Posts
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Twisted Falsities
We live our lives
Hiding our true emotions
Behind lies
Never questioningWhat’s beneath
The twisted falsities and half-truths
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You Were Everything And Nothing To Me
Inspired By My Own Book Series
You took my hand
And told me to stay
You opened my eyes
And told me skies weren’t gray
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For My Sisters
It’s frightening to know
I’ll be gone in five years' time
I know you both will hate to see me go
And leave you behind
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Enough
Inspired By My Own Book Series
You tell me I’m not enough
I’m unproductive
I’m insignificant
I’m useless
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Therapist Friend
Inspired By My Own Book Series
I’m just the nice girl
The therapist friend
Who’s seen enough
To bring her to her end
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Stars
Sometimes
I look at the stars
And hope
That somewhere
In another universe
We all got our happy endings.
Loves
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Perspective
Blind the jury. Blind the voters.
Wrap white fabric over their eyes, stuff white cotton in their ears. Make them as blind and deaf as Justice herself.
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Not Quite What I Imagined
I always dreamed that my life would be like it is in books.
Little did I know that would later come true.
It’s not quite what I imagined, though. -
Shattering
Sitting in uncomfortable silence,
We wait for our problem to be solved.
Changing my habits, I hope and hope.
We have been given so much,
And we have taken so greedily.
Caring is beyond so many, it seems.
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MY RIGHTS
"You want your rights?"
"Come and get it," said the snake.
It was wrapped around a tree
in the confines of his tail,
a paper labeled "YOUR RIGHTS."
I stared up at the snake,
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Take Me Home
Two years ago, my home was Beijing
Even though I moved away ten years ago.
Two years ago, I longed for inclusion
for that tingle that made my skin
burn bright with belonging.
You ask me where is my home.
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