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Burning matches
Am I wrong
for thinking certain things?
Am i wrong for thinking
that sometimes
the ground beneath me is steady
even as it cracks?
Taught to stand tall, a fortress
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Either or
A gentle flicker, a sudden flare.
It is a beautiful dance of heat and light,
the most quintessential expression of raw energy. -
Not very good
I'm not very good at empathy.
I can't read the room and feel what nobody has spoken of.
I can see when somebody is sad,
but it's not like I can feel it.
Of course, I can try.
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Repetition
Repetion
Don’t you think,
It’s funny how
History seems to repeat?
How famous words are suddenly not the speakers words anymore?
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World shattering realizations
In the last 12 months,
I've realized a lot of things.
I realized that those closest to us can also hurt us.
I realized that people are liars.
I realized that the world is broken.
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So called 'twisted'
They called me twisted,
Said that something was wrong with me.
Is there?
Is there really something wrong with the things I wish to voice?
I wrote things down.
Loves
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Soap
Your name is
Like soap in my mouth,
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apology to the mirror
apology to the mirror
i say sorry to the mirror
for looking away too fast.
for calling her names
that no one deserves. -
The Tomorrow Project: Contest Details
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a letter from ninestars to my friends
I come here to
express myself
semi-anonymously,
but freely
and happily.
My laptop is
bombarded with
tabs, one of which
is YWP.
Always.
I may not
write a poem
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Numb
I find it absurd that the President is doing so much bad I no longer have the capacity to feel any more.
I have become
numb
numb to the fact that this man has broken so many laws you can't even count them.
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When
When did I become
the kid who skips Halloween?
The kid who asks
to be picked up early from parties
agrees in the first place only because
she feels obligated?
When did I become