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Freedom
Freedom is a thing
Written into the amendments
Into our hearts
Something we are promised
But promises break
And America's promise
Was never fully whole
It was always broken
Freedom is not
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First part of my book/story
Aubrey Rose Blake was not one to back down. Especially when it came to a bet with Xander Ray Miller. They were seeing who could find the most hidden doors in the Miller mansion.
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Fear Is A Cage
Fear is a cage
Trapping me
Holding me
Keeping me in the same spot
I can peek through the bars
Get a glimpse of hope
But a shadow of fear covers it
Fear is a cage
Stopping me
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I Hate But...
I hate the way he talks
But his voice sends me to laughter
I hate his hair
And yet when he runs his hands
Through it
I get butterflies
I hate the way he is everywhere
But I look for him
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High expectations
For myself
Fear of failing
Is something I will never
Escape
Each red mark
On the paper
Another mark
To myself
My confidence
My pride
The papers around me
Loves
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After the fifth day of November
note: partially inspired by Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
and for my mom
i want you to sit and stare at the glistening horizon.
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Trapped
I hear about all the things he does,
But what can I do?
Signs,
Bumper stickers,
Voices,
Celebrate the end.
For democracy,
Our country,
Ukraine,
the LGBTQIA2+ community,
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Mundane
a lesbian couple on my bus home from school
a man in a punk battle jacket on the street
my mother's female CEO group chat blowing up
four of my teachers taking the following day off
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We Cannot Be Stopped
She wrote until her fingers carved groves in the silence and spoiled the blankness before. Then, she turned to each surface left unwrote and sang. The birch trees wept as she tore back the bark to reveal stories beneath.
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Four Years
I'm scared.
I can't believe we're here
Again.
I can't believe this is reality
Again.
Four years
They say.
It's only four years.
But it's four years
Of a living hell for me.
They laugh
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