Category: Poetry

Your family welcomes you when you are born. This is the beginning of your life. It is yours and only yours alone. There is no one to take your place. No one wants to go back to being a baby. Sucking on your thumb is out of style. Your family are adults and adults act

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When I opened the front door, I wasn’t expecting anything. Nothing special that would happen to me tonight. I ordered my drink and took a couple sips through my plastic straw. The only thought, at the time, was being relieved it wasn’t paper. If I wanted floaties in my drink, I would’ve brought my own

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My feelings can’t be hurt. My bones can’t be broken. I’m not the brittle leaf fallen from the tree. My being stays. My essence remains within me. I’m full of richness like melted chocolate. My throat is too dry. My heart is too tough. I’m not the stolen seeds the squirrels take. My noises are

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There you are, and here I am. Ready to be taken, but not ready to give up. The plan might’ve escaped my fingers, for they are numb. My nose smells the next step, and my eyes are open. There isn’t much to say to anyone, for they are gone. I hide my reason as the

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I’ve heard your voice more than once. The air fully embraces all the sounds you make. People less so much. They are more discerning. They don’t want to hear everything. Your story should be shortened, maybe a few paragraphs or pages if you’re ambitious. I’ve turned away from your face. Your four eyes continue to

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The night is no longer nice, Yesterday has passed by, And summer is too hot Against your body on cool sheets. And he understands the desire Of how much you’ve transformed. Bright lights have burned out, Can’t see the curved tracks, The sea ice disappeared during the melting, And night revolves in one direction, is

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Near the outskirts of the forest, a fox and bear reside. They have been friends for more than five years. Their cubs and kits have played with each other. They are two mamas ready to defend their turf. One day an owl flew into their domain with a chick barely alive. She was frantic and

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I remember there was a time I looked forward to the morning sun. The way the rays made lines through the blinds on the opposite wall. There’s something powerful about that, the amount of energy. I know I can’t be like Icarus and get too close to the sun. Even if I could, I would

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You continue through the door. Why have you committed this error? You kept up the lie. You have done nothing to stop the torture. What will you further do? You picked the scabs. You broke the glass in my heart. When did you ever listen? You continue the battle. You paused time and left it

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It smells like regular air with a hint of rubber. Everything is in the open. Nothing is hidden except the five gallon gas can. We go in different directions. One gallon gas can in one place. The same time of discovery. Walk to the back of the store. Thirty dollars later. I’m only here for

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It’s awfully smelly in here. Cherry blossoms and lavender, maybe. Undetected hints of something else. Two drinks in hand. Spot him across the room. His nose close to the bottle. Sniffing the scent not the flavor. Not that delicious to eat. I don’t need a bag. I’m only here for him.

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Two cats. One white. One black. Not related. Far from it. Meows far gone. Hissing instead. The skirmish continues.

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It’s as if I was in the twilight zone, somewhere between hell and hell, not quite to the left but nowhere near the right, and I wanted to be at the beginning and the end at the same time, in fact, I wanted a redo. I had woken up with such promise, only to slide

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