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impending storm
It rained today, but I can’t stop thinking about the future.
In a world of war and lies and deceit and wrong,
All I seem to focus on is the little things.
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Coastal Christmas Time
I’ve only seen the snow once in my life, when we took a family trip to Lake Tahoe.
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Goldfish
Living in today’s world is like living as an addict of constant entertainment.
I find myself searching “screen-free activities”
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Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds
The clouds, they
Whip my cheeks
With their surprising iciness
Turning them raw and rosy.
My nose is running,
But that sickeningly pleasant
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Addressed To: Soulmate, Out of Reach
They say that women don’t need men, and I believe that to be true. We don’t need men. But, by whatever powers may exist, does my young heart lie awake late at night and long to feel what it has never felt.
Loves
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to the boy at the lockers, one above and to the right, not meant as an apology
I was in love with him once. I think.
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free
they say I used to be so free,
as if I set that freedom down
somewhere careless
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The True Octopus
I hear your concerns,
feel your pain, your joy, your laughter.
I know your doubts, what keeps you up at night.
But I will not change for you.
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Yellow Chucks and Colorful Bracelets
I feel like I’m losing
Who I am;
I feel like she’s slipping away from me, one
Comment at a time, one
Heartless joke, one
Unmeant,
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The Table
The dining room waits in reverent silence as the afternoon light spills through the west-facing windows, illuminating dust specks that dance above the space’s centerpiece: a massive table that has served four generations of my family.
