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Graduation

I think now to myself and calculate how much time remains. Everything has happened so fast and I've struggled to achieve everything I'm...

Reaching

Fingers rested so carelessly on my hand, yet I feel the quaking contemplation. Your eyes are ticking. Your mind is malfunctioning. I...

Morning

We still woke up when our alarms went off. We still groaned and complained, rolling our heads around just searching for that restfulness...

Fleeting

These moments seem fleeting. Forgive me if I cling to you. I feel like I have no control over anything, except feeling your touch. My...

Hurdle

The rock hurdles down the hill, daring me to stop it. I know I have to, everyone believes I can. No matter How much I breathe, I still...

Gardner

I gather your sadness like weeds from a garden. I sow the common ground after we've both sworn it doesn't exist. I'm always standing in...

Aftermath

We watched each other when the bomb hit. The other eyes around me widened as my own mouth disfigured from the horror. We never saw it...

Canyon

The crinkle next to her eye is a canyon carved into olive skin that I fall into. Only to hopelessly search for the earthy green of her...

Epiphanies

Once again, the right words pop into my head only when I see the back of yours getting farther and farther away from me. Already out of...

Beauty

Though I may not ever realize the beauty that true suffering is, I will always keep with me the pure bitter sweetness of saying...

Bedroom Eyes

Don't look at me like that. Don't you realize what you're doing? You're speaking without ever moving your lips. I don't think you...

Don't Worry Jim, I Remember You

Lonely, out here lonely, but not alone. Just a sweet loneliness that smells like freshly mown grass. A too bright sun keeps my eyes too...

Hello, Goodbye, Time to Die

Permanently out of breath, in the back of the church behind all the rest. Just waiting for someone brave enough to say hello. #church...

Chaos

Shoot now, aim later. I don't think before I act, before I take. I never think before I hate. You'd think someone with so much knowledge...

Blank

If all of these memories Could possibly relate Some ounce of love, Some ounce of hate, Could I be satisfied? These would be my words to...

Gardenias and Lavender

The flannel shirt that he left behind still sat in his chair in the corner of the room. That shirt was her favorite; it was cotton and...

Stay

I never knew that being blind To some of my flaws Never meant they'd go away. I never realized that no, I wouldn't need to fix them. That...

First Encounter

I met him at the library, I was looking through some old books and I saw him looking at me through the shelves. I should've been...

Left For Paradise

These silent little sounds, Little tears hitting the floor, Broken wishes dwelling inside, Echoing for miles, Give me the message That I...

Winter's River

There was a river in winter. A pounding, fast-paced existence preserved beneath an icy shield. No matter how long the winter dragged on,...

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