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InTheTrees

  • Reality of Hope

    Were we in reality, When we watched the star fall from her eye? There were crows everywhere at the time. Big black ugly things, that looked like death, Looking for ...

    1 min read
  • Doll Sweet Night

    Earth shrugs day shun Alone darkness she sits Doll smile remembers today Big he shadowed her Promises pleads demands pain She offfered he took Doll smile every request Insects bite ...

    1 min read
  • Color Blood
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  • Stolen Tears

    There were no flowers that year, And the children's minds Were stunted. The air was filled with noiseslike broken song through water, Because you could hear them think. The old ...

    2 min read
  • Slow Down

    These days The universe has turned into a bisexual cocoon. All the colors mixing and kissing And laughing, Poppingcartoon styleacross my poor Influences. Like, teacher, What does it mean when ...

    2 min read
  • Behind the Door

    Who’s that behind the door? She tries the knob but it will not give, Because they are keeping it locked. Leaning into the cold woodwork she whispers, You can pin ...

    3 min read
  • I won't forget

    I can see through your dress. It's thundering And we're walking in the dirt, And I can see these twoforget me not blue swells That I could have sworn weren't ...

    2 min read
  • Fireflies

    On nights like this, I find my image standing tiptoe at the windowsill, Staring out over the field. Fireflies hover like stars That haven’t quite finished falling And dance over ...

    2 min read
  • What are the odds of it

    It's interesting how carelessly people say things. Like being punched in the arm by your twenty year old cousin, That didn't hurt did it? And you're only seven and you ...

    2 min read
  • Dangerous Feathers

    Feathers cut deep. You wouldn’t know it by the gentle edges, The tiny fingers grasp each other and sway With your every breath, Straining towards a lost thing.

    5 min read
  • Essence

    All that I see of you is a waste, (Of your hands cupping empty air) Because you aren’t a pile of warm flesh, The dirt and the grimacing smile And ...

    3 min read
  • So it's like,

    Enough time staring in the dark And you forget the password. You even have to think for a moment Before you can remember that girl’s name? The one who looked ...

    3 min read
  • In the beginning of the story,

    This is a rather heavy poem. Don't read if you're happily snuggling kitties or the like.

    1 min read
  • Daughter, I am sorry

    How many panthers do you know?

    1 min read
  • You were in it For ink and honey

    It's always interesting to see drones get the boot

    1 min read
  • Not Break-Skull Man

    This is my first time writing a long piece. It's not finished yet, but I would appreciate any kind of opinion!

    3 min read


What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
— Albert Pines