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 Feb 2014 Yasi
echo
the difference
 Feb 2014 Yasi
echo
..
the difference between
worthless and priceless
is knowing
you are
free

..
freedom comes
from Holy love
All seekers find
& every heart
is satisfied
 Feb 2014 Yasi
echo
reflection
 Feb 2014 Yasi
echo
even
the
fairest
of the fair
still
asks

*her mirror
10w
 Feb 2014 Yasi
echo
~
Her eye's on
you

& she can see
no further
~
10w
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Derek
Poetry gives me more solace
than any animate object could.
It warms the soul,
soothes the mind,
and relaxes the nerves.
But sometimes I wonder,
"why are all of the poets always so sad?"

Why don't we celebrate the good thing in our lives?
If we strip away the ****,
and get to the center of the core,
we can all write about something happy.

Like when your crush said hello to you at school
(okay, maybe that's a little unrealistic.)
But when you had an awesome time at theater with your friends,
or when your sister slipped on the ice and your laughter brought you to tears.
Or maybe when your favorite episode of a TV show came on,
reminiscing about the memories via old Kodaks,
eating a wonderful piece of pie,
or maybe even helping out the fellow man.

How about the cathartic conversation you had with your father,
going to visit your grandparents,
engaging in an insightful debate with the neighbor.
Or just simply:
Turning the **** up by yourself in your bedroom
in your underwear,
with the music eroding the feeling in your eardrums,
singing your heart out,
and enjoying the excitement only you can bring yourself.
Jazz it up.
Be happy
and let your genius reflect that.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Derek
yellow.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Derek
to that one girl over there*

chock-full of intimacy,
i can't stop looking at the wrinkles in your hair
and the way they caress the curvature of your ears.
every smile drives me deeper into insanity,
and as your upper intersects with your lower,
i heave a sigh of pain.
waltz there, waltz here - your every move is like a dance
God Almighty choreographed himself.
My soul is like a bird - fluttering to the unknown,
but every season I come back for you.
your thighs were sculpted my Michelangelo,
your voice was crafted by Ella Fitzgerald,
your grace was gifted by your parents,
and my love burns hotter than the passion i have for you.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Theia Gwen
When did skinny become synonymous with happy?
I wish I could tell that girl that being 120 pounds
Won't make her any happier than she was at 140 pounds
And she'll still feel fat and ugly at 90
And nothing will ever change
I wish I could tell her that she is more
Than the number on the scale
But I know she wouldn't believe me
She's been raised to hate her body
Obsessed with protruding bones
That look like they're about the break through the flesh
Her vision blurs the image in the toilet bowl
She flushed down her salad and her dreams
Cause beauty tastes like ***** to her
She has the bullets in the gun
But she won't deliver the fatal blow
Just etches more tally marks in her skin
Because she wants to be perfect at the morgue
I can't think of a more slow and strategic suicide
I wonder
When did unhealthy mean beauty,
Our bodies become war zones,
When did skinny become synonymous with happy?
And most of all,
When did that girl become me?
 Feb 2014 Yasi
brooke
Present Tense.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
brooke
he covered his
face and said
he loved me.
(c) Brooke Otto 2014
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
local
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
o  w
l             l
s                    y
I am realizing
that I am my
only home.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
saturday
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
I don't know how
to be friends with
you when simply
watching you talk
to other people
hurts my head.
today I am especially not okay.
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
seven
 Feb 2014 Yasi
Megan Grace
the inside of your mind must
be a beautiful place but you
never let me in, never let
me see, never let me
learn, never never
never
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