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butterflies
i don't want to love someone
because i'm supposed to
you told me, one night in mid-july.
warm air and sun fading in the sky,
i want to fall in love with someone
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lotus
i've heard this story a thousand times before.
i've seen it unfold. it started with a glance, became a smile,
became a longing. when i realized it was my turn,
i was too late. no one told me how hard it would be
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somewhere across the mirror gap
i can only watch from afar, invisible
a ghost in your eyes, as smoke overwhelms you,
charcoal coating your lungs. i know
it's not what you want. we know
we didn't expect for it to end like this,
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second thoughts
The more you became a memory, the more I'd fall in love.
I still remember that night.
But I remember before, even more. I dreamed of you at night
I wrapped myself in your arms by day.
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reflecting,
you want it all, until you have it all
and then you just want to run away.
and i did. i broke my own heart.
i had him wrapped around my finger,
sidelong glances across the candlelit room
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new year, old me
moments like these are built up to be phenomenal.
some naturally-occurring, life changing feeling, as the
fireworks fly and the glasses clink. but it's only a matter of time
Loves
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Theology
Religion is girlhood
God is a teenage girl screaming the names of the people she used to love at the sky
Worship is dancing and celebrating while still being upset
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Men and Dogs
“Men are dogs,” I say to my friend as she kneels at the foot of her bed, like a child waiting for her mother’s strong arms. Yet, I am her friend tonight, so my scrawny arms make a cheap cradle.
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