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Hurricanes

Swirling thoughts

causing chaos in my head

Leaving destruction in its path

Debris consisting of my pastĀ 

Left scattered

Left broken

Ā 

My head filled with TV-like static

Never staying on one show

Never giving me the timeĀ 

To appreciate the little thingsĀ 

The plots

The characters

Ā 

Ā 

Somehow something calmed the storm

SomeoneĀ 

Even if it's for a bri...

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big girls don't cry except when it is absolutely not the right time to do so.

am i hungry or hasĀ the pit returned.

that stupid fucking pit.

its an eternal loop, circling in and out of itself.

floating dead centre in my gut.

particles of another girl explode and expand out of it,Ā 

overcome by this strange girl from the strange world.

i weep on my mothers lap,Ā 

i retch overĀ porcelin, patterned.

seeing my sister for the first time in weeks,Ā 

she glow...

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Loudest in the Room.

A simple note to explain doesn't seem long enough
To bring on one sheet my final feelings and thoughts

Why am I doing this and what lead me here?
It wasn't just one event and the timing wasn't near.

I'd start when I was younger but who can remember that far back?
Unfortunately I do with every panic and anxiety attack.

You'd probably start to see why by the time I finished 10th grade
B...

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Red Cross Training

Yesterday I fell in love with a face.
Only for five minutes or so:
Wholly inappropriate, I know -
an excess of emotion displaced
while I tried my best to make you safe
as I had been taught to do.

I found you lying on the floor,
an empty bottle as a clue:
You did pretend-coma so well,
as you had being chest-stabbed just before.
But as I practised faux first aid -
lifted your young chin...

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My Body

My hands is where it starts

The heat of the fire

Ignited there

Ā 

My fingers betrayed me

Now with a mind

Of their own

Ā 

They torment me

Driving me insane

Slowly

Ā 

My heart starts to race

A speed my body isnā€™t

Prepared for

Ā 

My blood runs everywhere

With a temperature

Way too high

Ā 

They torture me

Crippling my movements

Immediately

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