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"letting" poems
and here i am again at the intersection of pedestrian language & old wives tales swallowing gum like 7 year memories opening umbrellas inside cause i can't seem get away from all of this rain i ********** with my left hand cause i was told back in highschool that "it feels like someone else is doing it" it gets me wondering about the difference between losing you and finding out that some one else found you or my sleep or lack thereof its starting to tear me apart i keep having this dream where you are in an unfamiliar body of water trying to wash my poetry off of your hands or the one where something happens in my chest every time you sit on someone else's bed i'm tired of feeling like something you've misplaced but don't have the heart to look for anymore tired of you saying my name like you're trying to bury it i'm tired of wondering if you can tell the difference between the absence of my voice & silence the other day i almost started sobbing at work when a woman asked me about our equipment i was explaining how things come apart and almost mentioned your name it made me think of how you used to say things like "what would you do if i showed up on your doorstep one day?" now, i haunt the windows in my house i don't leave for weeks at a time i sit on the porch like the dog you didn't shoot behind the shed the one that refuses to die until you come home again i told somebody once, that you didn't even know what my voicemail sounded like i wonder if they thought it was because you are so important that i never let it ring that many times before picking up or if you dont know what it sounds like because you've never called you can't be the ****** weapon and the search party i'm tired of all the seats to the ferris wheel in my chest being empty tired of your voice being the one i look for in abandoned places that one sound i beg to bounce back down vacant hallways i just seem to stand there in all of that quiet like someone looking for a mistake on an eviction notice so i guess the hardest part isn't letting go it's forgetting you ever had a grip in the first place and since you've been gone i wonder if when you pushed yourself away from me you used your left hand so it felt like someone else did it
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Aug 17, 2014
Aug 17, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
epithet
and here i am again at the intersection of pedestrian language & old wives tales swallowing gum like 7 year memories opening umbrellas inside cause i can't seem get away from all of this rain i ********** with my left hand cause i was told back in highschool that "it feels like someone else is doing it" it gets me wondering about the difference between losing you and finding out that some one else found you or my sleep or lack thereof its starting to tear me apart i keep having this dream where you are in an unfamiliar body of water trying to wash my poetry off of your hands or the one where something happens in my chest every time you sit on someone else's bed i'm tired of feeling like something you've misplaced but don't have the heart to look for anymore tired of you saying my name like you're trying to bury it i'm tired of wondering if you can tell the difference between the absence of my voice & silence the other day i almost started sobbing at work when a woman asked me about our equipment i was explaining how things come apart and almost mentioned your name it made me think of how you used to say things like "what would you do if i showed up on your doorstep one day?" now, i haunt the windows in my house i don't leave for weeks at a time i sit on the porch like the dog you didn't shoot behind the shed the one that refuses to die until you come home again i told somebody once, that you didn't even know what my voicemail sounded like i wonder if they thought it was because you are so important that i never let it ring that many times before picking up or if you dont know what it sounds like because you've never called you can't be the ****** weapon and the search party i'm tired of all the seats to the ferris wheel in my chest being empty tired of your voice being the one i look for in abandoned places that one sound i beg to bounce back down vacant hallways i just seem to stand there in all of that quiet like someone looking for a mistake on an eviction notice so i guess the hardest part isn't letting go it's forgetting you ever had a grip in the first place and since you've been gone i wonder if when you pushed yourself away from me you used your left hand so it felt like someone else did it
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,***how do you know when (a human is too broken?)*** <•> human too broken? like the light bulb, removal from its fixture, a simple shaking revelation of the tinkling filament spent, something that cannot be repaired, the only option is replacement and that makes you cry the empty box of oatmeal raisin cookies, you find secret’d, hid by you, not to be found by you at the bottom of the kitchen garbage, but box betrayal, by the chartreuse tipped box lid sided peeking upwards, asking, silencing screaming, what did I do to deserve this degrading like the blouse now too tight that it brings stares as the buttons strain, unwelcome attention unintended, you know it but still pretend not to see, for you both once loved that silky guise that so heightened the high tender, the match of your pink rose skin letting, no! making your eyes glisten, like broken filament glass, on the sidewalk, recalling the pleasured admiration, rain remembered from the prior priority of a life consisting of only perfect gifts so mean revert to the poseur question; this is how... remove the human from a fixed place, whimpering-threatened, you may hear clear the crackle cackling  of the innard shards against the misperception of a body intact, even if you do, no repair service you want,  can be found, see it nowhere, is it even anywhere advertised? the body presumed intact is secret’d under a tactile coverlet, holey scupperrd holy cuttered so that the cells and bicuspids, the threads no longer function in a tandem, you keep it in the closet closed, in the back, deep hid, where, when it screams why, it can be safe ignored, because  ‘betrayed’ is no longer a word, in your globe's dictionary, the parental controls activated by you to save your own inner child’s unconstrained confusion, it has been removed so the broken glass, the clothes you dressed each other, if not weep-well, well enough hid, the fit is off, the fit is off, the coverlet ripped so bad and neither cares
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 11:17 AM UTC
how do you know when (a human is too broken?)
,***how do you know when (a human is too broken?)*** <•> human too broken? like the light bulb, removal from its fixture, a simple shaking revelation of the tinkling filament spent, something that cannot be repaired, the only option is replacement and that makes you cry the empty box of oatmeal raisin cookies, you find secret’d, hid by you, not to be found by you at the bottom of the kitchen garbage, but box betrayal, by the chartreuse tipped box lid sided peeking upwards, asking, silencing screaming, what did I do to deserve this degrading like the blouse now too tight that it brings stares as the buttons strain, unwelcome attention unintended, you know it but still pretend not to see, for you both once loved that silky guise that so heightened the high tender, the match of your pink rose skin letting, no! making your eyes glisten, like broken filament glass, on the sidewalk, recalling the pleasured admiration, rain remembered from the prior priority of a life consisting of only perfect gifts so mean revert to the poseur question; this is how... remove the human from a fixed place, whimpering-threatened, you may hear clear the crackle cackling  of the innard shards against the misperception of a body intact, even if you do, no repair service you want,  can be found, see it nowhere, is it even anywhere advertised? the body presumed intact is secret’d under a tactile coverlet, holey scupperrd holy cuttered so that the cells and bicuspids, the threads no longer function in a tandem, you keep it in the closet closed, in the back, deep hid, where, when it screams why, it can be safe ignored, because  ‘betrayed’ is no longer a word, in your globe's dictionary, the parental controls activated by you to save your own inner child’s unconstrained confusion, it has been removed so the broken glass, the clothes you dressed each other, if not weep-well, well enough hid, the fit is off, the fit is off, the coverlet ripped so bad and neither cares
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Dear J, I may be at a loss for words half the time, and the other half I might have too much to say, but I can almost always say this; I love you. I have felt fear and I have felt bravery and I have felt loss. I can look pictures of us and I can recall everything we did that day. I can listen to videos of you and I can tell what you felt. And I know that you didn't think I was paying attention, but I knew how you looked when you thought something was unfair. And I knew the look in your eyes when you saw the light just right in a sunset and you knew that nothing could ever be recreated quite like that. I felt the same way about you. Wherever you are, know that loving someone isn't a matter of feeling something or not feeling something. It's a matter of knowing what you're feeling and when you need to let go. I think that people know that letting go involves unfurling your fingers and watching something fall from a great height. It's the act of following that objects downward motion that gets to us. That once it meets the ground or whatever surface it is deemed to hit, it's gone. What was there is gone. And once you think about that you think of what could have been there. That one last touch, that one last feeling of bliss that comes with knowing that the moment you wake up the sun will be shining in rivulets through fingers that tangle in hair fresh off the pillow. It's sad to know that nothing like that will happen again. The sun won't shine the same way. Instead it may simply fall. It won't cascade, it won't flow over the edges of noses or smiling lips. It's the same way water may lose a stone from a riverbed and from there on after it doesn't run quite the same way. But another stone, another pebble will fall in place because replacement happens. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that letting go is letting someone else take a spot. In order for something else to happen you have to let your joints move out of their grip and unfold from their hold on something that wasn't meant to be held by you anymore. Sometimes you have to let them land somewhere new. I only hope that it's somewhere even more beautiful than before. Claire
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Aug 10, 2014
Aug 10, 2014 at 11:47 PM UTC
The theory of letting go
Dear J, I may be at a loss for words half the time, and the other half I might have too much to say, but I can almost always say this; I love you. I have felt fear and I have felt bravery and I have felt loss. I can look pictures of us and I can recall everything we did that day. I can listen to videos of you and I can tell what you felt. And I know that you didn't think I was paying attention, but I knew how you looked when you thought something was unfair. And I knew the look in your eyes when you saw the light just right in a sunset and you knew that nothing could ever be recreated quite like that. I felt the same way about you. Wherever you are, know that loving someone isn't a matter of feeling something or not feeling something. It's a matter of knowing what you're feeling and when you need to let go. I think that people know that letting go involves unfurling your fingers and watching something fall from a great height. It's the act of following that objects downward motion that gets to us. That once it meets the ground or whatever surface it is deemed to hit, it's gone. What was there is gone. And once you think about that you think of what could have been there. That one last touch, that one last feeling of bliss that comes with knowing that the moment you wake up the sun will be shining in rivulets through fingers that tangle in hair fresh off the pillow. It's sad to know that nothing like that will happen again. The sun won't shine the same way. Instead it may simply fall. It won't cascade, it won't flow over the edges of noses or smiling lips. It's the same way water may lose a stone from a riverbed and from there on after it doesn't run quite the same way. But another stone, another pebble will fall in place because replacement happens. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that letting go is letting someone else take a spot. In order for something else to happen you have to let your joints move out of their grip and unfold from their hold on something that wasn't meant to be held by you anymore. Sometimes you have to let them land somewhere new. I only hope that it's somewhere even more beautiful than before. Claire
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There's a peculiar kind of beauty that can only be experienced with the innate knowledge that the moment is fleeting and the most intense beauty can only be seen in the presence of both light and shadows. For it’s often in the loss of a thing that its worth to us becomes most precious and by letting it go with grace we can best savor its purest delights. Realizing that the pain runs so deep only because the beauty ran so deep and that without it having once touched us we wouldn't now know the emptiness of its loss, our grief will eventually turn to thankfulness that it ever touched us at all, and we will be left awed by the mystery of its haunting.
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Nov 16, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 at 8:11 AM UTC
Letting Go with Grace
She can walk           between              night and day                never letting either                   get in her way. She learned this trick                      many moons ago                                 by                      going deep within            and never letting it show. Her soul is innocent her heart is pure she’s gone through more than most could endure.             She’s an angel of light                  an angel of dark                you never know               what you will spark.                       You want to hurt her?                          Please, go ahead and try                            she’ll be the one to show you                                   just how well she can                                                               f                                                                 l                                                                   y.                                   Her soul innocent                     her heart pure       but never think for one minute that she’s not secure.                                 Say what you will                           please, do what you must                        but your jealousy and hatred                              won’t waver her trust! ~
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May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018 at 2:20 PM UTC
Stormy Angel
She can walk           between              night and day                never letting either                   get in her way. She learned this trick                      many moons ago                                 by                      going deep within            and never letting it show. Her soul is innocent her heart is pure she’s gone through more than most could endure.             She’s an angel of light                  an angel of dark                you never know               what you will spark.                       You want to hurt her?                          Please, go ahead and try                            she’ll be the one to show you                                   just how well she can                                                               f                                                                 l                                                                   y.                                   Her soul innocent                     her heart pure       but never think for one minute that she’s not secure.                                 Say what you will                           please, do what you must                        but your jealousy and hatred                              won’t waver her trust! ~
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letting go is love too
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 8:45 AM UTC
love [5w]
I'm surrounded by a sea of people As far as the eye can see All flowing in the same direction And just floating along, is me I've been wading in this water Letting it carry me any way Not caring about which direction And never having any say After wading all this time though My legs started growing tired So finally it was time to choose Which direction I desired But the problem with floating along Was that I never became aware I wasn't really a part of the waves I was just sort of...there What I wanted didn't matter The waves still moved as one Whether I moved with or against them Didn't matter in the long run Then I thought I better get out And give myself some time to think But I couldn't see the shore anymore And with that, I started to sink Now I'm surrounded by a sea of people As far as the eye can see All still flowing in the same direction But drowning in it, is me
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Sep 21, 2014
Sep 21, 2014 at 2:22 AM UTC
Loneliness
Unclasp your fingers Your clenched fists And know the release of Giving in Let him drift away Let the ocean stand between you As a testament To the vast expanse That exists there now. Stop fighting the waves. Stop braving the icy waters Arm over arm To reach him on the other side. The water will always win. And you never were much of a swimmer. He's just a distant island now Shrouded in fog Somewhere over the horizon. Rest now, The fight is over. Your mangled, frantic heart Can slow And begin another tempo When it's no longer bleeding over An unreachable coastline.
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Oct 19, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 at 4:51 PM UTC
Letting Go isn't the Same as Giving Up.
a man is not a man if he believes he has to be superior over a woman to achieve her love, a man is a man if he believes in letting a woman decide for herself who she wants to be, a man is not a man if he believes control will make a woman stay, a man is a man if he believes letting a woman choose what she wants to do will make her stay, a man is not a man if he does not believe in giving a woman a choice in her free time, will make her feel safe, a man is man if he believes that letting a woman do whatever the hell she wants in her free time to make her happy will make her love him more and feel safe, a man is not a man if he believes that forbidding a woman to meet with other males, even just friends will make her stay, a man is a man if he trusts a woman, regardless of how long the relationship, that she will not cheat by giving her the choice of who she wants to meet, will make her stay,   a man is not a man if he constantly refers to a woman as only useful in reproduction, a man is a man if he believes that a woman was created for other things too, a man is not a man if he believes that a woman should be devoted to the kitchen and household, a man is a man if he believes that letting a woman choose how she wants to keep herself busy will make her feel valued,   a man is not a man if he believes a woman is only useful for his needs, wants, and desires, a man is a man if he believes that being with a woman is not only about objectification, sexualization, reproductive control and male privilege.
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Nov 16, 2020
Nov 16, 2020 at 1:35 PM UTC
a man is (not) a man
a man is not a man if he believes he has to be superior over a woman to achieve her love, a man is a man if he believes in letting a woman decide for herself who she wants to be, a man is not a man if he believes control will make a woman stay, a man is a man if he believes letting a woman choose what she wants to do will make her stay, a man is not a man if he does not believe in giving a woman a choice in her free time, will make her feel safe, a man is man if he believes that letting a woman do whatever the hell she wants in her free time to make her happy will make her love him more and feel safe, a man is not a man if he believes that forbidding a woman to meet with other males, even just friends will make her stay, a man is a man if he trusts a woman, regardless of how long the relationship, that she will not cheat by giving her the choice of who she wants to meet, will make her stay,   a man is not a man if he constantly refers to a woman as only useful in reproduction, a man is a man if he believes that a woman was created for other things too, a man is not a man if he believes that a woman should be devoted to the kitchen and household, a man is a man if he believes that letting a woman choose how she wants to keep herself busy will make her feel valued,   a man is not a man if he believes a woman is only useful for his needs, wants, and desires, a man is a man if he believes that being with a woman is not only about objectification, sexualization, reproductive control and male privilege.
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You have been with me from the start soft Hard, never bothered which one you were When I was young at heart. I used to pull you my second brain, little soft Then long and hard,as I grew, you grew with   Me a friend that never left. Only in the cold I Wondered where you are. The years did pass and hair you grew, where Once I had pulled, now you just went hard. Embarrassed I was as always hard around The girls, some laughed while others played With it spitting at them when excitedly hard. Age moved on my friend for life still with me Still getting hard but when I wanted you no More embarrassment on my face at random hard. My second brain, getting wasted each day, never Unclean as cheesy smell I do not want as girls would Run a far. We played in the wetness we have come so far letting The children out in the damp park. My wife screamed Harder deeper my god your big I love your hardness Up me and the children were excited out of the umbrella They went a bit to far. You have been with me through the soft and the Hard, got me in trouble, now three children later I must end your spitting but you can still go hard. ***** your my friend to the end when we had no One a palm and a video was are night in, then softly You went as to sleep in my palm, from the beginning Through the soft and the hard.
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 9:12 AM UTC
An Ode to my *****
closing curtains of my day letting sunset have it's play ...i hope you stay oh yes, at-least till it's late
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 11:19 AM UTC
sunset wishes
We made love under a tree crazy me and obsessed thee Ah! holding each other so tight at the peeking pale twilight. Caressing you from the nose, sliding way down to your toes; I made the chills run down your skin kissing your cute trembling chin. Locking your soft lips with mine I used my tongue to give you a sign. Closing the eyes, you went with the flow You ripped my pant off and dragged it low Excited by your aggressive touch, I slowly removed your clothes. And when I undid your red bra you drew me closer and moaned ‘aahh’ You smelled sweet like the fresh smiling flowers And you were all mine for quite a few hours Your rapid hot breathe lured me more and more I bit your ******* took our emotions to the core. Delicately I went down and licked your **** that seemed to have aroused you a bit. Then you scratched my back with your nail I was happy to see my moves leaving a trail. Thus, it was time to go for the ultimate bliss So I pulled you closer and gave a passionate kiss Gently I resided my hardness in you to quench our lust Up and down I moved but tenderly at first With each swift push, you moaned loud by seeing your amazing charm, I was wowed. Time passed as we kept letting ourselves free And this is how we made love under a tree.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 8:54 AM UTC
Adult poetry (18+)
Laying in my bed curled up Acid in my throat because I didn’t eat Clenching my fists around my blankets because I can’t sleep Are you thinking of me? Laying in a tent, uncomfortably, Snuggling close to your fluffy white dog or your younger brother to stay warm. Are you missing me? No. Not the way I’m missing you You’re not thinking of me the way I’m thinking of you And though it means the world to me that a beautiful soul like yours is friends with a storm cloud like me, it shatters my heart into thousands of sharp, jagged pieces that you’re ~ just ~ my friend. “I’m sorry but I need to know, is it mutual? It’s alright if it’s a no, I can handle it, I just want you...to be honest” A pause... Then the raindrop falls. “Right now, it’s a no” Ripples. Right now. Right now. Right now. No. No. No. STOP. I care about you so much, I know I need to let you go, so you would never read this, and I would never show anyone this. It’s all swirling around in my chest, faster and faster until it explodes, word ***** and tears. I love you. I didn’t tell you I loved you, only that I had feelings for you. Why bother? It would’ve made things more painful for me, more bitter for you. But I can’t show you this. I don’t want you to change. I don’t want you to change the way you speak to me, to change your mind when you’re about to type a heart emoji, to stop yourself after just saying “goodnight” and leave out the “baby” This is my undoing, not yours, and I want you to keep letting me be your anchor, your shoulder, your shield, my open arms waiting to catch you when you tumble from your flight. I can’t keep loving you, I can’t stop loving you. I want to stop feeling at all.
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 1:42 AM UTC
45 Miles Apart
Laying in my bed curled up Acid in my throat because I didn’t eat Clenching my fists around my blankets because I can’t sleep Are you thinking of me? Laying in a tent, uncomfortably, Snuggling close to your fluffy white dog or your younger brother to stay warm. Are you missing me? No. Not the way I’m missing you You’re not thinking of me the way I’m thinking of you And though it means the world to me that a beautiful soul like yours is friends with a storm cloud like me, it shatters my heart into thousands of sharp, jagged pieces that you’re ~ just ~ my friend. “I’m sorry but I need to know, is it mutual? It’s alright if it’s a no, I can handle it, I just want you...to be honest” A pause... Then the raindrop falls. “Right now, it’s a no” Ripples. Right now. Right now. Right now. No. No. No. STOP. I care about you so much, I know I need to let you go, so you would never read this, and I would never show anyone this. It’s all swirling around in my chest, faster and faster until it explodes, word ***** and tears. I love you. I didn’t tell you I loved you, only that I had feelings for you. Why bother? It would’ve made things more painful for me, more bitter for you. But I can’t show you this. I don’t want you to change. I don’t want you to change the way you speak to me, to change your mind when you’re about to type a heart emoji, to stop yourself after just saying “goodnight” and leave out the “baby” This is my undoing, not yours, and I want you to keep letting me be your anchor, your shoulder, your shield, my open arms waiting to catch you when you tumble from your flight. I can’t keep loving you, I can’t stop loving you. I want to stop feeling at all.
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Steve - Hey Steve - Hey Steve - Hey how are you doing? Steve - Hey I’m just trying to get to know you. Steve - Wow so it’s like that? Steve - You won’t even give me a chance? Steve - I know you see the Facebook messages.                              Anna - Hey sorry I don’t feel like talking. You are not worth my time or attention. Steve - I’m good now. Steve - I found me another lover. Steve - All I wanted was your time and your attention, but you placed my heart in an emotional detention. Steve - To me now you just another potential lover I could of loved and cared for. But you loved your ego more. Anna - I’m sorry. Anna - At the time you wanted me I was busy. Anna - I want you now though, even though you have another lover, I envy her. Your persistence showed me you were worth my time. But my ignorance encouraged me to ignore my heart and feed my ego. Anna -  Now it’s sad to watch you go.                                                   Anna - I wish I knew better and did better. Now loneliness comforts my ugly mess. Steve - I guess this is goodbye, because with persistence I also come with, love, patients and loyalty. I am glad I never gave you the best of me. Steve - My lover truly deserves all of me. My time and my energy, my flaws and insecurities. Thank you for letting me find the best of me. Steve - You were the light that had to shine in me for me to find the best of me. Your rejection brought out a better version of me. Steve - Love stings like a blind bee it can kiss anyone and make them feel it slowly. For those it never kisses their hearts forever remain lonely.
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 6:34 PM UTC
Text to a potential lover
Steve - Hey Steve - Hey Steve - Hey how are you doing? Steve - Hey I’m just trying to get to know you. Steve - Wow so it’s like that? Steve - You won’t even give me a chance? Steve - I know you see the Facebook messages.                              Anna - Hey sorry I don’t feel like talking. You are not worth my time or attention. Steve - I’m good now. Steve - I found me another lover. Steve - All I wanted was your time and your attention, but you placed my heart in an emotional detention. Steve - To me now you just another potential lover I could of loved and cared for. But you loved your ego more. Anna - I’m sorry. Anna - At the time you wanted me I was busy. Anna - I want you now though, even though you have another lover, I envy her. Your persistence showed me you were worth my time. But my ignorance encouraged me to ignore my heart and feed my ego. Anna -  Now it’s sad to watch you go.                                                   Anna - I wish I knew better and did better. Now loneliness comforts my ugly mess. Steve - I guess this is goodbye, because with persistence I also come with, love, patients and loyalty. I am glad I never gave you the best of me. Steve - My lover truly deserves all of me. My time and my energy, my flaws and insecurities. Thank you for letting me find the best of me. Steve - You were the light that had to shine in me for me to find the best of me. Your rejection brought out a better version of me. Steve - Love stings like a blind bee it can kiss anyone and make them feel it slowly. For those it never kisses their hearts forever remain lonely.
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Dear insecure, emotional, overthinking young man you've come a long way from way back then you've lost a lot - but had to realize "who hasn't?" your strong will seemed to be mistaken a lot from your passion you've missed out on a lot of love by second guessing & never unmasking why weren't you truly ever satisfied... nah, that's the question that I'm asking... your abandonment issues pushed away the potential of something ever lasting constantly fighting the man in the mirror hopefully with your new life - you see things clearer no one ever knew, with you...who they were gonna get you've missed out on a lot of good times wanting to talk instead of just letting it go and enjoying the time you had left. Your favorite pills were self pity, self indulgence, ignorance and regret you never stopped to listen - stopped talking - hopefully now you allow others words to be said no woman stood a chance... you purposely acted a certain way to avoid the possibility of true love discretely pushing them away until they saw nothing and had enough. don't get me started on your lack of living missed out on a lot of trips, chances and opportunities I hope now you've filled that void that is missing you swore happiness was wealth... power...a line of respect little did you know it was the little things; the calm, the moments the people and things in life worth it and willing to invest. you gave up on a few dreams... figured why fight? countless times your mind would just run... keep you up all night you were so afraid of success... honestly, I never knew why you never freed that little boy trapped - stuck in his father's grasp he was begging for freedom, you left him struck inside everyday was another day you thought was your time. **I hope you live now I hope you see the beauty life truly is I hope you found love I hope you found this** I needed to write this letter to you - so you can see how far you have come you can see that change is real you can see all that you have become Bland Douglas Simpkins, that's the man you should be proud to be no matter what challenges you were faced with those obstacles were needed, needed to make it to this me thank those who've came into your life - not all were meant to last some forced you left - others showed you right no matter what, some were needed in your past. So... Dear future self, please understand - I'm sorry. For all that I put you through the truth remains - that without me - just know... there would be no you.
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Oct 10, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 at 7:14 PM UTC
Letter to my future self
Dear insecure, emotional, overthinking young man you've come a long way from way back then you've lost a lot - but had to realize "who hasn't?" your strong will seemed to be mistaken a lot from your passion you've missed out on a lot of love by second guessing & never unmasking why weren't you truly ever satisfied... nah, that's the question that I'm asking... your abandonment issues pushed away the potential of something ever lasting constantly fighting the man in the mirror hopefully with your new life - you see things clearer no one ever knew, with you...who they were gonna get you've missed out on a lot of good times wanting to talk instead of just letting it go and enjoying the time you had left. Your favorite pills were self pity, self indulgence, ignorance and regret you never stopped to listen - stopped talking - hopefully now you allow others words to be said no woman stood a chance... you purposely acted a certain way to avoid the possibility of true love discretely pushing them away until they saw nothing and had enough. don't get me started on your lack of living missed out on a lot of trips, chances and opportunities I hope now you've filled that void that is missing you swore happiness was wealth... power...a line of respect little did you know it was the little things; the calm, the moments the people and things in life worth it and willing to invest. you gave up on a few dreams... figured why fight? countless times your mind would just run... keep you up all night you were so afraid of success... honestly, I never knew why you never freed that little boy trapped - stuck in his father's grasp he was begging for freedom, you left him struck inside everyday was another day you thought was your time. **I hope you live now I hope you see the beauty life truly is I hope you found love I hope you found this** I needed to write this letter to you - so you can see how far you have come you can see that change is real you can see all that you have become Bland Douglas Simpkins, that's the man you should be proud to be no matter what challenges you were faced with those obstacles were needed, needed to make it to this me thank those who've came into your life - not all were meant to last some forced you left - others showed you right no matter what, some were needed in your past. So... Dear future self, please understand - I'm sorry. For all that I put you through the truth remains - that without me - just know... there would be no you.
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wants to be my friend, for I am poet-woman nineteen. she is sweet but sad. super sad. a good poet who wants to guide me. but there/theirs is the odor, not faint, of wants wanting, the pus of corruption behind the curtains, the Wizard-ess of Oz's special blackout curtains. seen how easy, how her illusions, my medium rare rejections, morph into her delusions, and her delusions devolve into her conspiracy theories. "SHE will be my mentor, poetess lover, teacher for no charge!" my parents thinks it's great, she wants (to be) skin in my game. my parents will find this poem accidentally, exactly, how I do not want to be skinned alive. for I am poet-woman nineteen and still! now, long past the point of being fooled, the point of no return. and see no point, have no intention, of returning to either valley ***no more con the my mind into letting my body be-fused.^***   that ain't me babe.
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Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 at 2:54 PM UTC
an older woman wants to be my friend
drowning in caffeine breathing the nicotine my blood cant circulate - your love will stimulate. the ****** of death in **** will simulate your touch , my need as we spiral in to sin separation , depression , paranoia anxiety - the absence of my sleep aggression , desperation toxicity - of a drama we are in discoloration - i can't control the spin screams - muted by bitter pills our dreams - induced by the  acid capsuled lives - longing self destruction your embrace - disconnection release me from what is real obsession - for what we cannot fix frustration - for what we can't control memories - of what we used to be delusions - of what we could have been isolation - thoughts of being free now voices dictate what i should feel digging through my skin - opening the wounds put your fingers in remembering the days when we held an illusion no drugs could replicate i can't forget. exchanging promises of never letting go was it all in my head? i can't escape the hole. i walk the road alone.
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Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016 at 7:35 PM UTC
****** spiral
#*Lord Jesus, Plower of my heart, though the darkness descends around me and heavy moods fall over me, though the warm feelings of intimacy begin to fade and encroaching melancholy threatens to set in like a cold reversal of the winds, still I will rejoice in Your presence with me, for You are causing me to press beyond— beyond the delightful sense of You and into the delightful assurance of You. If I know nothing else, I know that You are here, You are faithful and You love me. So I will keep clinging to that when everything else seems to slip like dust through my fingers and all hope of good things in this life grows dim. I will cling to the promise that You are clinging to me, that You’ve got me no matter what, that You are never leaving or letting go. For You are the unchanging I AM in my ever-changing circumstances, through my ever-shifting emotions, over my ever-shaking life and around my ever-feeble heart. Here is my hand, Lord Jesus. I put it safely in Yours and trust You to lead me through this dark night. Work Your holy, harrowing fingers deep into the soil of my heart until every idol is uprooted, every stone removed and every broken place restored. Thank You, Jesus. I love You.*#
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Aug 1, 2017
Aug 1, 2017 at 5:16 PM UTC
~ The Assurance ~
Insanity                                Is Leaving                                                       The             Latch Swigging                                                                          Inside            Your Minds                                                          Door.....
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 5:02 PM UTC
Letting in Insanity 10W
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... *that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows the when and why of differing cuddling styles... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows when to leave a man alone alone in his man-mourning time, distance needed, letting his ex-rage dissipate or watching his red and blue football redefine ignominy... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when the man low whistles, eyes adrift, she heartily agrees and is reciprocity rewarded regularly with hunk alerts of "hey-check-him-out!" that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, a tigress in the bedroom she asking, try this, I'll love it, served with a desert demo of awkward afterward, his less-than-perfect cuddling abilities a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who doesn't abhor partner silences, comforting they are, in their own ways, lying side by side, interrupted only by peccadillo body noises unexpected and sheepish apologies and loving arm stroking a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who lets the man roar, top of voice, when imprisoned in car,   his voice, un enfant terrible, performs with Creedence Clearwater a sing-a-long in traffic, asking "Have you ever seen the rain" while amidst Israel-leaving-Egypt Sunday beach traffic on the L.I.E. a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, when it's pheromones  alternative mode day, he celebrates Carole King day, she demonstrates her cuddling abilities, par excellence, with kisses and tissues a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... a woman, plain confident in her abilities no matter the situational status, when confronted by less-than-crazy-impetuous, she smiling says "why not," when he proposes, a movie and dinner in a fav haunt? "plenty excellent enough" her answer, spoke in a rising voice full of unfeigned delight a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, accepting the unexpected airport embrace on a moving sidewalk, unexpected delays with the aplomb of a well lived life's long term sustainability perspective when he kisses her hand for no reason, while driving 75 miles per hour, she only winces internally, the other hand vise-grasping the other door's handle, who brushes hair wisps in a dark movie, celebrating her Bathsheba Everdeen's duality of strength and tenderness a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when on second date he proposes a non-exclusive relationship, confident enough to high-five respond, and laugh about it, seven years on a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when she reads it, analyzing the oeuvre as "too **** personal and as usual too **** long"* that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities in everything... even a little occasional criticism
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 10:45 AM UTC
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities...
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... *that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows the when and why of differing cuddling styles... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows when to leave a man alone alone in his man-mourning time, distance needed, letting his ex-rage dissipate or watching his red and blue football redefine ignominy... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when the man low whistles, eyes adrift, she heartily agrees and is reciprocity rewarded regularly with hunk alerts of "hey-check-him-out!" that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, a tigress in the bedroom she asking, try this, I'll love it, served with a desert demo of awkward afterward, his less-than-perfect cuddling abilities a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who doesn't abhor partner silences, comforting they are, in their own ways, lying side by side, interrupted only by peccadillo body noises unexpected and sheepish apologies and loving arm stroking a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who lets the man roar, top of voice, when imprisoned in car,   his voice, un enfant terrible, performs with Creedence Clearwater a sing-a-long in traffic, asking "Have you ever seen the rain" while amidst Israel-leaving-Egypt Sunday beach traffic on the L.I.E. a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, when it's pheromones  alternative mode day, he celebrates Carole King day, she demonstrates her cuddling abilities, par excellence, with kisses and tissues a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... a woman, plain confident in her abilities no matter the situational status, when confronted by less-than-crazy-impetuous, she smiling says "why not," when he proposes, a movie and dinner in a fav haunt? "plenty excellent enough" her answer, spoke in a rising voice full of unfeigned delight a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, accepting the unexpected airport embrace on a moving sidewalk, unexpected delays with the aplomb of a well lived life's long term sustainability perspective when he kisses her hand for no reason, while driving 75 miles per hour, she only winces internally, the other hand vise-grasping the other door's handle, who brushes hair wisps in a dark movie, celebrating her Bathsheba Everdeen's duality of strength and tenderness a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when on second date he proposes a non-exclusive relationship, confident enough to high-five respond, and laugh about it, seven years on a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when she reads it, analyzing the oeuvre as "too **** personal and as usual too **** long"* that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities in everything... even a little occasional criticism
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What if, Pause, consider (Can you see the glittering of my eyes?) Deadly seductive Because I can feel it Fire pulsing through my mind (Cycling though, trapped in my spine) Deadly Seductive The temptation Ever more irresistible 'Stop clinging to life' Not just letting go Not just relinquishing But jumping Madly flying Through the empty space out there Tantalizing How close can you get Playing chicken with fate Deadly Seductive Flirting with the darkest kind of bogeyman (I will not lie and say That it does not lurk in all of us)
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Apr 4, 2011
Apr 4, 2011 at 11:51 PM UTC
Deadly Seductive
Hold you down. Tie you down. Handcuff you to our big bed. Slowly tear your clothes from your warm smooth body. Down to your bra and ******* Kiss you all over and lick some parts. Then I'll slowly start to unbutton my shirt and take off my pants, leaving me exposed. Slowly, is how I'm going to crawl on your body as I feel your wetness through your ******* and I start to rub my hard **** on the wet stain. I'll slip my hand under your back and unhook your bra and then slowly slip it off with my teeth. Then I'll rip your ******* off with my bare hands. When I see your nice sweet ***** I'll kiss it and then start to lick it. Squeezing your thighs and eating you out as you say my name in pleasure. Then I'll unlock the handcuffs and carry you and put you on top of me. I'll slowly start to slip my hard **** inside your tight ***** As you make your faces of pain and pleasure. As you go up and down on me, everytime I'll go in deeper and gain speed. I'll claw at your back as you're riding me and smack your *** As I'm playing with your **** you'll move your hair out of your face. Your sweat hitting my chest, mixing with mine, and me close to ******* I'll look into your eyes as I whisper I love you and you whisper it back. Me letting go will cause you to ****** and our bodies will shake in pleasure. You feel me *** hard inside your ***** You bend down to kiss me and I kiss you back softly.When we leave that room we know that we might have just made a baby...
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Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 11:20 PM UTC
The Room
It's stuck in my head, Until it's gone, When I can make endless complaints Endless back stabs to match. But till its gone, it is there. After it's been there and gone, It is there again. Every night of everyday And also in random hours of my days. I see the old, then I see the new. It seems my world has turned black and blue. My heart beats faster And my eyes: they cry. I feel I am mourning a loss; Of someone never born to be able to die. It's the cases like this That are always the worst. You think you've found someone, When they're not there at all. So many good times Have all gone down the drain, Because everyone's a faker. Don't you know I hate liars? You liar, you deceitful and manipulative **** You ***** I hate you, I hate you, And then I hate you even more. What you have done made me fall to the floor. I don't know how I can get through this, Because last time I could just hate, Which still I am doing. You make that more difficult. Because when all the memories Come back again, I don't want to believe that was you, Surely it can't be true? But I know too well To be fooled more than once, Not that there's a way you would make it twice, Because you hate me too. It's all because of you. And her And the other. All "best friends" do Is end up having to stab each other. You see I am missing, Someone nonexistent. I knew it was too good to be true, But that won't stop me bleeding. I wish the 'you' I was friends with Was actually real. Instead I just feel messed over, All over again. I don't want to picture, Not anymore, Of what's flashing through my head. The so many too good times. They've been damaged again. I trusted you As I trusted them all, Because you have to trust to do anything at all. Again and again trusting proved to be devastating, Because there is no one who actually Has your back. So no I don't want to picture, I don't want another picture game. When I'm talking about you in rants, The devil is your name. When I'm speaking I do not have to be sad, It's only the times that I get to think on my own, When I feel even more torn down. When I see you walking around, I wish you were not. Do you know not what exactly you all have caused? I can hear you all talking, Just like we all used to do, Then the thousands of memories Come flooding in once again. And until I convince myself to dry up my emotions, I watch the dry river banks Become diluted without letting the rain fall. Because my tears; You never deserved them at all. I don't want to picture what you may think of me. If you hate me then go on, You can resent me as much as you can. But maybe you'd like to know: I stood up for you. Even though it was proved to be true. I didn't believe it at first, Because it was you. How dare you! If you think I didn't know reasons to take sides, Didn't you think I would defend you as I did her? Well I God **** tried! And if roles were reversed then I would've taken yours, As it wasn't out of favouritism as it stood, But because you were so unbelievable That nothing could be done. No friendship was saved. Being civilised? Well I just try to ignore your name.
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Dec 17, 2015
Dec 17, 2015 at 12:01 PM UTC
I Don't Want To Picture
It's stuck in my head, Until it's gone, When I can make endless complaints Endless back stabs to match. But till its gone, it is there. After it's been there and gone, It is there again. Every night of everyday And also in random hours of my days. I see the old, then I see the new. It seems my world has turned black and blue. My heart beats faster And my eyes: they cry. I feel I am mourning a loss; Of someone never born to be able to die. It's the cases like this That are always the worst. You think you've found someone, When they're not there at all. So many good times Have all gone down the drain, Because everyone's a faker. Don't you know I hate liars? You liar, you deceitful and manipulative **** You ***** I hate you, I hate you, And then I hate you even more. What you have done made me fall to the floor. I don't know how I can get through this, Because last time I could just hate, Which still I am doing. You make that more difficult. Because when all the memories Come back again, I don't want to believe that was you, Surely it can't be true? But I know too well To be fooled more than once, Not that there's a way you would make it twice, Because you hate me too. It's all because of you. And her And the other. All "best friends" do Is end up having to stab each other. You see I am missing, Someone nonexistent. I knew it was too good to be true, But that won't stop me bleeding. I wish the 'you' I was friends with Was actually real. Instead I just feel messed over, All over again. I don't want to picture, Not anymore, Of what's flashing through my head. The so many too good times. They've been damaged again. I trusted you As I trusted them all, Because you have to trust to do anything at all. Again and again trusting proved to be devastating, Because there is no one who actually Has your back. So no I don't want to picture, I don't want another picture game. When I'm talking about you in rants, The devil is your name. When I'm speaking I do not have to be sad, It's only the times that I get to think on my own, When I feel even more torn down. When I see you walking around, I wish you were not. Do you know not what exactly you all have caused? I can hear you all talking, Just like we all used to do, Then the thousands of memories Come flooding in once again. And until I convince myself to dry up my emotions, I watch the dry river banks Become diluted without letting the rain fall. Because my tears; You never deserved them at all. I don't want to picture what you may think of me. If you hate me then go on, You can resent me as much as you can. But maybe you'd like to know: I stood up for you. Even though it was proved to be true. I didn't believe it at first, Because it was you. How dare you! If you think I didn't know reasons to take sides, Didn't you think I would defend you as I did her? Well I God **** tried! And if roles were reversed then I would've taken yours, As it wasn't out of favouritism as it stood, But because you were so unbelievable That nothing could be done. No friendship was saved. Being civilised? Well I just try to ignore your name.
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regret. i regret letting you in. love will always start with illusion. and i fell in love with the mirage you displayed. i told myself that the person i fell in love with was still there. that is why i stuck around for so long. for so long i believed that you still loved me as much as the sun loved the sky. even when you said you didn’t, even when your voice didn’t feel like home. home was late night conversations. home was your laugh ringing in my ears. but what was once the house we loved in, it is now dominated by ghosts. it has been 8 months. i still regret. i regret letting you in.
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Dec 3, 2017
Dec 3, 2017 at 2:40 AM UTC
regret
If you gotta dream, show me Reveal it to the world And own it If you gotta passion, Disown your inaction And make a habit of climbing the steep hill of your goals, Or else dissatisfaction will echo in your soul Go after your dreams fearlessly, You've got all the potential you need, Just find the why for the motivation you lack, Conjure the reasons why you've laid low and cut yourself slack, Well, you can't hide behind excuses no more, Because you're a dazzling star and you're too bright to hide behind confining bars You think you're a nobody? Too scared to show your true colors? Hey, you better get out there on that red carpet and like a peacock flaunt all your magnificent beauty, And not even for a moment doubt yourself Or listen to the chickens cluck **** about you on the sidelines You've got a dream Stop hiding it under your bed And make it into your reality You ain't think life got magic, But it's full of meaning Once you awaken from your brain dead anxiety Because you worry too much of what people think of you Your heart will come alive, beating with all the colors of the rainbow and the music you love will revive you, I speak from experience, Stop letting your fears hold you back, Because they are just lies No one is gonna believe in your dream as much as you do, Not until you accomplish what you dream of, when you get there then they'll believe you What else have you got to live for But your dream! It's your purpose And it's your responsibility To make your dream a reality Not until then will you be able to see The magic that both surrounds us and lives inside of you and me.
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Apr 9, 2017
Apr 9, 2017 at 4:44 AM UTC
Dream (Spoken Word)
If you gotta dream, show me Reveal it to the world And own it If you gotta passion, Disown your inaction And make a habit of climbing the steep hill of your goals, Or else dissatisfaction will echo in your soul Go after your dreams fearlessly, You've got all the potential you need, Just find the why for the motivation you lack, Conjure the reasons why you've laid low and cut yourself slack, Well, you can't hide behind excuses no more, Because you're a dazzling star and you're too bright to hide behind confining bars You think you're a nobody? Too scared to show your true colors? Hey, you better get out there on that red carpet and like a peacock flaunt all your magnificent beauty, And not even for a moment doubt yourself Or listen to the chickens cluck **** about you on the sidelines You've got a dream Stop hiding it under your bed And make it into your reality You ain't think life got magic, But it's full of meaning Once you awaken from your brain dead anxiety Because you worry too much of what people think of you Your heart will come alive, beating with all the colors of the rainbow and the music you love will revive you, I speak from experience, Stop letting your fears hold you back, Because they are just lies No one is gonna believe in your dream as much as you do, Not until you accomplish what you dream of, when you get there then they'll believe you What else have you got to live for But your dream! It's your purpose And it's your responsibility To make your dream a reality Not until then will you be able to see The magic that both surrounds us and lives inside of you and me.
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