Category: Poetry
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Things I understood when I sat next to you
I thought you would be my river That you would make me flow and help me reach the sea that you would help me grow but you made me understand that I would never need anyone else to become myself growth comes from experience not necessarily humans my brain was tiny to comprehend that I…
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Prosperity
Prosperity was supposed to arrive in a suitcase full of things that could be bought but then life people and things in it are never what it is supposed to be instead it came with Jack Johnson’s song in the background with a cup of not so strong milky coffee cool breeze and a smile…
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Only Humans
It is not necessary that what does not have a future can not have a present it is also not necessary that what had a past can’t live in the present but then again we are humans we do not live in our needs we live in our heads and we die there Don’t we?
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To the people I owe this to
I am the dumbest person alive trust me Like HOW how could I not realize that my dignity was seen through the dress I wear I should have known….. I should be ashamed because my waist is almost 30 How dare I eat what I want and not work out? This is not what decent…
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A letter to the one who lost
Hello I hope you remember me I am the girl you lost to cigarettes and clubs to prostitutes and cheap pubs I am the genie from the bottle you did not rub I just wanted to tell you that it felt great feeling small in front of the things you thought I was not Well….…
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Just like life
It began with honesty humor and hope sincere eyes fresh lungs non-contaminated thoughts soft palms clear smooth skin awe of new things bright eyes shy lips and all things that remain in the category of ”untouched” and it ended when everything looked just like it did before without prior notice or verifications just like that…
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The Grand Theatre
I was not becoming someone ”else” I was being It was not the light-boy’s magic In my eyes It was you It was real The blush was not makeup It was actually me being overwhelmed by your presence I could not stop giggling like a school girl in everything that you said It was not…
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Just Because
Her body will get you through the night But darling what will you do? When the sun wont come through? What is real beauty for you? As for me I have no clue Her dazzling lips will brighten your night But darling what will you do? On gloomy grey days,how will you get…
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for the things I did not do
I hope the marks I leave behind on people and things do not hurt them all I have ever wanted to do is heal I do not want to be haunted for the hand I did not lend or for the hope that devastated someone’s home Please don’t make me feel this way Please don’t…
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