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Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:02 pm

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day 23 - painful reminders

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something about seeing the old wine stains
on the washed-out beach towel that was once yours
seemed to bring back all of the pain
that sometimes cannot just be ignored
and maybe i should have just donated it
but human beings are funny creatures
because we would rather choose to be hurt than to be bored
and i’d rather be haunted by your memory
than to have a life with a different trajectory.

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Sun Apr 25, 2021 4:14 am

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day 24 - pink cloud summer

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you wanted a pink cloud summer

but when all you got was yet another heartbreak
and you didn’t have anybody to help you deal with the thoughts,
the voices in your head were there to comfort you

and to t e m p t you.

so you slipped up

and it felt as if this is what the universe had been planning,
you felt like maybe getting better was u n r e a l i s t i c,
that things were always going to be blue.

but the beauty of recovery

lies in the way that healing is not linear,
because the sun can still shine after the rain
and some scars can fade with time.

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:47 am

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day 25 - laziness can't last forever

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it’s another sunday night
and the laundry has yet to be done.

dust bunnies have piled up in the corner
and empty bottles line my windowsill
next to the plants that never received enough sunshine
but i can never bring myself to get rid of them.

monday is just around the corner
and i start to wonder
why we can’t just make the weekends last longer.

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:54 am

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day 26 - talk to me so i can feel alright

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i want to know what keeps you up at night,
your deepest fears and your darkest secrets.

i want to hear the way you talk about your parents
and see the way your eyes light up
when talking about your favorite song.

if only i could start feeling alright
without you having to remind me that i’m strong.
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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:33 am

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day 28 - rainfall

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it’s hard to remember feeling happy
when it feels like sadness has picked me up
and swallowed me whole

and there is no one i can turn to
after i’ve cried and ruined my makeup
because tears are the one thing that has yet to be stole

but i still wait for rain to stop pouring
in hopes of days spent in the sun

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:46 am

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day 29 - golden memories

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i bought a coffee mug with a sunflower on it
because it reminded me of the way i used to dance
in open fields during the golden hour
and how the sun would illuminate your beautiful eyes
but that was two whole years ago
and now the only days i seem to go out
are when it’s cloudy and dreary
and my mug sits unused on my desk
along with love notes that have been ripped to shreds
and empty pill bottles that are now home to broken safety pins.

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Sat May 01, 2021 5:14 am

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day 30 - unfamiliarity

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coming back home for the weekend
has never felt so comforting
yet so surreal at the same time.

i’ve come back to the place i grew up,
and while i feel a sense of belonging,
i no longer recognize the sound of my mother’s windchimes.

oh how time can truly fly.

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Spoiler! :

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"And I love the thought of being with you,
or maybe it's the thought of not being so alone."
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Mon May 03, 2021 7:29 am

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alliyah says...

Congratulations on completing NaPo @mckaylaam! I think you nearly made it to all 30 and with a poem a day too (except 27 might be missing, unless you just forgot to post it <33)! Great job, it takes a lot of dedication to get a poem in there every day! There's such a strong sense of a specific time and place and emotion in your poetry and all these complex feelings of nostalgia and loss and memory too - I really enjoyed following along with your thread! <3

Thought this last set in particular explored loss and memory very strongly; poem 30 was very relatable and I really thought this stanza in particular from poem 24 was just so striking:

but the beauty of recovery

lies in the way that healing is not linear,
because the sun can still shine after the rain
and some scars can fade with time.

<333 Just beautiful!

Thank you so much for sharing your poetry this month! I enjoyed reading these. <3

you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now

but i have promised to return

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