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Falling down up Not sure which way Spinning left right I can’t stay this way I don’t know what I want Too many thoughts in my head Yelling clawing wanting out…
"You killed my father."
“He’s dead!” Inez panted as she banged on the trailer door. “Mama Freeman...” She just wept, covered in dirt and naked, banging on that door. “Mama, he’s…
Nasty Nostalgia
Her sliced palm pressed the door open to Serafine Papillon’s house just as Inez’s calloused hand had many years ago. -- Sarah, with blood still dripping from…
The Mind Gave Up
Melinda thrashed around on the kitchen table as Mama Freeman tried to hold her down, but her bones were so tired. Inez and Alex hurried in through the…
Something's Happened
Inez sat at the bus stop, feeling her pregnant belly grow presently as she sat. “Hush, child,” she spoke down at it. Alex got her into this mess and here she…
Afraid of Magic
Sarah explained the situation to Madame Papillon. With a sweep of her hand over the wicks of the candles, they lit and the dark room was illuminated with a…
Saved By a Cowboy
“I remember being six or seven years old. My family was a lot different back then. My parents were still together--that was a nightmare. But anyway, they were…
If
If I were back there Back then I would have taken it all away Dried your tears Held you close Told you tomorrow was another day. If I were back there Back then…
Technicalities From March
Your smile is still just too much for me. I’ve been dodging it for the past few months, ducking around the corner when you’d enter a room, demanding myself to…
Here's To The Past.
I can’t get away from you. You’re running, lightning fast I’m racing, chasing sanity but I can sense you close behind. You’d never let me get away. You’re very…
Sentimentalism
The present’s simply A haunted grave of worship To the living past.
Airships: Two Years in Two Minutes
Elletra shrugged, “What I do best. Stay out of trouble... badly.” Hawkeye laughed, “You’re not going to give me specifics?” “I’ll make you a trade. You tell me…
Distorted Reality
I awoke to the hot sun on my face. Though early morning it was warmer than mid day. He reached his hand out at me. I just went with it. I haven’t seen Matt for…
Aimless-Caitlyn
Walking aimlessly Screaming randomly Panda hats and icecream boats Singing loud in sour notes Thats just a few things that we would do Well, mostly me,but you…
LIFE OF SORROW-old poem
A life of tears A life of sorrow, You never know What will come tomorrow, You drag your feet Face down low, Will things get better? You never know, A man…
DON'T-old poem
Don’t sit in the corner He’s gone away! Don’t stay in the gloomy past Waiting for a better day, Don’t let your mind get you With tricks and images, Don’t…
Happy New Year
And so the New Year comes again, emerging like an unmet friend. A face we do not recognize yet known for that which it implies. A second chance, a choice anew…
just like it used to be.
like lemonade held to the roof of my mouth the bitterness curdles as it all tumbles out: I never wished to leave you; it never was my heart I was a world-class…
Ghosts of my past.
Words spilling onto a page as effortlessly as the blood that flowed from my thirteen year old wrists. My thoughts and ideas coming alive right in front of your…
When
I think of the time when you will realise yours were not the first lips to kiss mine. I can see the betrayal in your eyes when you see a photo that captured…