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Rebirth

Her fragile body is falling apart

From dusk until dawn,

Her weak features ponder away into the depths of a field

Down by the crimson shoreline

Her mentality fails without a single previous thought

Of what to do in a lake full of crushed dreams

Not a lost soul could save her

She's only a few heartbeats away from disaster

She's the only one who can solve the puzzle

She str...

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Strangeness & Experience

I want you to be unruly
write hard and clear
about tangled emotion
those who don’t
make me suspicious
I know there are other things
like genocide and selfish parking
and the bruises received
behind closed doors

I want to know people 
who are walking antennas 
sensitive and gifted
nerves nakedly exposed
flailing in the fallout

I was raised to keep all hidden
I was raised to deny ...

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A star collapses

She speaks up for the thousandth time,

when it's easier to keep quiet.

A star who says what's is in her soul

when you respond with your mouth.

A shard of silver pain in her heart.

But they have no idea.

 

You say the first thing in your head,

collapse her nebulous boundaries.

She’s a people pleaser, easily moved

by those who would like her to fall.

A nebula that ca...

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