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A Meaningless Sunflower
I am alone, truly alone, alone, alone, alone.
I am alone.
I am broken.
I am helpless.
I cannot stand back up.
I will never see the daylight again.
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The Taste of Home
Peeling white paint
Stained wooden floors
Dim yellow light bulbs
Papers strewn across the floor
An unmade bed piled with blankets and pillows
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This is What Help Feels Like
I think I might drown
From the weight on my shoulders
Expectations,
Hopes,
Dreams.
I want to meet them
I need to meet them
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Deep Down, In the Lake
Once upon a time,
A woman won a lottery.
But she did not keep
The tens of thousands of dollars.
Where did they go, then?
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To Fall Into a Book
Never have I ever
Ridden a horse
Fallen in love
Flown on clouds
Worn dresses of silk
Met elves
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Time Unwasted
Time wasted away
On small,
Trivial things
I only have one life
And no way
To undo the things
I’ve already done
Loves
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Legacy
What will they think of us?
200 years into our future
Long after our stories have faded,
After our lives' missions have been put to rest,
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Numbers and Statistics
Convinced that their democracy
Is the only democracyMy brethren fall heavily into the rubble
A reflection of my own clay,
A memory of our shared fire. -
The Cabin Will Be Gone
Once upon a time,
there was a cabin.
It was not big,
it was not grand,
but it was ours.
Our great-grandparents built it so many years ago,
they wanted a cabin that would be passed down for generations.
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Momentary
To be young is to feel the grass growing beneath your feet
And wander through the woods aimlessly
To see the little, quiet things unnoticed by all else
And say,
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Somewhere to Live, Someone to Love
There’s a place I want to live
And someone I want to love
I want to live in a place
So full of joy
That it fills me too
So full of people
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Sweetness that melts
There’s a quiet beauty
in the things you know won’t last,
moments already fading
even while you’re inside them.