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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Pretend 5 min ago
I won't pretend it didn't hurt. The way they treated me lingered longer than I'd like to admit. But then I paused— and I remembered som...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Believe 1 hour ago
I used to believe family was built by shared blood and shared walls. Then life introduced me to people who sat at the same table yet star...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled "Before You Judge" 1 hour ago
It took me years to understand something The people I envied were hurting. The people I admired were hurting The people who smiled the brig...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled dappled sunlight (komorebi) 11 hours ago
Under the slats, the day slips through in slender, shifting lines, touching the boards in a way that feels almost deliberate- a small p...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled sanctuary 11 hours ago
  sanctuary   Light snailed across the stone,  quiet along a side wall  where I stood.   The nave opened outward,...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled backwards-facing carriage 11 hours ago
  Backward Carriage, Early Draft of a Life     The train shudders through a corridor of fields, windows flicking past barns,...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Waking Nightmare 15 hours ago
In memories and nightmares grey A horror fell under closed eyes There he was waiting to prey And silence muffled all my cries   Long a...
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