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Daedalus
I hate that
Icarus gets all the ink.
His hubris penned down for eternity while
His scorched flesh watched on.But never is it Daedalus.
Daedalus, who waits.
The waiting Daedalus. -
On Misdiagnosis
when you go to the emergency room
they ask you to rate your pain on a scale of one to ten -
Those White High Tops Whose Laces I Never Tie
When I was 12,
My favorite pair of shoes
Also happened to be my only pair of shoes. -
Overthinking At 10:01 PM
Did you know that
A mayfly lives for less than a day?Maybe this is selfish of me.
It probably is.But I'm weak.
I can't handle death.Not that I'm not thankful for being here
But I'm weak. -
My kinda love
How do you know when you love someone?
I'm not talking about being comfortable around them
Or enjoying their presence.
I'm talking love love. -
Alternate Universes
I was supposed to be named Amina
After my grandmother, who I only knew
Shortly in the beginning of my life.
I think about this often.
Amina feels almost foreign on my tongue--
Ahh-minn-uhh.
Amina is loud.
Loves
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if not one to write
i write poetry on lined paper
in class & only half pay attention, rounded letters
barely containing all i want to say. i use green marker
& stare dreamily into the yellowed margins,
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In English We Read Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes
We read poems on printed white sheets in english
Cover them with highlights
And words like freedom
Are covered in pink.
And a hundred years ago
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The Pretti Doctrine
If we get scared, they have us in their pockets.
If we don't, all they have is blood.
And blood is not a weapon.
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The History of the Entire World
From what I remember, it was born growing.
It was born hot, expanding, glowing,
and the people were made of gold
and of fire.
And it kept growing, it kept burning hot, bright,
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