Category: Poetry

You skip and dance around as if a fool, watch them from far away and snigger. You are not the jester you claim, looking into other’s lives they do not deserve. You adjust harsh punishments, forcing them to wither into little heaps. You arrive to take the brilliance away, knowing they have no mouths to…

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Colors swarming above my head. I want to be there with no pressures lingering close by, where I can breathe peacefully. You can too but not as well as others. Bright yellows turn from dark reds. I say so because it’s my dream and not the enemy’s nightmare. Everybody’s fantasies might have died. I’m still…

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Scoop up those leaves, take them to your mom and dad, don’t forget the rake, hang it up on the hook, the one that your brother used, that secret you kept for him. They were blind to what he was, but you knew his inner demons, the way he looked at them, eyes gleaming with…

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Running toward the swings, wanting to fly high, and touch the clouds, sticking my fingers deep into the fluffiness, but only in my mind. Behind the disguise and far enough away, the texture feels different, I’m not sure if my body will follow my legs, and sail through the air like freedom at last, freedom…

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Strategic maneuvering to get ahead of everyone and not stay in the middle of the pack. Stomachs settle for he must do better and time will eventually be heard. Some he can answer and be not open-ended like strangers reciting problems on the world stage. Sorrowful voices do not listen and hands aren’t raised in…

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I think of better days, Not bitter like cheap oranges, But juicy with veins you peel off, Not dry like faded orange skins, But sweet as you bite into each piece. I know of better days, They have been dreamed of, And lived through in the past decade, Not many of them but enough of…

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You’re working really hard, aren’t you? Cementing that persona as a badass. Making sure others fear you. The sad thing is this. You are weak for building tension and dishing out criticism. That’s why people whisper behind your back. Say what a bitch you are. Do you know this? You have to or else you…

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You have blood on your hands Dipping them into a bucket full of red Something you knew was visible They were not magical as you thought You stuffed your mouth with crumbs The lives you have destroyed The souls you have crushed You will pay for all of this destruction Survivors do not forget their…

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Tick tock, around the clock, the mouse went down in a hurry. Eleven past midnight, it will soon be twelve in a flurry. My legs won’t move fast enough for the chase. What should I do in this case? Where is my cane? Where is the hook? Why do I have to get out of…

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there’s a lump in my heart, where my throat should be, vice versa, not versa vice, and I’m not going to cry this time, no, I will not cry for you. it’s too dark to see within me, not around me, it’s too bright, the glare hurts my eyes, and I know what needs to…

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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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