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 Mar 2014 y i k e s
kenzo
I don't know why we continue to love people who hurt us;
I don't know much of anything, dear.
I just close my eyes from time to time,
and simply pretend I'm not here.
It's easier to pretend;
I've been doing it since age 9.
When will it all end?
This thing called time.
Well, technically time is not existent,
honestly neither am I.
My invisibility shines fluorescent,
nothing will really change when I die.
Mama might feel a tear drop now and then,
brother might drink his life away until he's not him.
I've realized this at age 10,
for life is not as great as we could make it.
like an acronym,
some abbreviate their life because they just can't take it.
We all cope differently.
Whether it's reaching for the liquor on the shelf,
or putting paint on a canvas.
Alas;
I'm not saying I'm going to **** myself,
(I really despise that term)
for people are only stopping the pain.
Stopping the pain from relapsing.
For some just feel like a worm in the rain.
Like the world, they're collapsing.
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
jennifer
And I remember you used to yell
"I love you" like it was an insult
And I would smile in confusion
And watch your eyes light up as I said it back
Thinking that it was all in my head.
But now as I lay here alone
Reminiscing and missing you,
With a tear soaked face and a worn out brain,
I realize that those words hurt me now
More than any insult ever could.
I see the changes
            At times they are clear

Other times, they seem to pass right by me...

I am growing...
               Maturing...
                     Changing...

I am becoming a stereotype
                          Just not the one  I thought I'd be...

Breaking rules,
               Sneaking out,
                          Telling lies,
                                   Cheating...

The list seems to continuously grow longer

            Is that bad?
                                    Or good?

                   I don't even know anymore
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
hkr
slowly
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
hkr
i swear to god i'm learning
how to gracefully release
those not meant for me.

but more often than not
my wishful thinking
gets the best of me --

why couldn't you
why couldn't you be meant
why couldn't you be meant for me?
inspired by this quote: “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” because that last part has a habit of getting under my skin.
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
hkr
cramps
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
hkr
i've found
that life
is easiest to digest
in poetry.
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
Mel
Inevitable
 Mar 2014 y i k e s
Mel
You're the note my heart was playing
yet it always sounded wrong

as though something were missing
when I tried to sing along

but after years of trying
I just couldn’t learn the song
After they are gone
Nothing seem the same anymore
No matter how much you stare at the door
Or adapt your hearing range for that special click
In hope of hearing that crackling tick
The thrilled is gone
~
Now we avoid each other
Like the poisoned pawn
Once he was a rock
in my golden pond
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