Posts
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Beauty
it's hard to believe i am beautiful
when in the eyes of the world
beauty is the opposite
of achievable
without bending yourself
out of who you are
i want to stay me
true to my being
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Short poems
No person should ever take so much of me
I have nothing left when they leave
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Don't smile because they tell you too
Smile because you are happy
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My heart is breaking
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Fall and Winter
Fall
She gathers up her skirts
Smiles at the world
Thanking mother earth for letting
Her stay a little while
Fall
Watches
As winter glides over
In her icy gown and snow-white locks
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I swore you thought I was beautiful.
You drove me home that day, January's cold bitter sky above us. You had driven me home before, but that day felt different than all the other days.
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I should have told him I loved him
I should have told him I loved him, just a little sooner. I know I planned every word, the night before. Pacing my room in my prettiest dress, streamers in my red hair. He has always made me lose my breath, by simply living.