Category: Downcast
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Poem: “Cut Me Open”
Even if it takes breaking every bone in my body to see inside,Cut me open; let the knife glide.Even if I punch, kick, and scream,Cut me open, and pay attention to the stream,As I will bleed out and there lies my truth,All the shameful, painful, hateful things I hide.All the joy, glory and beauty in…
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Poem: “Sweet Nothing”
I weep for the day you sweep me off my feet. I am depleted, ashamed and bound for defeat. I deserve your daunting presence for the coward that I am. Reduce me to sweet nothing; I beg of you, take my hand. I am nothing but dust and to dust I shall return. Luckily, lifelessness…
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Poem: “Lituya Bay”
Even if fate were real, it would not be able to fathom; The idea that we mirrored the reflection of Eve and Adam. The slithery serpent has manipulated us again, A match made in purgatory; we were bound to end. There’s not enough time in the world to pull together a perfect plan, One where…
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Poem: “Victim”
Loud and lively screams were heard throughout the street; They weren’t cries for help, even though there was someone in defeat. Not one teardrop came, but I felt sick to my stomach. The church folks were singing like that of a dunnock. They were shouting, praising and singing sweet music. His body was weak, but…
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Poem: “Me Versus Her”
I am all that you don’t see, and I am all that you see and more. Faces I’ve never met are hidden in the dark. I rebuild myself from the scars each face has torn. She creeps up on me when I’m expecting it the least. Slurring my words; it’s almost hard to breathe. Fighting…
