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To all the goodbyes I say goodnight To everyone that dies I hope it's bright To everyone; With a razor Hand of pills Tied rope Dangling keys Extreme height below Finger over a light trigger Electricity at hand Open propane tank Empty plate, with full glass Stop, think about who you're leaving behind I know my words aren't going to stop you, but just read Did you bother to write and leave a note? Is it worth it then? Saying you're sorry, knowing you'll leave someone behind? Stop. Think about why you're doing it Do you have nobody? Think about your opportunities that'll fly past The chance of ever meeting someone? Did you lose someone? Think about if you'll actually see them again? Being bullied? Fight back, with whatever you have Life shoved you down? No, I'm not asking you to get up! I'm telling you to get your *** into a nap Think about all the possibilities that might not be Think of all the opportunities and people in the future Think of your legacy Think of anything except the pain Now balance the pain and everything else Want to jump? Skyfall Want to shoot? Paintball and games Want to hang? Bungee Want to overdose? Take 10% of it and party Suffocate in propane gas, or blow up? Cook a nice meal, invite a friend or family. Surround yourself. No friends and family? Find a friend, build a family. Want to speed wrong side of the road? Speed on the right side of the road and get carried with the wind, do it over again Want to cut yourself? Cut off the pain and wrong influences Electrocute yourself? Rather save electricity and watch a good movie with friends or family. Have none? Watch a movie alone, play a game online. Make friends, build a family Want to starve yourself so you can get drunker and finally forget it all, when your liver gives in? Eat a lot more, blow off some steam at the gym and build a body that girls/guys would like, attract them and make new friends. Drink with friends. I've tried many things, some of them didn't work out, or I couldn't stay awake longer. Create new dreams if the old ones died. Work hard for them. Achieve something "At least leave a ******* legacy behind" is what my bestfriend, Steph used to say "You can get out of this alive, but maybe a little ****** up, but anything damaged can be repaired" My bestfriend Josh used to say "Life can carry you away without what you thought you needed" my bestfriend Divene used to say Even more quotes from people I've lost in my life, so I ask you just think about it all Still going through with it? Remember it's a one way ticket
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Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 at 7:16 AM UTC
Suicide; the answer
To all the goodbyes I say goodnight To everyone that dies I hope it's bright To everyone; With a razor Hand of pills Tied rope Dangling keys Extreme height below Finger over a light trigger Electricity at hand Open propane tank Empty plate, with full glass Stop, think about who you're leaving behind I know my words aren't going to stop you, but just read Did you bother to write and leave a note? Is it worth it then? Saying you're sorry, knowing you'll leave someone behind? Stop. Think about why you're doing it Do you have nobody? Think about your opportunities that'll fly past The chance of ever meeting someone? Did you lose someone? Think about if you'll actually see them again? Being bullied? Fight back, with whatever you have Life shoved you down? No, I'm not asking you to get up! I'm telling you to get your *** into a nap Think about all the possibilities that might not be Think of all the opportunities and people in the future Think of your legacy Think of anything except the pain Now balance the pain and everything else Want to jump? Skyfall Want to shoot? Paintball and games Want to hang? Bungee Want to overdose? Take 10% of it and party Suffocate in propane gas, or blow up? Cook a nice meal, invite a friend or family. Surround yourself. No friends and family? Find a friend, build a family. Want to speed wrong side of the road? Speed on the right side of the road and get carried with the wind, do it over again Want to cut yourself? Cut off the pain and wrong influences Electrocute yourself? Rather save electricity and watch a good movie with friends or family. Have none? Watch a movie alone, play a game online. Make friends, build a family Want to starve yourself so you can get drunker and finally forget it all, when your liver gives in? Eat a lot more, blow off some steam at the gym and build a body that girls/guys would like, attract them and make new friends. Drink with friends. I've tried many things, some of them didn't work out, or I couldn't stay awake longer. Create new dreams if the old ones died. Work hard for them. Achieve something "At least leave a ******* legacy behind" is what my bestfriend, Steph used to say "You can get out of this alive, but maybe a little ****** up, but anything damaged can be repaired" My bestfriend Josh used to say "Life can carry you away without what you thought you needed" my bestfriend Divene used to say Even more quotes from people I've lost in my life, so I ask you just think about it all Still going through with it? Remember it's a one way ticket
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On whether technology has influenced the seeming rise in mental health issues: The concept of technology as separate than Nature is impossible to pin down, but to say that a lifetime of social pressures, advertising, television, and processed and genetically altered foodstuffs would not affect what the brain is used to, and what is was designed to do, is a non sequitur. Certainly an entirely separate set of influences also had negative consequences in the brains' of pre-man, but these were not of his own making, as he still lived in an organic environment, and therefore wasn't a part of the "feedback loop" we have going on with humans becoming the products of a man-made environment (one of the only things that sets us apart from most the animal kingdom). Either way, whatever you're doing you're getting better at it, so with the increase in time spent on the web and watching TV we are increasingly better at watching other people - being passive, non-accountable, constantly comparative and self-obsessed, impotent in light of the mass of information constantly flooding towards you - which the brain was not originally intended for. This seems obvious. So the fact that some people have things like crippling anxiety and OCD, or develop anti-social disorders and the like, seems like a logical result produced by a system (the brain) presented with new and inorganic conditions. On top of that, being a non-douche is naturally and evolutionarily based because it increases the likelihood that others will want to chilll'n'stuff and help you when you need it, but when transposed onto a crowded, fast-paced modernity it twists into something like flattery and competition to appear the most altruistic.
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Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 2012 at 11:45 AM UTC
Technology and Mental Health
On whether technology has influenced the seeming rise in mental health issues: The concept of technology as separate than Nature is impossible to pin down, but to say that a lifetime of social pressures, advertising, television, and processed and genetically altered foodstuffs would not affect what the brain is used to, and what is was designed to do, is a non sequitur. Certainly an entirely separate set of influences also had negative consequences in the brains' of pre-man, but these were not of his own making, as he still lived in an organic environment, and therefore wasn't a part of the "feedback loop" we have going on with humans becoming the products of a man-made environment (one of the only things that sets us apart from most the animal kingdom). Either way, whatever you're doing you're getting better at it, so with the increase in time spent on the web and watching TV we are increasingly better at watching other people - being passive, non-accountable, constantly comparative and self-obsessed, impotent in light of the mass of information constantly flooding towards you - which the brain was not originally intended for. This seems obvious. So the fact that some people have things like crippling anxiety and OCD, or develop anti-social disorders and the like, seems like a logical result produced by a system (the brain) presented with new and inorganic conditions. On top of that, being a non-douche is naturally and evolutionarily based because it increases the likelihood that others will want to chilll'n'stuff and help you when you need it, but when transposed onto a crowded, fast-paced modernity it twists into something like flattery and competition to appear the most altruistic.
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‘…. and now, here’s Rick with the latest Market news…’ ‘Val, trading was very brisk today, with a number of influences that set the market off to some defined trends and statements. Of course, the Human Virtue Exchange always seems to rely on the volatility that resides ‘between the ears’ as noted by the veteran brokers on the floor, but the sharp ranges of prices offered versus profit taking has set the bar very high in the relative value of Basic Human Virtue. Now to the numbers: Courage [WHOME], Patience [PP], and former market darling Perseverance [GULP], all varied widely today on news from Washington that their value was doomed to fall in the light of the expected growth of Persistence [IAM] which history has shown to be a marked drag on just about everything. Outside of the self –efficacy bazaar, old standbys Ambition [HVY], Curiosity [WDF], Industry [HAHA] and Temperance [BFD], continued their free fall into uncharted areas of cost and return. Some analysts feel these virtues could be a real bargain in the future despite their history of poor performance. Could a comeback not seen since collapse of the Protestant Hypocrisy Era be in the works? We’ll see as the lack of movement in the Kindness-Generosity-Forgiveness-Compassion Index [FARAWAY] leads many to believe that the end of Politeness [UPYRS], Un-pretentiousness [ME-ME], Self Control [NWAY] and Sportsmanship [LONGONE], may lead to a complete miss-understanding between casual market players and devotees to the cause. The ratios cannot lie. But without a doubt, today’s big winner was Self Respect [YUP] which jumped and amazing 40 points before active trading ceased at the bell. So people feel real good about themselves for reasons that cannot be explained by the Ego File Indicator alone; this causes this reporter to predict that Naval Gazing [MOM] remains a ‘Hot to Trot’ stock fund and the Vanity market is always a good bet. Now, here’s Carl with today’s Human Emotion Exchange report……’
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Mar 1, 2013
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:19 PM UTC
Two Forms of Nonsense
‘…. and now, here’s Rick with the latest Market news…’ ‘Val, trading was very brisk today, with a number of influences that set the market off to some defined trends and statements. Of course, the Human Virtue Exchange always seems to rely on the volatility that resides ‘between the ears’ as noted by the veteran brokers on the floor, but the sharp ranges of prices offered versus profit taking has set the bar very high in the relative value of Basic Human Virtue. Now to the numbers: Courage [WHOME], Patience [PP], and former market darling Perseverance [GULP], all varied widely today on news from Washington that their value was doomed to fall in the light of the expected growth of Persistence [IAM] which history has shown to be a marked drag on just about everything. Outside of the self –efficacy bazaar, old standbys Ambition [HVY], Curiosity [WDF], Industry [HAHA] and Temperance [BFD], continued their free fall into uncharted areas of cost and return. Some analysts feel these virtues could be a real bargain in the future despite their history of poor performance. Could a comeback not seen since collapse of the Protestant Hypocrisy Era be in the works? We’ll see as the lack of movement in the Kindness-Generosity-Forgiveness-Compassion Index [FARAWAY] leads many to believe that the end of Politeness [UPYRS], Un-pretentiousness [ME-ME], Self Control [NWAY] and Sportsmanship [LONGONE], may lead to a complete miss-understanding between casual market players and devotees to the cause. The ratios cannot lie. But without a doubt, today’s big winner was Self Respect [YUP] which jumped and amazing 40 points before active trading ceased at the bell. So people feel real good about themselves for reasons that cannot be explained by the Ego File Indicator alone; this causes this reporter to predict that Naval Gazing [MOM] remains a ‘Hot to Trot’ stock fund and the Vanity market is always a good bet. Now, here’s Carl with today’s Human Emotion Exchange report……’
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The flag, a white crescent and single star on a field of crimson — kırmızı, not just 'red' — tells of Islam. The men drinking beer and rakı at pavement tables, even in Ramadan, and the short-skirted, bare-armed girls, parading with bare-faced confidence, tell of other influences; but at the appointed hour we hear the call to prayer from the marble minaret, a slim finger pointing to the sky beside shining domes reflecting the vault of heaven. At five a.m. we hear it faintly through hotel double-glazing, or at sunset, as a peaceful accompaniment to the spectacle, and we remember where we are. But especially at the midday hour, when the voice of the muezzin echoes over noisy street or market, and from another minaret and another the duet becomes a trio, a quartet of different melodies, out of tune with each other but never discordant (in these tones the word has no meaning), the faithful are reminded, however busy they may be, that their God requires something of them. Then, entering the cool calm of the mosque, entering the quiet forest of pillars, feeling through the soles of our bare feet marble polished by the tread of generations of worshippers, fine-grained wood, the rich softness of crimson carpet, we luxuriate in the textures as they combine with the formal floral patterns of the tiles, the ornate calligraphy of the inscriptions, the rich colours of the glass, and we realise that the builders of these mosques knew what they were doing, so many years ago, how peace can enter the soul through the senses.
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Aug 6, 2016
Aug 6, 2016 at 11:43 AM UTC
Inside the Mosque **
The flag, a white crescent and single star on a field of crimson — kırmızı, not just 'red' — tells of Islam. The men drinking beer and rakı at pavement tables, even in Ramadan, and the short-skirted, bare-armed girls, parading with bare-faced confidence, tell of other influences; but at the appointed hour we hear the call to prayer from the marble minaret, a slim finger pointing to the sky beside shining domes reflecting the vault of heaven. At five a.m. we hear it faintly through hotel double-glazing, or at sunset, as a peaceful accompaniment to the spectacle, and we remember where we are. But especially at the midday hour, when the voice of the muezzin echoes over noisy street or market, and from another minaret and another the duet becomes a trio, a quartet of different melodies, out of tune with each other but never discordant (in these tones the word has no meaning), the faithful are reminded, however busy they may be, that their God requires something of them. Then, entering the cool calm of the mosque, entering the quiet forest of pillars, feeling through the soles of our bare feet marble polished by the tread of generations of worshippers, fine-grained wood, the rich softness of crimson carpet, we luxuriate in the textures as they combine with the formal floral patterns of the tiles, the ornate calligraphy of the inscriptions, the rich colours of the glass, and we realise that the builders of these mosques knew what they were doing, so many years ago, how peace can enter the soul through the senses.
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Hope, A dangerous thing I might think. Wins wars, Kills thousands, influences stocks, Keeps people alive, DRIVES GREED, inspires the young, slowly coaxes suicide, starching the past and paves the futures paths. It can be exploited and Used, broken and bruised. Shining through the darkness while strangling the few. Its rain every day. The lonesome star peaking through the clouds on a dreary night. It’s the glimpse of sun following the darkness. Revolution is its son and independence are it its daughters. IT’S LOVE Knowledge that there’s more or that it’s all over, Knowledge of the Unknown. Its leaving the light on when no one’s coming home Its tears that are not wasted, every drop alive with expression. It’s lingering scents of distant memories, people and places. Its wanting. Waiting. Needing. It’s all over. Or is it? It’s Hope Quite dangerous indeed.
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Oct 31, 2012
Oct 31, 2012 at 3:15 PM UTC
Hope
My love for you Can not prosper Without a love for me. What's left in me Is cold and dark And it rests in my heart. It influences my actions It influences my choices And blindly steals my happiness From right in front of me Leaving me hopeless. What have I done To deserve this madness? I've let evil distort my view Of love And I view that evil As a knife That I have turned upon myself If I have gone crazy That is for you to decide. I give you my wrongs Because I can no longer hide So this is my heartbreak suicide. I've ****** up With all the women I've met. Either I cheated, lied Or left. Now I am alone and stressed Hurt and depressed Because it's like I ripped my ****** heart Right out of my chest. Yeah, these are My heartbreak suicides And how I've killed myself On the inside. Because love is blind And I've been chasing That blind ************ For some time. With this gaping cavity In my chest Stumbling over lust And wasting time. Losing my ****** mind More and more each time. Love is suppose to be Patient. Love is suppose to be Kind. What they didn't tell us Is that love is Transparent. When we chase and search It only leaves us more hurt. We fall and refuse to get up And we forget our self worth. Committing atrocities to Feel less hurt. When in reality Each atrocious act Has only set us back. What do we do? Do we keep up the pursuit? Of something we can only feel And only look through? Or do we wait? Until it unexpectedly drops on us And make our souls shake. I guess I should go with the latter Because I'm tired of feeling Bruised and battered. I've made the choices That have led me here And my heart is shattered From the falls. I am reaching in And pulling out the fragments. Piecing it back together With no sadness. Praying to God that he never again Let this happen. Who am I to decide If I've lost my mind. I'm just not accustomed To change and what comes with time. I've set my anger loose on the inside And this is my Heartbreak suicide.
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Dec 21, 2013
Dec 21, 2013 at 1:38 PM UTC
"Heartbreak Suicide"
My love for you Can not prosper Without a love for me. What's left in me Is cold and dark And it rests in my heart. It influences my actions It influences my choices And blindly steals my happiness From right in front of me Leaving me hopeless. What have I done To deserve this madness? I've let evil distort my view Of love And I view that evil As a knife That I have turned upon myself If I have gone crazy That is for you to decide. I give you my wrongs Because I can no longer hide So this is my heartbreak suicide. I've ****** up With all the women I've met. Either I cheated, lied Or left. Now I am alone and stressed Hurt and depressed Because it's like I ripped my ****** heart Right out of my chest. Yeah, these are My heartbreak suicides And how I've killed myself On the inside. Because love is blind And I've been chasing That blind ************ For some time. With this gaping cavity In my chest Stumbling over lust And wasting time. Losing my ****** mind More and more each time. Love is suppose to be Patient. Love is suppose to be Kind. What they didn't tell us Is that love is Transparent. When we chase and search It only leaves us more hurt. We fall and refuse to get up And we forget our self worth. Committing atrocities to Feel less hurt. When in reality Each atrocious act Has only set us back. What do we do? Do we keep up the pursuit? Of something we can only feel And only look through? Or do we wait? Until it unexpectedly drops on us And make our souls shake. I guess I should go with the latter Because I'm tired of feeling Bruised and battered. I've made the choices That have led me here And my heart is shattered From the falls. I am reaching in And pulling out the fragments. Piecing it back together With no sadness. Praying to God that he never again Let this happen. Who am I to decide If I've lost my mind. I'm just not accustomed To change and what comes with time. I've set my anger loose on the inside And this is my Heartbreak suicide.
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Adapt & absorb other beings, needs,wants, habits, ideas, beliefs. Influences, unoriginal. Metamorphosis, eternally avoiding the raw,wicked truth of your inner soul, drop the ******* facade, it is futile and ludicrous. Analyze,compare, identify, mimic, imitate, copy,shift, evolve. Perpetual cycle. Veiled false identities and lies, layers upon layers, shirk the pale shadows of who we used to be. Shall we continue? Contradiction. Fools, to believe that one can ever change.
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Aug 20, 2014
Aug 20, 2014 at 6:00 AM UTC
Metamorphosis
I'm just a simple person, just like the rest Well, not entirely simple, but nonetheless It's like society and the media just say what they want To create new forms of discriminations, that will forever haunt As if the already existing ones weren't bad enough They must make sure that you feel flawed, and make your life tough I'm just another person; I removed the word simple People nowadays even get trashed for having a dimple "HA, it's just a deformity on your face!" Well, I hope you trip and fall on your own shoelace :) I'm just another person, with a not-so-great vision I need glasses, so that I don't squint at the television It makes my life easier, but the media has made it tough Their influences and the consequential societal mentality, has made my childhood rough Beauty is said to be in the eyes of the beholder Yet friendship is considered beauty, when it gives you a shoulder To cry on, is what I meant Not literally I mean it could Just didn't want to be misunderstood Why are glasses objectified, like in The Princess Diaries Is it not considered dignified to not want your eyes to get all fiery? Trust me, I'm just another person; who needs the help of glasses Media's interpretation has ruined this too, to profit their theatrical farces This is not an appraisal piece for the object that makes us see well This is a shoutout to those, who feel pressurized by this societal shell To define beauty may be complex, but it should not be controlled by someone's interest You're beautiful the way you are, to have you the world is truly blessed
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 9:46 AM UTC
Glasses
I'm just a simple person, just like the rest Well, not entirely simple, but nonetheless It's like society and the media just say what they want To create new forms of discriminations, that will forever haunt As if the already existing ones weren't bad enough They must make sure that you feel flawed, and make your life tough I'm just another person; I removed the word simple People nowadays even get trashed for having a dimple "HA, it's just a deformity on your face!" Well, I hope you trip and fall on your own shoelace :) I'm just another person, with a not-so-great vision I need glasses, so that I don't squint at the television It makes my life easier, but the media has made it tough Their influences and the consequential societal mentality, has made my childhood rough Beauty is said to be in the eyes of the beholder Yet friendship is considered beauty, when it gives you a shoulder To cry on, is what I meant Not literally I mean it could Just didn't want to be misunderstood Why are glasses objectified, like in The Princess Diaries Is it not considered dignified to not want your eyes to get all fiery? Trust me, I'm just another person; who needs the help of glasses Media's interpretation has ruined this too, to profit their theatrical farces This is not an appraisal piece for the object that makes us see well This is a shoutout to those, who feel pressurized by this societal shell To define beauty may be complex, but it should not be controlled by someone's interest You're beautiful the way you are, to have you the world is truly blessed
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I try to remain calm Simple conversation fuels curiosity My focus is acute I want to be reckless I attempt to seem distant I am hiding Like a predator circling prey I am waiting Leaping prematurely could be costly My hunger justifies risk I want to be reckless Outside influences Compel me to behave appropriately I am screaming Secrets disguised with lies I am hunting myself I want her exposed For I am exposed I am vindictive I want to pull and rip S+rip her of shame I am burning I want to take her in front of the world I want to be reckless © Christopher Chronister. All rights reserved
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Dec 9, 2013
Dec 9, 2013 at 5:25 AM UTC
"Reckless"
poetry is stupid it makes no sense how does a turltle in the sea of immortality translate to life is good poetry ***** it should all be burned id rather eat 10,000 ducks poetry is the worst and i am not the 1st to say that poems are crap they are better when they are rapped ogden nashes poems are to short while charles bukowski is a flat out perver there is so much stuff better than poetry like playing on a minecraft server or watching TV or playing video games even going to school influences less pain poetry is for fools that only like to drool in front of a piece of paper and write poems, well im a hater and rhoald dahl makes the worst poems critisizing the television how do u get the news and the weather and learn about politicians so i end here and if ur reading this ur a queer
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 2:58 PM UTC
poetry *****
Some chemical influences are necessary. Experimentation is mandatory. Skim the syllabus and you will see, MDMA is chapter three. Hemp is the strongest **** At least that's what I learned in Botany. Biology came as quite a shock, When the plants pulled out their ***** English came as such a breeze, The Diazepam brought poetry bees. They pollinated the dopamine receptor, Which greatly impressed my psychology professor.   When the zombies rose for dead weeks droll, Adderall and Vyvanse kept us cool. There's always a place in the Union Bathroom stall To do a dome some Coke before study hall. Of all the girls in my dorm floor Roxy and Molly were just next door. Art history wasn't the most entertaining, Until Absinth was my painting water. Finals were such a stress, so I'll admit We laced our gin shots with Xanex.   College was an experience, I'll admit, But Chemistry got me on the DEAn'S list.
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Mar 6, 2013
Mar 6, 2013 at 2:20 AM UTC
Chemistry 1013
Anxiety is not a feeling As some of you may believe You wouldn't be alone Because plenty of people place it in the same category as Sad, angry, elated But one of these things is not like the others. You see, anxiety is everything and nothing All at the same time. Anxiety is when no matter how spacious the room is It seems to be getting smaller Until you can see every intricate detail on every wall Each corner touches your skin And flattens your chest As it rises and falls Your breath is getting short until it stops And then you become as functional as a corpse After all, isn't that what you are? Anxiety is When your love stands over top of you Watching your diaphragm as it rapidly pulsates Wishing he could hold your hands as they sweat profusely Wanting to breathe life into your convulsing body But instead, he cannot even grasp the concept Of why you are not alright. Anxiety is Accepting that your reality is not truly real at all And deciding to realize that people wish they could fix you But understanding that they don't know what to do And you don't either. Anxiety is Learning from all the You're blowing things out of proportion's And You put to much pressure on yourself's When you begin to have these panic attacks In which you feel like death in imminent Over trivial things. Anxiety is Being with people who love you And still getting bursts of loneliness That ignite and explode inside your pores and underneath your skin The blood flowing silently through your veins reminds you That you are all alone. Anxiety is Relating each and every thing you do To how you are not adequate And how you must take charge of everything. It influences the things that tell you "Make yourself throw up" And "Skip that meal today." Most times, you shoe it away with every particle of strength that you have Other times, you are not so lucky. Anxiety is hard to personify But it is. And as I muster up the courage in my soul And the hope in my being I realize that those things need not be stored Because I use them every day as I fight this battle. We are all waging wars Mine just happens to be against This thing that is so intricately woven into the chemistry of who I am. It is a part of me But it is not all of me And my voice is louder than this sickness.
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Nov 2, 2014
Nov 2, 2014 at 10:23 PM UTC
Anxiety
Anxiety is not a feeling As some of you may believe You wouldn't be alone Because plenty of people place it in the same category as Sad, angry, elated But one of these things is not like the others. You see, anxiety is everything and nothing All at the same time. Anxiety is when no matter how spacious the room is It seems to be getting smaller Until you can see every intricate detail on every wall Each corner touches your skin And flattens your chest As it rises and falls Your breath is getting short until it stops And then you become as functional as a corpse After all, isn't that what you are? Anxiety is When your love stands over top of you Watching your diaphragm as it rapidly pulsates Wishing he could hold your hands as they sweat profusely Wanting to breathe life into your convulsing body But instead, he cannot even grasp the concept Of why you are not alright. Anxiety is Accepting that your reality is not truly real at all And deciding to realize that people wish they could fix you But understanding that they don't know what to do And you don't either. Anxiety is Learning from all the You're blowing things out of proportion's And You put to much pressure on yourself's When you begin to have these panic attacks In which you feel like death in imminent Over trivial things. Anxiety is Being with people who love you And still getting bursts of loneliness That ignite and explode inside your pores and underneath your skin The blood flowing silently through your veins reminds you That you are all alone. Anxiety is Relating each and every thing you do To how you are not adequate And how you must take charge of everything. It influences the things that tell you "Make yourself throw up" And "Skip that meal today." Most times, you shoe it away with every particle of strength that you have Other times, you are not so lucky. Anxiety is hard to personify But it is. And as I muster up the courage in my soul And the hope in my being I realize that those things need not be stored Because I use them every day as I fight this battle. We are all waging wars Mine just happens to be against This thing that is so intricately woven into the chemistry of who I am. It is a part of me But it is not all of me And my voice is louder than this sickness.
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I've always been in place, in situ Maybe (just maybe) ... I'm sui generis? When my lifeline intersected with spacetime on this continuum I found myself moving toward a collision course with duality and non-duality Moving towards a zero-point What are we talking about? Nothing (Rafelski & Muller, 1985) As a geographer, the mimetic expression was dualistic As one plane flowed through another; as fiat lux flowed through Medicine Rock I found wisdom I further explored the duality @ this place (also known as University of Lethbridge) The U of L is an interesting duck It walks like an Albertan university It talks like an Albertan university But one of these things is certainly not like the other The U of L got its chops as a house of learning for the Liberal Arts Follow those roots and you'll see conduits to another spacetime known as UCBerkley U of L memetics share material memories from the birth of the Free Speech Movement (1964) And as Arthur Erickson drafted up his plans for Canada's centennial gift to the Province of Alberta, I'm sure he would have been partaking in the pleasures of this particular spacetime I'm sure at the very least that he was listening to Hendrix wax on about Castles As Erickson designed this modernistic monolith called University Hall There were influences such as Arthur C. Clarke and his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) He was certainly knowledgeable of the Blackfoot stories of the Old Man And of course as an architect he would be versed in gravity and how built structures on a slope tend to creep toward base-level Strange but true, Erickson's first degree was in foreign languages So what I see is Canada's premier architect wrote a poem for us in 1968 In a foreign language And that poem would be expressed over the next forty to fifty years Some of those primary poetic elements were: Berkley, California Hippie Movement Creep (or gravity) Base level Blackfoot creation stories of the Old Man Jimi Hendrix poetry and his savage musical genius "and so castle's made of sand melt into the sea, eventually." So let's reinterpret that line to be more U of L centric (through my glossy apertures) "and so monolith's made by man melt back into god eventually." ........ ....... ...... ..... ..... .... ... .. . zero~point . .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........
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Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 10:33 AM UTC
Towards an Indigenous Science
I've always been in place, in situ Maybe (just maybe) ... I'm sui generis? When my lifeline intersected with spacetime on this continuum I found myself moving toward a collision course with duality and non-duality Moving towards a zero-point What are we talking about? Nothing (Rafelski & Muller, 1985) As a geographer, the mimetic expression was dualistic As one plane flowed through another; as fiat lux flowed through Medicine Rock I found wisdom I further explored the duality @ this place (also known as University of Lethbridge) The U of L is an interesting duck It walks like an Albertan university It talks like an Albertan university But one of these things is certainly not like the other The U of L got its chops as a house of learning for the Liberal Arts Follow those roots and you'll see conduits to another spacetime known as UCBerkley U of L memetics share material memories from the birth of the Free Speech Movement (1964) And as Arthur Erickson drafted up his plans for Canada's centennial gift to the Province of Alberta, I'm sure he would have been partaking in the pleasures of this particular spacetime I'm sure at the very least that he was listening to Hendrix wax on about Castles As Erickson designed this modernistic monolith called University Hall There were influences such as Arthur C. Clarke and his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) He was certainly knowledgeable of the Blackfoot stories of the Old Man And of course as an architect he would be versed in gravity and how built structures on a slope tend to creep toward base-level Strange but true, Erickson's first degree was in foreign languages So what I see is Canada's premier architect wrote a poem for us in 1968 In a foreign language And that poem would be expressed over the next forty to fifty years Some of those primary poetic elements were: Berkley, California Hippie Movement Creep (or gravity) Base level Blackfoot creation stories of the Old Man Jimi Hendrix poetry and his savage musical genius "and so castle's made of sand melt into the sea, eventually." So let's reinterpret that line to be more U of L centric (through my glossy apertures) "and so monolith's made by man melt back into god eventually." ........ ....... ...... ..... ..... .... ... .. . zero~point . .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........
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I'm not a religious man but god might be there Depends on what you mean and if you think he should care. I'm not a religious man But, man, this got me thinking There really is a new beginning. After a life. That is ending. Your life is a wave Of information and matter The wave started rising long before you ever saw your first mother - I don't believe in reincarnation - but you are a manifestation of all past and present influences past choices and events. Not just by you. But by eons of elders that doomed or blessed you to a life of specific circumstance We are genetic combinations interacting with nature A wave. A continuum Connecting one time to another LIFE IS LIVING THROUGH US Now that's a magical feeling. We are but seasonal leaves on an ever-growing tree A tree that’s stuck with existing that's how it's going to be.
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Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018 at 2:57 PM UTC
Life is Living Through You
“and he will rule over you.” I am not ready to release my religion the consistency of it has grown with me i am afraid if i unleash it from my soul the preached darkness will consume it i am afraid that the possibility of its factuality and actuality will hover in the atmosphere at noon i am afraid that by dismissing God too soon he will dismiss me Ironically, with my gaining of knowledge, i have come to begrudge the man in the sky who has cursed my *** to serve man to be taken out of man, to exist only within man he has given a text for those to quote when arguing the entrapment of women how am i to recognize the being when he has ****** me to be at the elbow of an entire gender has blamed my kind for the original sin of sins The Bible has shaped the complications of communities it has manipulated the societies that barely function it has forced people to fight for the basic rights all should hold how am i to forgive such sins committed against my kind? to accept the influences of a book that is thousands of years old that still governs my everyday life?
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Nov 18, 2018
Nov 18, 2018 at 4:01 AM UTC
The Year of the Serpent
how does a dreamcatcher know which dreams to catch? what if it swallows the good ones and sneaks them off to another reality? what if it holds the bad hostage to share at the most dreadful time? what is time to a dream? but just look at how it twists and ties itself in knots so beautifully a community of individuality cinching simplicity together to form brilliance a spiderweb of spirit trapped between threads strung tight like the ties of fate showing me reality far beyond what we blindly see inspiration appreciation absorbing the vibes reflecting off questions of whether a second is time to a dream? unrecognized reality mind outside of body sensory overload a breath of fresh light a taste of foreign thoughts the touch of a music note and a vision of love trickling quiet tears down the face of time...to a dream truth can dance on the edge of reality so when i wake up screaming open my eyes and see my mind momentarily remains tangled in a realm of reality once removed feathers floating softly through worlds yet to be unfurled but shadows through breezy windows left ajar blow my thoughts back to now and the sounds and sliences and the colors and expressions of my mind are altered by a bombardment of influences out of control reality can be difficult to embrace now and again we must escape to a dream to contemplate the impossibly intertwined strings of eternity that spiral through and through tossing and turning new leaves as the seasons cycle time remains immeasurable lest by our mere thoughts and ideas so we create a geometrically stunning display of unspoken hope to catch a dream and it hangs by the window and if the truth teetering on a tightrope between worlds could speak it would tell of endless possible imagination where dreams are reality and there is no such thing as time
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Jan 17, 2013
Jan 17, 2013 at 5:21 AM UTC
catch me
how does a dreamcatcher know which dreams to catch? what if it swallows the good ones and sneaks them off to another reality? what if it holds the bad hostage to share at the most dreadful time? what is time to a dream? but just look at how it twists and ties itself in knots so beautifully a community of individuality cinching simplicity together to form brilliance a spiderweb of spirit trapped between threads strung tight like the ties of fate showing me reality far beyond what we blindly see inspiration appreciation absorbing the vibes reflecting off questions of whether a second is time to a dream? unrecognized reality mind outside of body sensory overload a breath of fresh light a taste of foreign thoughts the touch of a music note and a vision of love trickling quiet tears down the face of time...to a dream truth can dance on the edge of reality so when i wake up screaming open my eyes and see my mind momentarily remains tangled in a realm of reality once removed feathers floating softly through worlds yet to be unfurled but shadows through breezy windows left ajar blow my thoughts back to now and the sounds and sliences and the colors and expressions of my mind are altered by a bombardment of influences out of control reality can be difficult to embrace now and again we must escape to a dream to contemplate the impossibly intertwined strings of eternity that spiral through and through tossing and turning new leaves as the seasons cycle time remains immeasurable lest by our mere thoughts and ideas so we create a geometrically stunning display of unspoken hope to catch a dream and it hangs by the window and if the truth teetering on a tightrope between worlds could speak it would tell of endless possible imagination where dreams are reality and there is no such thing as time
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It's electric friction beneath the feet Like stockcars locked on the inevitable path Matching until meters burst Exceeding the limit and flying off the track With powerful pinpoints and frustrating fault lines And the breaking of makeup on the skin most bold It is a poker face across the way And the frustrations of knowing that the crowd turns cold Whenever you've failed to play perfectly within the fold Tennis Is the realization that you are IT, and all that which influences the bouncing ball
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Feb 12, 2019
Feb 12, 2019 at 4:54 PM UTC
Tennis
Upon every arrival of every celestial birth, There is only one common normality. A susceptibility to an infinitesimal design, A kink in the chain, the war of our mind. This psychosomatic condition is no stranger, A rendition of life’s existence. Confinement exacerbated by poor health in the gut line, Hormonal imbalances manipulated by addictive influences. Paradigms shifting in front of awakening eyes, Psychedelic truths hidden within the tides of time, Confusion and conflict preventing expansion of evolutionary consciousness, A cyclic pattern, the sadness in all our lives. This idea is immortal and internal in the human genome, The greatest subterfuge, Amnesia
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Jan 26, 2017
Jan 26, 2017 at 3:15 PM UTC
A Psychedelic Conundrum
Are we capable of making sensible choices? when our own logic is generated from organic matter; a brain heavily influenced; fueled on random flashes, hormones, pheromones, testosterone, diet, desire, the air we breath, the need to *** or a simple cup of tea; all of which alters our body ~ ((Our chemical bag)); a fragile echo system constantly at odds with other elements. Our fuel, our input influences the way we think, Yet our ego tells us that we are in control; and that we makes our own choices. Put your hands on your hearts people! and tell me how many sensible choices have we acutely made! I'm personally content that some seemingly bad choices have turned out quite nice!
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Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 at 7:39 AM UTC
We make our own choices?
There is no such thing as love anymore, the kind that is so strong that you can feel it in your bones. You know we used to feel that emotion, when we looked into the faces of our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, family and friends. There is no such thing as love anymore. At least no the deep satisfying kind that sits on your heart and influences every decision and action we take throughout each day. There is no reason to celebrate anymore. Just empty actions and empty reactions, calculated gestures and financial arrangements. There is no such thing as love anymore...
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 3:32 PM UTC
There is no such thing as love anymore...
Did you know the East Indian Bottle Masala includes as many as 27 spices, or that an oil-free pickle served at their weddings is actually known as Wedding Pickle? These and many such authentic East Indian masalas and pickles are available at East Indian Cozinha (Portuguese for kitchen), a food store started by Christina Kinny at Kolovery Village in Kalina, Santacruz. "I started East Indian Cozinha with an attempt to preserve and highlight our cuisine and culture," says the 24-year old, who has studied Masters in Social Work and currently, works with an enterprise that helps tribal farmers. What’s in store? Going back 500 years, the East Indian cuisine enjoys influences from Portuguese, British and Maharashtrian fare. The staples include rice, coconut, tamarind, fish and meats, with spices forming an integral part of the cuisine. For instance, Prawn Atola is a dry dish comprising prawns coated only with Vindaloo Masala featuring Kashmiri chilli, cumin and turmeric. "Most people from our community were farmers and would be out on field all day. So, the masalas and lemon would help preserve their food for a longer time," reasons Kinny. At present, the store stocks six varieties of masala in 100g bottles (R150 onwards). These include Khuddi or Bottle Masala, Chinchoni (fish) Masala, Vindaloo Masala, Roast Rub, Kujit Masala and Tem Che Rose. She also offers Wedding Pickle, an oil-free variety prepared with raw papaya, carrots and dry dates. "All the recipes have been passed on from generations and are homemade," she informs. However, making the masalas is no cakewalk. "It takes three days to dry spices under the sun. Then, we hand pound them and pack them tightly in bottles with wider openings," says Kinny. She recalls that in her grandmother’s time, the masalas were tightly stuffed in beer bottles. The bottles were darker, and hence, helped preserve the masala for at least a year, at room temperature. Lugra love East Indian Cozinha also stocks traditional 10-yard saris known as lugras. These are hand embroidered by Kinny’s mother, Carol. Previously made only from cotton with authentic gold borders, now, lugras are embroidered with sequins and threads. "She has been in the garment industry for the last 30 years. She also makes traditional accessories like kapotas (earrings), karis (hair pins), anklets, etc," informs Kinny. read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 1:52 AM UTC
Buy East Indian wedding pickle in Kalina
Did you know the East Indian Bottle Masala includes as many as 27 spices, or that an oil-free pickle served at their weddings is actually known as Wedding Pickle? These and many such authentic East Indian masalas and pickles are available at East Indian Cozinha (Portuguese for kitchen), a food store started by Christina Kinny at Kolovery Village in Kalina, Santacruz. "I started East Indian Cozinha with an attempt to preserve and highlight our cuisine and culture," says the 24-year old, who has studied Masters in Social Work and currently, works with an enterprise that helps tribal farmers. What’s in store? Going back 500 years, the East Indian cuisine enjoys influences from Portuguese, British and Maharashtrian fare. The staples include rice, coconut, tamarind, fish and meats, with spices forming an integral part of the cuisine. For instance, Prawn Atola is a dry dish comprising prawns coated only with Vindaloo Masala featuring Kashmiri chilli, cumin and turmeric. "Most people from our community were farmers and would be out on field all day. So, the masalas and lemon would help preserve their food for a longer time," reasons Kinny. At present, the store stocks six varieties of masala in 100g bottles (R150 onwards). These include Khuddi or Bottle Masala, Chinchoni (fish) Masala, Vindaloo Masala, Roast Rub, Kujit Masala and Tem Che Rose. She also offers Wedding Pickle, an oil-free variety prepared with raw papaya, carrots and dry dates. "All the recipes have been passed on from generations and are homemade," she informs. However, making the masalas is no cakewalk. "It takes three days to dry spices under the sun. Then, we hand pound them and pack them tightly in bottles with wider openings," says Kinny. She recalls that in her grandmother’s time, the masalas were tightly stuffed in beer bottles. The bottles were darker, and hence, helped preserve the masala for at least a year, at room temperature. Lugra love East Indian Cozinha also stocks traditional 10-yard saris known as lugras. These are hand embroidered by Kinny’s mother, Carol. Previously made only from cotton with authentic gold borders, now, lugras are embroidered with sequins and threads. "She has been in the garment industry for the last 30 years. She also makes traditional accessories like kapotas (earrings), karis (hair pins), anklets, etc," informs Kinny. read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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Uniformed in creative black Marlboro scented Wonderstruck Deliberately Deliberate Random Pixie haired Angel eyed & brave Daring herself to be Enchantingly urbane Zeitgeisty Considerably Considered Aware Pale skinned Quaintly styled & risky A portfolio perfectionist Absorbing influences Ferociously Delicate Delicately Persuasive Scarlet lipped Crystal tipped & scared
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Feb 17, 2011
Feb 17, 2011 at 6:43 AM UTC
Wonderstruck
I'm going to go through with it This just has to be done It's all going to stop Chasing our tail around For The ****** Dollar It's all the same in the end Passionate and proud At the burst of a cloud Rain falls in whispers All today and into the night When the wild are on the verge Of some kind of taming Who cares who you are blaming How much does it matter that some are unaccountable Not that you can get away with ****** and wars When it's time to take your artwork And put it in a frame The picture is yours It's the painter who takes the claim When it's time to die What's in it for the stars Maybe a big wake and Miles of lined up long electric cars The mountain's shadow Keeps the place cool in the summer Not 'till the volcano spews it's guts Will you lay down and burn Or vaporize just in time It's over with the death of the Star 'What is and was will be  bleaker and bleaker A place you'd turn your head away from When we have this chance to change into living without borders What does that mean a shot of the The New World Order An evocation of imaginations of and for the somewhat rich and the richer   A full and complete Police State, militia walk the street, Their bidding done No way to travel but by foot And the odd old bicycle   Horse and mules being bred To save the soles on your leather boots All the waters contaminated all the crops hollow not fit for an animal We go this way or we go that Who will drag us down or Who will bring us up Vibrational  influences could save us all We can't keep trying to tell ourselves that the Government Has our best interests at heart because they don't If there is war among the classes it's a way to distract us But it needs to be done and I'm bringing my 'A' game
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Jun 3, 2016
Jun 3, 2016 at 1:09 PM UTC
Death Of The Sun
I'm going to go through with it This just has to be done It's all going to stop Chasing our tail around For The ****** Dollar It's all the same in the end Passionate and proud At the burst of a cloud Rain falls in whispers All today and into the night When the wild are on the verge Of some kind of taming Who cares who you are blaming How much does it matter that some are unaccountable Not that you can get away with ****** and wars When it's time to take your artwork And put it in a frame The picture is yours It's the painter who takes the claim When it's time to die What's in it for the stars Maybe a big wake and Miles of lined up long electric cars The mountain's shadow Keeps the place cool in the summer Not 'till the volcano spews it's guts Will you lay down and burn Or vaporize just in time It's over with the death of the Star 'What is and was will be  bleaker and bleaker A place you'd turn your head away from When we have this chance to change into living without borders What does that mean a shot of the The New World Order An evocation of imaginations of and for the somewhat rich and the richer   A full and complete Police State, militia walk the street, Their bidding done No way to travel but by foot And the odd old bicycle   Horse and mules being bred To save the soles on your leather boots All the waters contaminated all the crops hollow not fit for an animal We go this way or we go that Who will drag us down or Who will bring us up Vibrational  influences could save us all We can't keep trying to tell ourselves that the Government Has our best interests at heart because they don't If there is war among the classes it's a way to distract us But it needs to be done and I'm bringing my 'A' game
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When we first began dating, I was using you to get over someone else. I never told you because you would have gotten upset, you lovely hypocrite. I even kissed someone else while we were still dating, and it has disgusted me ever since. I never told you because you would have never spoken to me again. Before your growth spurt, I lied when we both agreed that you were definitely taller. I never told you at the time that I was 5'3" and you were 5'2". I never told you I always looked for the triangle of dots on your neck. Every ******* time. I did not like your best friend. I never told you he reminded me of a sociopath, because he was one of the biggest influences in your life. And all of your favorite songs at the time. I never told you I went home and put all of them on my iPod, just so I could impress you with how well I knew the words. When I started crying after our first time having *** I wanted you to just forget it, I was fine. I never told you I was crying because I had realized I loved you, and it made me feel free. I never told you this, because I'm not sure you would understand what I mean when I say 'free.' One time, we were in bed and you were looking so **** peaceful with your eyes closed, and I took a picture. I never told you. I never told you I was actually awake when you thought I wasn't, when you whispered into the phone, when you whispered you wanted to marry me someday. I never told you I once had a dream about what our kid would look like. I never told you about the night I counted all the tears that leaked out of me because of you. Twenty seven. No, I was definitely not okay with him watching, but I never told you that. I never told you that I was scared to speak up because I was terrified of losing you. I never told you to grow up. I never told you what I found out. I threw my necklace you gave me into the lake, and I never told you. I never told you how easy it was to fit into your warmth. And how easy it was to fall out. I never told you that I still think about you at the worst times. I guess I never told you a lot of things.
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 9:04 PM UTC
Everything I Never Told You
When we first began dating, I was using you to get over someone else. I never told you because you would have gotten upset, you lovely hypocrite. I even kissed someone else while we were still dating, and it has disgusted me ever since. I never told you because you would have never spoken to me again. Before your growth spurt, I lied when we both agreed that you were definitely taller. I never told you at the time that I was 5'3" and you were 5'2". I never told you I always looked for the triangle of dots on your neck. Every ******* time. I did not like your best friend. I never told you he reminded me of a sociopath, because he was one of the biggest influences in your life. And all of your favorite songs at the time. I never told you I went home and put all of them on my iPod, just so I could impress you with how well I knew the words. When I started crying after our first time having *** I wanted you to just forget it, I was fine. I never told you I was crying because I had realized I loved you, and it made me feel free. I never told you this, because I'm not sure you would understand what I mean when I say 'free.' One time, we were in bed and you were looking so **** peaceful with your eyes closed, and I took a picture. I never told you. I never told you I was actually awake when you thought I wasn't, when you whispered into the phone, when you whispered you wanted to marry me someday. I never told you I once had a dream about what our kid would look like. I never told you about the night I counted all the tears that leaked out of me because of you. Twenty seven. No, I was definitely not okay with him watching, but I never told you that. I never told you that I was scared to speak up because I was terrified of losing you. I never told you to grow up. I never told you what I found out. I threw my necklace you gave me into the lake, and I never told you. I never told you how easy it was to fit into your warmth. And how easy it was to fall out. I never told you that I still think about you at the worst times. I guess I never told you a lot of things.
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