Month: April 2014

  • T R U T H

    T R U T H

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    raetherainbow
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    The truth is All of me Is not all I do Is not in where I live Is not in all I think I know Is not in all I think I can give Is not in my bank account Is not when I can’t feel the ground Is not in failed attempts to be…

  • W A Y

    W A Y

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    raetherainbow
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    The things I need to believe in I can not see The things they need to hear I can not speak The things they need to know I can not show and yet They tell me to only believe in things I can see only listen to those that can speak only learn from those…

  • IN C A S E

    IN C A S E

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    raetherainbow
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    In case the world changes its mind tell them I love neat whiskey shots not even on the rocks why can’t a girl drink something other than wine? tell them I do not know how to paint my nails that I do not believe my dresses prove my ‘decency’ and I do not know how…

  • s a l t

    s a l t

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    raetherainbow
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    sometimes it is not salt i want to taste   but without it life seems a waste   sometimes it is not salt I want to smell   but without it I won’t have stories to tell   Sometimes it is salt I want to quench my thirst for all it makes me is more…

  • D A U G H T E R S

    D A U G H T E R S

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    raetherainbow
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    I wont blame my mother for she did not start this I do not know whose mother did But it was not my mother She just followed what she was told and taught me what she had learnt It was not her who said A woman would not be complete Until she finds her ‘Better’…

  • DAY 16 (21 LETTERS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN 21-16)

    DAY 16 (21 LETTERS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN 21-16)

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    raetherainbow
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    Hi I just wanted to write to you because I wanted to remind you that you are important and that you should not forget yourself in the process of whatever you are doing. I know you are doing a lot of things in order to MAKE A NAME..and that you are as lost as a…

  • I N F I N I T Y

    I N F I N I T Y

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    raetherainbow
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    Conditions led me to conclusion that can not be comprehended Curiosity made me continue It never cancelled my clarity Maybe took me closer to myself Compromising for consideration made me question my character Confidence is just comfort in my skin Comparison made me calculate I confess,I put my dreams on collateral for connection Now I…

  • E N O U G H

    E N O U G H

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    raetherainbow
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    He said he adored me Couldn’t take me off his mind Went to bed thinking of my smile I was his happy then But he lived in the future And there he found sadness In my absence For we could not be together then He blamed it on god I blamed it on religion And…

  • F I R S T

    F I R S T

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    raetherainbow
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    The last thing I want to be but The first thing I have to be  to win the battle of life is Patient The first thing I want to work with but the thing that never works is my plans and yet I continue to pamper myself with poetry perfume and pens hoping someday I…

  • DAY 15 ( 21 letters to whom it may concern 21-15)

    DAY 15 ( 21 letters to whom it may concern 21-15)

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    raetherainbow
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    Hi I know I should not be writing to you because this is lame, but sometimes that is just how I am. Sometimes I do things I am not supposed to do,knowing I should not do them.It does not seem wrong though You live in the future,I am alive now but when time and distance…