than my word he never seen the suicide…do you think he finally heard?
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Aug 8, 2010
Aug 8, 2010 at 7:07 AM UTC
Doctors Permission
Frozen in the darkness silence peacefully shrouds me hoping that I am breathless, praying he wont see, this sublime sorrow I am gasping in the pain swallowing bitter tears seconds from insane. Defining the emotion each and every time trying not to echo, balancing on the line, silence is a killer but not my reason to die hearing in this deafness will always make me cry. The shadows over take me, speak the unspoken curse just as well I am dying can't bear to smell this hearse. Weighed down by lost tomorrows my memory finally broke, why is it always my own hands gripped to make me choke? His hug comforts my stomach blindly in his sleep not knowing in this darkness my eyes can't help but weep, obscurity plays around me tries to steal my breath every time I close my eyes I know I’m close to death. Panic underestimates the power the black withholds carving me so gently, painless as it moulds I sweat out my reaction cause words can't find a voice, helplessly devoted to lay I have no choice. Everything suffocates can't bear to close my eyes repeated optimism as I see how everyone dies, my mind is there to haunt me it never gives me peace all the pills digested at will, still wont make it cease. Night is a blur now confused by chemical reaction convulsions rage as death excels performing its extraction, in the mix I see his face traumatised by my choice, it's made but time has gone his actions futile as sight begins to fade, regret stabs flesh repentantly too late to change effect I know he’ll cry forever at his failure to correct. My selfish, vengeful actions will speak louder than my word he never seen the suicide…do you think he finally heard?
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Nov 2016 - The Fall Line ~ *all the lines of man-made yellows, so tempting threatening...inviting, the subway platform, the street curb, the highway divide the double parallel equal sign that has no solution, remaining hopelessly empty, defining the watery soluble inequality of null* ~~ The Fall Line first heard the phrase months ago in Argentina, standing before the c-shaped Iguazu Falls the fall line where the crystalline basement rock erodes away the oncoming soft sedimentary, there, where, a waterfall is nature-gifted so intuitive, so obvious, what else to call the water's owned edge, line of demarcation, where we grow captivated, mesmerized, knee weak, traumatized and tantalized knew that instant when spoken, The Fall Line, saw inarguable symmetry to so many lives, would be a someday poem selective service phrases stored and someday up recalled, a thousand, maybe more, waiting for the confluence of time and place, to be a mother letting my fluid sac burst, giving birth to a concoction symphonic, the emotions waterfalling, cascading, the precision, vision seconds, when words pour, gush, surge, spill, stream, flow, issue, spurt ~~~ silently crafted in the weeks and months prior, the unconscious drowning in ache and pain of suffocating drudge sludge of everyday living *all the lines of man made yellows, so tempting threatening...inviting the subway platform, the street curb, the highway divide the double parallel equal sign that has no solution remaining empty, defining the inequality of null* the vision infection of the majestic fall line, so accessible in an instance of overwhelm, cornea implanted, the sounding call of sweet blissful whatever one more additional addiction unshakeable, jumping from fall line to fall line, it's the game I am played, but the controller is not in my possess **for the joy stick that drives my actions, toys with me, the human fool jumping from fall line to fall line, unsure of what he desires,** salvation or saving 11/26/16
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Apr 20, 2017
Apr 20, 2017 at 9:41 PM UTC
Nov 2016 - The Fall Line
Nov 2016 - The Fall Line ~ *all the lines of man-made yellows, so tempting threatening...inviting, the subway platform, the street curb, the highway divide the double parallel equal sign that has no solution, remaining hopelessly empty, defining the watery soluble inequality of null* ~~ The Fall Line first heard the phrase months ago in Argentina, standing before the c-shaped Iguazu Falls the fall line where the crystalline basement rock erodes away the oncoming soft sedimentary, there, where, a waterfall is nature-gifted so intuitive, so obvious, what else to call the water's owned edge, line of demarcation, where we grow captivated, mesmerized, knee weak, traumatized and tantalized knew that instant when spoken, The Fall Line, saw inarguable symmetry to so many lives, would be a someday poem selective service phrases stored and someday up recalled, a thousand, maybe more, waiting for the confluence of time and place, to be a mother letting my fluid sac burst, giving birth to a concoction symphonic, the emotions waterfalling, cascading, the precision, vision seconds, when words pour, gush, surge, spill, stream, flow, issue, spurt ~~~ silently crafted in the weeks and months prior, the unconscious drowning in ache and pain of suffocating drudge sludge of everyday living *all the lines of man made yellows, so tempting threatening...inviting the subway platform, the street curb, the highway divide the double parallel equal sign that has no solution remaining empty, defining the inequality of null* the vision infection of the majestic fall line, so accessible in an instance of overwhelm, cornea implanted, the sounding call of sweet blissful whatever one more additional addiction unshakeable, jumping from fall line to fall line, it's the game I am played, but the controller is not in my possess **for the joy stick that drives my actions, toys with me, the human fool jumping from fall line to fall line, unsure of what he desires,** salvation or saving 11/26/16
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Features, my reflection— subtle hints stare back offering wordless reply, their evidence a betrayal of age. A wrinkle looking deeper, mane of face, of head—hairs fresh lacking pigment. Vain attempts made to mend heart, to sooth soul's dread. Testimony of experience of wisdom, persistence, perception, an impotent contraceptive, the argument aberrant. Regret to cloud memory, my youth seeming a flesh and blood cliche. Tiny footnotes heavy with prose, words in bold to distract mind's eye—a demand of attention. Edging out tomb's more beautiful weight of love and heartache of passion's attempt failing, to try again, sinking before succeeding. An era's dusk and dawn anew, life's advent unpredictable—without cause changing. Notion hanging lingering, poisoning future, the venom of defeat an insidious invasion. This new age creeping toward night in this stage my life's sun less bright. Maturity's introduced responsibility, some enjoyable while others to own hostility. A brigand mugging freedom—time for leisure. Spurring combat for what remains of youth, fingers wrapping air in futile seizure. The inevitable to command subservience, presuming ownership of life, though the mature demonstrate the defiance of the immature. Objects, activities, music assaulting ear, their manner, symbols of strict adherence to who once was— a spiteful surrender refusal. A piece of me defining me until no more, years holding power—threatening to change who I am at very core. Canvas construction the colour of murre, rubber toe caps the shade of pure. Design worn since youth, dead and resurrected; a million mile shoe of valorous resistance—insurrection, a Converse rebellion. In torment of age's scars, I'll never be too old to wear my All Stars.
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:18 PM UTC
Converse Rebellion
Features, my reflection— subtle hints stare back offering wordless reply, their evidence a betrayal of age. A wrinkle looking deeper, mane of face, of head—hairs fresh lacking pigment. Vain attempts made to mend heart, to sooth soul's dread. Testimony of experience of wisdom, persistence, perception, an impotent contraceptive, the argument aberrant. Regret to cloud memory, my youth seeming a flesh and blood cliche. Tiny footnotes heavy with prose, words in bold to distract mind's eye—a demand of attention. Edging out tomb's more beautiful weight of love and heartache of passion's attempt failing, to try again, sinking before succeeding. An era's dusk and dawn anew, life's advent unpredictable—without cause changing. Notion hanging lingering, poisoning future, the venom of defeat an insidious invasion. This new age creeping toward night in this stage my life's sun less bright. Maturity's introduced responsibility, some enjoyable while others to own hostility. A brigand mugging freedom—time for leisure. Spurring combat for what remains of youth, fingers wrapping air in futile seizure. The inevitable to command subservience, presuming ownership of life, though the mature demonstrate the defiance of the immature. Objects, activities, music assaulting ear, their manner, symbols of strict adherence to who once was— a spiteful surrender refusal. A piece of me defining me until no more, years holding power—threatening to change who I am at very core. Canvas construction the colour of murre, rubber toe caps the shade of pure. Design worn since youth, dead and resurrected; a million mile shoe of valorous resistance—insurrection, a Converse rebellion. In torment of age's scars, I'll never be too old to wear my All Stars.
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Tar-dark world. The defining color is black, the inky night of her nocturnal hunts and the deep, bottomless dark of her alien retreat. A watcher of men, she is everything and nothing. She might be too much of something, or too little of something else. Time will sort out the particulars. There are no simple entry points – she demands engagement, and to be taken as a whole. Her discomfort is over her own allure, her undisturbed surface. It’s more about intuition and gesture than dialogue. They remain as echoes. They’ve made her beautiful in a real way, with hips and blemishes and dimples in her skin. The imprint of the lives she begins to grapple with as her time on Earth extends, leads her to stop seeing herself as a mere conduit for her mission, and to start developing a sense of subjectivity. Her life force is overlapping, shaping itself into a pattern of rings that simultaneously suggests a birth canal dilating, the stages of a rocket separating, and a lunar eclipse as seen through a telescope’s lens. She's a life-form you can’t quite understand, but it’s carrying on relentlessly, like a beehive, moving backward through the constellations at first approach.
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Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM UTC
First Approach
I dream of a day When "coming out of the closet" Isn't even a thing anymore. When "straight" is just a direction, "Gay" just means cheery, And "bisexual" Isn't even a word anymore. When people look at someone And see a human, Instead of a stigmatized word Defining that person's way Of loving other people. I dream of a day When a man Can hold another man's hand, Without the people around them Whispering "Oh my god, is he gay?" When a girl can kiss another girl Without being called ***** Or attention ****** Or "barsexuals." I dream of a day When love is simply that, LOVE. Not something political, Or religious,  or controversial, But just something beautiful Between two beautiful Human hearts.
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Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 11:42 PM UTC
Closets
I’m Biracial. Which did you notice first? The me that looks like you or the me that looks like other? There is no denying what I am— from my last name to the shape of eyes, you’ll know I’m not white. But you’ll also immediately notice I’m not quite not white. I’m not quite not white enough. White-passing. “extremely” white passing until: someone sees my last name takes longer than five seconds to look at me notices something “other” about me. Other... not one box to check on your “optional” choose one diversity survey Can’t check White. Can’t check Asian. other...“Decline to Answer” I’m Biracial. White-passing— but not enough to stop ignorance ignorance in the form of questions and comments meant to be “harmless” or “curious” but ones that strip me of defining my own identity “So are you a math Asian or a **** Asian?” “You don’t look Asian enough for your last name.” “Why are you trying to whitewash yourself for them?” “Diversity quota” And in comparison, those aren’t the worst things to hear. By age ten I knew which words were meant to hurt and which were meant out of ignorance. Which racial slur applied to me. I’m Biracial. The same system that builds up half of me tears down the other half. But— The model minority myth means something to you. So you’ll build my other half up at the expense of someone else. You’ll make me feel uncomfortable in my own identity to fit what you need in the circumstances Statistics to fit your workplace diversity quota But still white passing so you can use micro aggressions as a joke because I’m “white enough” that they should be funny. I’m Biracial. Not other. Not part you and part not you. Not “missing” something. I am wholly biracial.
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Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 at 4:50 AM UTC
Enough of What?
I’m Biracial. Which did you notice first? The me that looks like you or the me that looks like other? There is no denying what I am— from my last name to the shape of eyes, you’ll know I’m not white. But you’ll also immediately notice I’m not quite not white. I’m not quite not white enough. White-passing. “extremely” white passing until: someone sees my last name takes longer than five seconds to look at me notices something “other” about me. Other... not one box to check on your “optional” choose one diversity survey Can’t check White. Can’t check Asian. other...“Decline to Answer” I’m Biracial. White-passing— but not enough to stop ignorance ignorance in the form of questions and comments meant to be “harmless” or “curious” but ones that strip me of defining my own identity “So are you a math Asian or a **** Asian?” “You don’t look Asian enough for your last name.” “Why are you trying to whitewash yourself for them?” “Diversity quota” And in comparison, those aren’t the worst things to hear. By age ten I knew which words were meant to hurt and which were meant out of ignorance. Which racial slur applied to me. I’m Biracial. The same system that builds up half of me tears down the other half. But— The model minority myth means something to you. So you’ll build my other half up at the expense of someone else. You’ll make me feel uncomfortable in my own identity to fit what you need in the circumstances Statistics to fit your workplace diversity quota But still white passing so you can use micro aggressions as a joke because I’m “white enough” that they should be funny. I’m Biracial. Not other. Not part you and part not you. Not “missing” something. I am wholly biracial.
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I remember when MTV was in its prime, A new voice to represent the new boom Babies growing up since the 80s Louder still through the troubling decades (Maxed out credit no head room) After —the punks in nirvana and rapping clergy It was the only channel on Youthful rebel yell —honest news I remember it pretty well Shaping us generation x y and Personal Jesus New wave good bye to when Childhood then without pain of malnourished Africa or nukes threatening our Cruel summers Were we happier then? So what happens to the music Rockstars rip van wrinkle Geriatric hall of fame (No one lives forever Reruns with the ****** & mr. Ed Now that old neighbor’s dead) Television Nowadays Seem more gangster School shootings terrorists On the train, kamikaze planes, It’s all the same ole Bling kablam oh bits ******* please Redirecting our attention To WMD *** Where the hells are we? I remember back then On MTV —Nicki Minaj says Between the hysterics of police brutality She said Happiness is living your life Without struggle, That stuck with me Because we all watch the tube We all search for meaning Sadly defining what happiness May look like Real World and paradoxical reality TV Para socially defunct Clarity Conditioned to continuously Stay tuned Brief message of empty Hypnosis a pure form of business Wall Street Boulevard of broken dreams I want my Happy. What do I mean To be? Life ***** lately The human condition Talking too much Refusing to see No more talking heads too much Bla bla ******** I want my MTV . Happy . My generation We are the world freedom And yes, Peace. Man kindly as one Symphony And street, a melting *** Of diversity I remember the music The future I had hope to see Behind the shades Circa 80s 90s (Fossils) What time is it then? When will we Begin Again Don’t worry be happy Run Forest run!
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Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019 at 11:55 PM UTC
MTV Happy
I remember when MTV was in its prime, A new voice to represent the new boom Babies growing up since the 80s Louder still through the troubling decades (Maxed out credit no head room) After —the punks in nirvana and rapping clergy It was the only channel on Youthful rebel yell —honest news I remember it pretty well Shaping us generation x y and Personal Jesus New wave good bye to when Childhood then without pain of malnourished Africa or nukes threatening our Cruel summers Were we happier then? So what happens to the music Rockstars rip van wrinkle Geriatric hall of fame (No one lives forever Reruns with the ****** & mr. Ed Now that old neighbor’s dead) Television Nowadays Seem more gangster School shootings terrorists On the train, kamikaze planes, It’s all the same ole Bling kablam oh bits ******* please Redirecting our attention To WMD *** Where the hells are we? I remember back then On MTV —Nicki Minaj says Between the hysterics of police brutality She said Happiness is living your life Without struggle, That stuck with me Because we all watch the tube We all search for meaning Sadly defining what happiness May look like Real World and paradoxical reality TV Para socially defunct Clarity Conditioned to continuously Stay tuned Brief message of empty Hypnosis a pure form of business Wall Street Boulevard of broken dreams I want my Happy. What do I mean To be? Life ***** lately The human condition Talking too much Refusing to see No more talking heads too much Bla bla ******** I want my MTV . Happy . My generation We are the world freedom And yes, Peace. Man kindly as one Symphony And street, a melting *** Of diversity I remember the music The future I had hope to see Behind the shades Circa 80s 90s (Fossils) What time is it then? When will we Begin Again Don’t worry be happy Run Forest run!
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This is for you. My body is scarred. It has been for years now. They are still as fresh as the day they formed. Each one showing. How to survive a little longer in the world. They’re worn daily, just to show you’re alive Every time you look down. The scars, those battle scars Flare up, like diamonds in the light Showing all dimensions of perfection. Fresh on the skin. The human being without scars is a heart without a beat. It’s our statement piece. Defining us into being the warrior we must become. Yet, we wallow in self pity, craving attention. To heal the wounds. Our scars stand by us when all else fails. Showing the darkness behind each soul. Giving light to a person we thought we knew. They're all over my face. Screaming the words; nightmare. Pleading for pride. Each sting, like the wasp's fear. They hurt to remind you they haven't gone. Never will they settle down beside your soul. In peace. Battle scars, those battle scars. Bleed out, shirek out, wail out for acceptance. Which is denied by our lives. Make a soldier out of me, wear my battle scars with courage. Let them taunt my name in disgust. They can shine whenever they want too. But it won't stop me. Let them be my soul companion for life. This life is now mine.
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Sep 22, 2012
Sep 22, 2012 at 10:19 AM UTC
Battle Scars
Fifty years, a lifetime for some, but for me, a blink of an eye, as true love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime, and the years have seemed to me but a few days for the love I have had for her, like great love, lives on, and on I love you more today than yesterday and our love, forever warm, and still to be enjoyed, forever panting and forever young and in the light and warmth of love, our life grows strong and comely, a better dwelling, nor a sweeter I  never found, knowing that the heart that has truly loved never forgets and loves on to the close. No matter what beauties I saw on my way back to you; they are but visits, but you are my home and chance cannot change my love, nor time impair, knowing that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it, as great love lives on, and on. Let us tend love's fire until the end knowing that youth is but an hour, beauty a flower, but love is the jewel that wins the world, and as age enriches true love, these five words I swear to you; I'll be there for you, and know that I'd live and die for you, but my words can't say what love can do, and as you breathe, I want to be the air for you. Somewhere there waits in this world of ours the crowning glory of loving and being loved and what is earth, with all its art, poetry, and music worth---compared with love found and kept, and defining love as two souls in one, two hearts into one heart, and saying that he is not a lover who does not love forever.                                                            Jon York    2017
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Oct 6, 2017
Oct 6, 2017 at 11:56 PM UTC
Brief Is Life, But Love Is Long
Fifty years, a lifetime for some, but for me, a blink of an eye, as true love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime, and the years have seemed to me but a few days for the love I have had for her, like great love, lives on, and on I love you more today than yesterday and our love, forever warm, and still to be enjoyed, forever panting and forever young and in the light and warmth of love, our life grows strong and comely, a better dwelling, nor a sweeter I  never found, knowing that the heart that has truly loved never forgets and loves on to the close. No matter what beauties I saw on my way back to you; they are but visits, but you are my home and chance cannot change my love, nor time impair, knowing that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it, as great love lives on, and on. Let us tend love's fire until the end knowing that youth is but an hour, beauty a flower, but love is the jewel that wins the world, and as age enriches true love, these five words I swear to you; I'll be there for you, and know that I'd live and die for you, but my words can't say what love can do, and as you breathe, I want to be the air for you. Somewhere there waits in this world of ours the crowning glory of loving and being loved and what is earth, with all its art, poetry, and music worth---compared with love found and kept, and defining love as two souls in one, two hearts into one heart, and saying that he is not a lover who does not love forever.                                                            Jon York    2017
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"Poetry is confession, obsession, reflection. Empathic minds, valentines, hope divined. It's a kiss, whispered sweetly" (2) who needs challenges, commissions. kicks~in~le butte~ when heaven heaves rains, one downs tall orders in short shot glass verses, which glossed over at its first communion(cation, come back months later to subtract - another poem from where it lay dormant on the doormat of my sub~sub~terranes of my diluted subconscious au natured dry & rugged terrain a favored poet, a secretive admirer, whoa~whose~her truthful name, I've yet to uncover, but whose one true soul inspires me repeatedly, ana~lyrically licks me into dredging from me un begrudgingly and yet, another love poem, she herself wrote when elixiring (commentating (3)) 'pon one of mine, a long long time ago Alas!  Alack! unnaturally immodest, one concedes, when obviously a Super~Woman!-cedes, seeds in three verses, what I  could never unknot nor uncover so I requite & requote with unlabored pleasure miz patty m's primary terse verse, neither secondary & never tertiary, her absolut perfect mixed drink defining, summarizing, the essences of love *"(Love) Poetry is confession, obsession, reflection. Empathic minds, valentines, hope divined. It's a kiss, whispered sweetly"* I concede, in deed, and in writing, I know nothing, of writing of only love poetry and all the great predecessors, elsewhere lyricized, named and tabulated, by yet another women, (1) I will take my weary words elsewhere, and if perhaps, disguised as a woman, (Natalie, Natasha, Natali see note below) perhaps my verbal herbal insides, my turgid insights, will be shorter, sweeter, but never more completer than those of, who can syncopate it in rhyme and the naming of my predilection, by mid~initial, will give a measuring of solace, and a kiss and hug from my mirrored selfie, having been unsuccessful at my one chosen endeavor, only love poetry, adieu, I, due, utter Nevermore                     M>
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM UTC
"A love poem is a kiss, whispered sweetly"
"Poetry is confession, obsession, reflection. Empathic minds, valentines, hope divined. It's a kiss, whispered sweetly" (2) who needs challenges, commissions. kicks~in~le butte~ when heaven heaves rains, one downs tall orders in short shot glass verses, which glossed over at its first communion(cation, come back months later to subtract - another poem from where it lay dormant on the doormat of my sub~sub~terranes of my diluted subconscious au natured dry & rugged terrain a favored poet, a secretive admirer, whoa~whose~her truthful name, I've yet to uncover, but whose one true soul inspires me repeatedly, ana~lyrically licks me into dredging from me un begrudgingly and yet, another love poem, she herself wrote when elixiring (commentating (3)) 'pon one of mine, a long long time ago Alas!  Alack! unnaturally immodest, one concedes, when obviously a Super~Woman!-cedes, seeds in three verses, what I  could never unknot nor uncover so I requite & requote with unlabored pleasure miz patty m's primary terse verse, neither secondary & never tertiary, her absolut perfect mixed drink defining, summarizing, the essences of love *"(Love) Poetry is confession, obsession, reflection. Empathic minds, valentines, hope divined. It's a kiss, whispered sweetly"* I concede, in deed, and in writing, I know nothing, of writing of only love poetry and all the great predecessors, elsewhere lyricized, named and tabulated, by yet another women, (1) I will take my weary words elsewhere, and if perhaps, disguised as a woman, (Natalie, Natasha, Natali see note below) perhaps my verbal herbal insides, my turgid insights, will be shorter, sweeter, but never more completer than those of, who can syncopate it in rhyme and the naming of my predilection, by mid~initial, will give a measuring of solace, and a kiss and hug from my mirrored selfie, having been unsuccessful at my one chosen endeavor, only love poetry, adieu, I, due, utter Nevermore                     M>
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Crazy, dumd, ugly Give me another word to through in this poem This **** describes me This **** defines me Don't you know? Haven't you heard?! Disappointing, unworthy, AND useless!?!?            Okay.... (Schizophrenia, learning disability, drug use etc.) **** I guess I found an excuss for almost every defining, outlining, "description" about me!!!
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Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 at 3:41 PM UTC
THE TRUTH (lies) INSIDE
She may not have been your prototype teen or hiree. Or of the masses. Or herd. However, she did walk into a McDonald's approach the counter emit an esoteric exchange for help with the cashier and with knowing eyes the cashier directed her to the starting gate. Now with application in hand and blue ribbons in her eyes she was off to the horse races, nervousness riding on her shoulders. In my eyes, she was a longshot to win, where I could see her shoes falling off before the race started. And her imaginary jockey falling off her horse from laughing so hard, for she presented herself through the restaurant and a job interview with a Starbucks frappe, totally oblivious of her unwrapping. It would be like turning up for a Yankee's job in a Red Sox outfit. Who would do this? As the rubberneckers, I looked on. Incredulous. She took her seat at a vacant table carrying her youth awkward. Her looks of brown hair, eyes, and raw innocence complimentary. But those jeans, high risers, with holes in the knees with a white Bebe shirt that hugged her shape shouted trendy but not job interview. Oh, my. She continued the procession extracting info from her phone and filling out her application. No doubt with votive candles at her side and prayers on her lips. And perhaps blue ribbons awaiting. After all, this was her foot in the door. It was at this time I had an epiphany moment tears welling in my eyes as I slipped on hamburger choices and sipped on past life on a teether, totally oblivious, too. It was like looking in the mirror. Her youth and awkwardness and my growing decadence towards the light. When the manager came in and summoned her to the interview table, which was located in the dining room, I saw a little kitten purr inside of her, where her eyes nervously checked her surroundings. At first introduction, the reddening blush on her face and Adam's apple stood pronounced but her low voice was choked. Almost inaudible. As the manager put her calming hands into hers the light turned on all foreboding escaping. All misplaces and tense faces replaced with aces. This was a defining moment for her, as the golden arches braced her feet, making all the rubberneckers, me, proud. Logan Robertson 6/6/2018
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Jun 7, 2018
Jun 7, 2018 at 12:19 AM UTC
Rubbernecking a McDonald's Job Interview
She may not have been your prototype teen or hiree. Or of the masses. Or herd. However, she did walk into a McDonald's approach the counter emit an esoteric exchange for help with the cashier and with knowing eyes the cashier directed her to the starting gate. Now with application in hand and blue ribbons in her eyes she was off to the horse races, nervousness riding on her shoulders. In my eyes, she was a longshot to win, where I could see her shoes falling off before the race started. And her imaginary jockey falling off her horse from laughing so hard, for she presented herself through the restaurant and a job interview with a Starbucks frappe, totally oblivious of her unwrapping. It would be like turning up for a Yankee's job in a Red Sox outfit. Who would do this? As the rubberneckers, I looked on. Incredulous. She took her seat at a vacant table carrying her youth awkward. Her looks of brown hair, eyes, and raw innocence complimentary. But those jeans, high risers, with holes in the knees with a white Bebe shirt that hugged her shape shouted trendy but not job interview. Oh, my. She continued the procession extracting info from her phone and filling out her application. No doubt with votive candles at her side and prayers on her lips. And perhaps blue ribbons awaiting. After all, this was her foot in the door. It was at this time I had an epiphany moment tears welling in my eyes as I slipped on hamburger choices and sipped on past life on a teether, totally oblivious, too. It was like looking in the mirror. Her youth and awkwardness and my growing decadence towards the light. When the manager came in and summoned her to the interview table, which was located in the dining room, I saw a little kitten purr inside of her, where her eyes nervously checked her surroundings. At first introduction, the reddening blush on her face and Adam's apple stood pronounced but her low voice was choked. Almost inaudible. As the manager put her calming hands into hers the light turned on all foreboding escaping. All misplaces and tense faces replaced with aces. This was a defining moment for her, as the golden arches braced her feet, making all the rubberneckers, me, proud. Logan Robertson 6/6/2018
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Electromagnetic Motion Ocean Of Pure Focal Emo-tion. The Very Sound Of The Creators Verse And Rhythm In Loving Notion Pouring Through The Crystalline Endocrine Indoctrinated Shock Ra Of Shocking Unblocking Colorful Tones In Unmolested Focus And Definition. To Flow Your Emo-tions Through Your Core And Manifest In Your Intended Notion All Without The Misidentified Horror Of The Wrongfully And Negatively Defined Emotions, One Finds That The Mere Act Of William Tell And That Apple Upon The Head Must Have Been One Hell Of An Interesting Interaction, Yet Instead Of The Reassuring Smiles And Calm Demeanor Of The Archer As They Lock Eyes, What Pray Tell You Think The Eyes Of The Archer Looked Like On That Very Frozen In Time Moment As He Released The Arrow To Guided Love Of Perfected Intent And Delivery Of Safe And Demanding Fortitude Of Action To Defeat All Possible Variable , As If To Need To Bend The Very Laws Of Nature If They Were To Cause An Number Of Odd And Unpredictable Events To Derail The Intent Of The Man Shooting The Apple Off The Head Of His Dear Child's Head, For Not A Bird May Pass Between, Not A Gust Of Wind Be Seen, Not An Earthquake Be Fabled To Accrue, Not A Single Action But The Undeterred Focus Of Absolute Might In Will, His Fee Will In Flight. What Might His Eyes Be Relaying In That Frozen Moment? Reassurance, Pity, Fear, Confidence, Or The Electric Fire Of Electromagnetic Motion Ocean Of Pure Focal Emo-tion To Get The **** Thing Done And Without Foolish ******** Reactions To The Real And True Focus Of Emotion, And Pray Tell, What If The Child Mistook This Look In A Moments Notice And Flinched Out Of Concern That The Father Was Angry With Him? Or Is It Best To Realize The Real Importance Of This Story As It Is The Trust In The Definitions Of Intended Focus And Not Of Simple Trust.? ,... Yes, Intended Focus Of Emotions Being Trusted As True And Not Negative In Nature, Dear Friend, Yes. So Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot, Let The Flow Of Emotion Be Free And Not Dictated By The Restraints Of Control And Be Seen And Used In Negative Ways, For These Are The Crimes Against All Mankind And The Bigger Part Of Why Spoken Word Is The Very Spell That Binds The Psyche, For The Focus Of Or The Lack Of Focus Of Emotions True Meaning And Purpose Is The Crime Against All Life Indeed. Live Free And Pilot This Love Ship Successfully By No Longer Defining Self By The Ways And Means That Have Caused Us To Fear Our Own Power To Move Mountains, And Kept Us All Mustard Seeds When We Are Truly  Far More Than You Can Believe. Feel Free, Yes, By All Means Feel Free.
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Nov 7, 2015
Nov 7, 2015 at 2:37 PM UTC
By All Means, Please Feel Free.
Electromagnetic Motion Ocean Of Pure Focal Emo-tion. The Very Sound Of The Creators Verse And Rhythm In Loving Notion Pouring Through The Crystalline Endocrine Indoctrinated Shock Ra Of Shocking Unblocking Colorful Tones In Unmolested Focus And Definition. To Flow Your Emo-tions Through Your Core And Manifest In Your Intended Notion All Without The Misidentified Horror Of The Wrongfully And Negatively Defined Emotions, One Finds That The Mere Act Of William Tell And That Apple Upon The Head Must Have Been One Hell Of An Interesting Interaction, Yet Instead Of The Reassuring Smiles And Calm Demeanor Of The Archer As They Lock Eyes, What Pray Tell You Think The Eyes Of The Archer Looked Like On That Very Frozen In Time Moment As He Released The Arrow To Guided Love Of Perfected Intent And Delivery Of Safe And Demanding Fortitude Of Action To Defeat All Possible Variable , As If To Need To Bend The Very Laws Of Nature If They Were To Cause An Number Of Odd And Unpredictable Events To Derail The Intent Of The Man Shooting The Apple Off The Head Of His Dear Child's Head, For Not A Bird May Pass Between, Not A Gust Of Wind Be Seen, Not An Earthquake Be Fabled To Accrue, Not A Single Action But The Undeterred Focus Of Absolute Might In Will, His Fee Will In Flight. What Might His Eyes Be Relaying In That Frozen Moment? Reassurance, Pity, Fear, Confidence, Or The Electric Fire Of Electromagnetic Motion Ocean Of Pure Focal Emo-tion To Get The **** Thing Done And Without Foolish ******** Reactions To The Real And True Focus Of Emotion, And Pray Tell, What If The Child Mistook This Look In A Moments Notice And Flinched Out Of Concern That The Father Was Angry With Him? Or Is It Best To Realize The Real Importance Of This Story As It Is The Trust In The Definitions Of Intended Focus And Not Of Simple Trust.? ,... Yes, Intended Focus Of Emotions Being Trusted As True And Not Negative In Nature, Dear Friend, Yes. So Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot, Let The Flow Of Emotion Be Free And Not Dictated By The Restraints Of Control And Be Seen And Used In Negative Ways, For These Are The Crimes Against All Mankind And The Bigger Part Of Why Spoken Word Is The Very Spell That Binds The Psyche, For The Focus Of Or The Lack Of Focus Of Emotions True Meaning And Purpose Is The Crime Against All Life Indeed. Live Free And Pilot This Love Ship Successfully By No Longer Defining Self By The Ways And Means That Have Caused Us To Fear Our Own Power To Move Mountains, And Kept Us All Mustard Seeds When We Are Truly  Far More Than You Can Believe. Feel Free, Yes, By All Means Feel Free.
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Speechless thoughts on site Objective strictly unknown Defining subjects involved Choose double meanings Mood swings to decipher Flourishes seek entry Results don't matter Engaging makes us think
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Nov 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM UTC
Mind Games
I wonder what it is that I will love the most. Maybe it’s the way you say a certain word, or that one defining feature; your one crooked tooth when the rest are straight, or the fact your eyes cross every time you cough after a draw. Maybe it’s because your mouth tastes like rice milk and your hands smell like lavender, maybe it’s the way you hold me and keep me still when the entire world is spinning. Maybe it’s because you sing all the songs you know keep me calm, or maybe it’s the way your laugh seems to roll around in your mouth and then hit everyone in the room like it’s the bowling ball and we’re the pins. I wonder what you have been through. I wonder what walls you have hit in your life, and which of those you battered through and which you sat and waiting for the bricks to crumble and fall. I wonder what you will think about when we sit in silence, is it about me? Is it about the ocean, or our dinner? I wonder about a lot of things to do with you, but I do not wonder, nor doubt that I will be uncontrollably and unfaltering-ly in love with you.
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 8:55 PM UTC
Wonder