Category: poetry
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Society’s Sight
We think we’ll be okay. As long as our bills are paid. More money, more money Will keep our skies sunny. Few see the fate we forge, The coming senseless scourge Sweeping through our world, Our blind greed unfurled. The price we all pay For the rich to pillage and play Is subtly sickening our…
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Inscribed
Description: This piece is dedicated to my late grandfather, who passed away in 2018. He played a significant role in shaping my love for reading and writing, and many of my fondest memories are tied to the stories we shared. Through this work, I hope to honor his memory and the ways he continues to…
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Words I Swallowed Yesterday
Walking with jots in vain Secrets kept in dismay I swallow my pride and try not to drive myself astray I stayed in the corner Bit my tongue While my voice wilted My feelings heightened My life shrunken. I swallowed every smile Erased every vow And hid from every crowd Confused rugs for a lie…
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The List
Below is a list of solemn promises I had bound myself to My only weakness Was driving as only I had the key I promise I was sober Ascetic, clear-headed, cold sober But adrenaline was rushing through my veins Heart in drums as I vowed “Shalt I lose heart I will climb mountains To secure…
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Red, White, Blue
Red, the color of rage, Of passion that would never cease. Red, the color of a nation Born of blood and tears, Where the cries of the forefathers rang Out across the Appalachian mountains Red spilled the ground Of voices wishing for a voice Red bloomed the flowers Promising a new freedom granted once more…
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Growing
She was not the same girl she was a year ago, and she never would be again. It saddened her to know that something she loved so very much was now beyond reach. Yet all the past parts of who she had been had made her who she was today, knowing that in this life,…
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Everything I Do
I see you every day, you are not here but you live within me. I am left cleaning a mess you left but still a mess you never made. I still check your emails, answer your calls because I somehow want to believe you never left. I wanna feel like you are still here. I…
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Breathe In Cages
“Memories exist outside of time” Words quoted, not stolen “Even though I can swim, I always seem to drown.” Words fumbled, not folded. “Even when I am erased from your sight, I will remain in your heart” Words rehearsed, not genuine. “You will die with a smile” Truth spilled in tongues Words robbed of their…
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I Wanna Be The Girls: Being Bestie-less In Your Twenties
I wanna be girls, the besties on tv. Sunday sitting, flipping magazines, on a warm beach, baking in the sun. Dreaming bout the women That we’d one day become. I wanna be girls Where our minds link like glue whatever I’m on ur down to do. Share a headset the preview’s soundproof But will check…
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There I Am
I’ve heard it said. “Wherever you go, There you are.” Across so many moons I’ve tried to run, To run from myself. The race was fruitless, For “Wherever you go, There you are.” In India, Nepal, and even Laos I thought I’d lose myself, But instead, I found Another side of me, For “Wherever you…