Poems

I tried to let in some of your red to listen and to understand I saw how our colors met And how they made orange We could’ve been orange But instead You cried in yellow While I bled in red No commands I shouldn’t bother It could only be red Orange wasn’t your color And […]

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This tiredness My restless soul Not something Some sleep will solve No vitamins Or nutritious meal Will satisfy the hunger The fatigue I feel One good night’s rest Won’t make up For all the wide awake encounters Just like One pill Won’t solve everything that haunts her – ARM

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When you break my heart Remember it’s where you live So be sure to move out Before you shatter it I don’t want you to have Debris falling on your head Even if you leave me a mess I wish you nothing but happiness – ARM

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The sky tore open Memories come down like pouring rain No time to seek shelter The storm took my umbrella away My vision is blurry The steps on the sidewalk slippery I’m not sure if it’s rain or tears in my eyes But I have to keep going Against the wind that’s blowing While the […]

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Someone spilled water all over my writing Now I can no longer make out the words A cloud of black ink on stained paper Somehow looking at it hurts A visual representation Of what happens in my head When the lines get all blurry And I can’t remember what you said I know I had […]

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If you could have You should have Because there’s no going back From whatever you did and said So long ago, in the past And I see how you are working How you try to mend the cracks But an overflow of words won’t work When it’s empathy that lacks When you don’t understand the […]

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I’m tired of explaining Though you deserve an explanation why I’m not responding the way I used to do But I’m scared of the frustration And misplaced irritation Of what will come along With my bold blunt honesty Cause if I’m being honest I want to scream lightning and thunder And tear this house down […]

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When you ask me how I’m doing I don’t know what you’re referring to Would you like the bubble-wrapped version or the raw and honest truth Because you tell me to be honest but then when I tell the truth Your eyes beg me to please tell you that what I said isn’t true – […]

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I know this girl who perceives the world a little differently she helps people understand the things their minds don’t see she speaks about the universe how small and insignificant it makes her feel the thousands of stars some close some far they soak her up and make her part of the earth and its […]

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