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Raising Mother
It was eleven o’ clock on a Friday night, and I was stuck at home. The only thing worse than the current situation, was that my mother had somewhere to ...
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The Place
I thought I’d found a friend in you, I thought you were my best, But in thinking that, I was amiss, For you’re no different than the rest. I trusted ...
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Poems From Long Ago!
These are a few poems I found that I wrote a while ago.. "Together" written when I was in the 5th grade Together, standing side by side, No matter black ...
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Why I Hate Liking You
I hate this feeling inside of me, I hate blushing when you pass by, I hate having to go out of my way, Just to see you & say ‘hi’. ...
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Giving In
The phone rang, and she rolled out of bed in order to glance at the caller ID. It was him, and within seconds, she was wide awake and ecstatic. Her ...
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Falling For You
We are total opposites, Nothing do we share, So why is it that.. In my dreams last night, You were suddenly there? I tell myself I’m crazy, That an “us” ...
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Memory
These are the times of our lives, they say, The best days that we’ll ever see. & no matter how many years pass us by, We’ll still have our beloved ...
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In Pain, We Learn
The days grow short, The moments end, Good friends still lie, Nice boys pretend, To be so sweet, To be so nice, Lives waste away, Aimed at suffice. Time goes ...
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The Secret Keeper
Deep within the corner of your mind, Scattered amongst childhood memories, Hidden behind useless knowledge, Alongside your greatest fears, Fitted around wishes and dreams, Is a secret. A secret, so ...
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Little Girl
Little girl, why must you leave? You’re far too young, Far too naïve. Listen as I beg and plead, Little ...
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You
You took my perfect picture, And tore it all apart, Reached inside my chest, And crushed my precious heart. Opened ...
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Missing You
You couldn’t possibly know, How much you mean to me, That I’d give everything I had, For you to be ...
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I Wish
I wish that I could look into your mind, Just so I can see how many times I cross it, Before you came along I had one, But I met ...
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Letting Go of my Lies
You said I was the “stupidest bitch” you‘d ever met, Then knocked me to the ground. Before that moment, I never knew, How to scream without uttering a sound. You ...
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Desiree
Mkay, this is something new for me.. I'm begging someone to give it a chance & to give me some pointers (Haha). It was the summer before fifth grade. That ...
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White Oleander
Haven't finished it yet, but I'm half way through and I already feel it's been worth the read. I'll re-post about it when I'm finished, just wondering if anyone else ...
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Time Wasted Without You
The days disappear. Together, they form just about three months. Three months without you. I feel as if it happened a year ago, But also as if I saw you ...
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Truth Within Lies
& it all simply fell apart. (Let's just put it back together), Easily you broke my heart. (I can forgive you), Your lips are full of lovely lies. (Yet I ...
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My Perfect Life
Let me lie to you. Let me tell you about my perfect life, Where everything’s dipped in chocolate, & the cherry’s always right on top. Where the reflection always smiles, ...
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Confusing
& this shit’s so confusing. I feel like I’m losing, Touch with the only, Person, I’m so lonely, Without. Full of doubt, & a life put on pause, Due to ...
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Just Another Fake
Her laughter's a distracter, As you look into her eyes. She's quick to say hello But terrible with goodbyes. She's confusing, used to losing, Stubborn at the start. The mirror ...
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Only Living When I'm Writing
I’m forgetting the time, All of my thoughts are arranged in a rhyme, I’m spitting them out line by line. I’m telling my story, I’m setting my stage, I’m spilling ...
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Give You A Grammy
I’m living the moment, The moment is now. I loudly applaud, as you take a bow. You’re a marvelous actor, You’re great at pretend, A romance with a tragedy end. ...
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Getting Hurts Her Habit
And she’s reaching for a feeling She can’t see and never knew before, Getting hurts her habit, But it’s so much harder to ignore, Her painful heart beating, It’s aching ...
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Mirror/Bittersweet Goodnight
Mirror: Before the mirror upon the wall, A princess sits with saddened eyes, The truth’s displayed before her, But she’s preoccupied with lies. Her imperfections linger, Before her drop-dead gorge
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Secret Farewell
Come closer: Hear my secret, Promise not to tell A single soul. I’ve got a million pretty words And absolutely no control Over what may slip from this Lip gloss ...
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Prince Charming on Guitar
She was broken promises and untold lies, Lip glossed joints and lush liquor highs Swallowed tears and silent cries Genuinely happy (In an artificial way) Mouthfuls of goodbye, Lips lined ...
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Cosmopoliton Cover Queen
1. Fact preceding fiction, she was sweet seventeen and straight from the bottle ‘golden blonde’. Almond eyes, counterfeit complexion, lip gloss layered lips. Slender hips hidden beneath layers of
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Empty Notebooks are a Therapy Session
K - Screw everything you know about reading a real "poem" and try reading the words for what they are.. because this is more of a.. Freestyle? Yepp. Written by ...
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Star in Shadowed Nights
I sink into my sheets at night In my silent shadowed room Another day completed Left with lonely thoughts of you I picture you, you’re playing Fingers grazing a guitar ...
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She loved him, though she hated their goodbyes.
She spent her days in a constant daze with Thoughts of hearts and hands grazing a guitar She could no longer hear the music but She sang his lyrics loudly ...
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Alive and All Alone. (Rough Draft)
I cradle the bottle between my fingers, casually hitting a cigarette as I lose myself in a cloud of dizziness and smoke. I don’t smoke cigarettes much; I’m not a ...
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Lost.
I’m lost and I’m lonely, my eyelids are closing, Somewhere along the way I grew tired And I’m tired as hell. So I’ll fall fast into a dream and if ...
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Marlboro Kisses
His hand always embraced a deep brown bottle He’d decided on suicide in its slowest form A shot to start a troubled heart, A shot to keep a cold corpse ...
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Talking with Eyes
1. He said he talked best with his eyes. They were icy blue and brimming with melancholy pain masked by endless eyelashes. He didn’t care much for words, preferring to ...
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Pocket Change
He packed a sack lunch and headed off to a toxic hell With thoughts of ballet slippers and building blocks buried in the back of his mind. He spent 3,240 ...
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Two Holes and a Heavier Chest
(Note: This is my 1st attempt at what I hope will become a slam poem. The spacing is weird because it's written to be read aloud with pauses and emphasis ...
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Tiny Bed
Let’s fall asleep in a tiny bed So I can curl up in your sweat Because every minute we’re apart Is a bit of living lost I will curl up ...
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Little Questions and Thoughts Outloud
She was the type of person who couldn’t keep her thoughts inside, often allowing them to spill out of her lips and break a perfect silence. She did not believe ...
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Life is here and it's now. It's in my fingertips. It's in the breath that I take and the thoughts that cross my mind As I try to find the ...
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Sixth Year.
(Note: Read this in the context of Juno or Superbad). I stroll into the crowded college office and set my lanyard down on the edge of the assistant’s desk. He ...
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For Drake.
(By the way this is not the end). I’m sitting here writing this freakin letter and there’s really no point. I don’t want to be here. I guess all of ...
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The Story that is My Life
Prologue: Sometimes you feel so connected to those people you can't help but notice in ordinary situations. You introduce yourselves, and bam! - your lives are forever tied together. It ...
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I Will Write for Her
It was a simple kitchen table conversation.The kind of discourse that usually entails detailed descriptions ofyet another cousin, uncle, neighbor who’d fallen slave to the little white pill that sto
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The Diner
It’s the buzz of a light on the verge of burning out, struggling against an always-late electric bill and ten years of neglect. It’s the sticky sweet feel of grease ...
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An Untitled Work in Progress
Note: I have only a vague idea of where this is going. It's an attempt to get me writing more frequently, and I will try to expand the plot every ...
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A Vodka Tonic Promise
She sits and sips sweet liquor,wrongly deeming her thick-bottomed glass a crystal ball. A mess of tangled, red veins stain white iriseswith spots of blood;Two crisscrossed brown eyes fix ontwo ...
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Last Kiss
I could not cry that day. After nights spent sobbing into comfortless pillows and my father’s thick arms, I could not stir a single makeshift tear from my eyes.I remember ...
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Saying Goodbye to Southdale Rd.
I used to live in the beige house with dull brown shutters and a thick slab of concrete attached to its waste. A mahogany park bench bristling with painful splinters ...
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Last Trip
I am ankle deep in an Appalachian creekand I feel vulnerable. Thick mud creeps between my toes andcloaks my soles,two uninvited guests traipsing through the Haus of Crayfish.I am anything ...
