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Jul 16
poem
gaia_lenox

I want to draw a picture of us holding hands:

you said my name 
and a window slammed shut 
because I am trying 
to be strong 
not kind 
but I am also buying yarn 
because your ears got cold 
and I want to knit you a hat 
so bear with me 
as I stitch up wounds 
and frown instead of smile
because too many times has a 
good thing turned 
bad 
but you said my name 
so soft 
that I thought I imagined it 
and I am knitting you a hat
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Posted: 07.16.21
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Gaia Lenox
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  1. The Lone Cat
    Jul 16, 2021

    This is so sweet and beautiful.(°▽°)*

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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Jul 16, 2021

    AH! Goodness! this is so perfectly lovely!

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  1. Love to write
    Jul 23, 2021

    I really love the way you dance between ideas- you have a way of slowly building the story/revealing the truth while alternating between opposing imagery that draws me in and makes me want to keep reading to find out how it ends. :)

    Life is not a paragraph.

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