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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Pain 1 week ago
Pain and I have lived together for years. And still- I never learned how to introduce it. I smile, I nod, I say, "I'm fine." As if grief c...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Nobody 1 week ago
Nobody talks about the damage of the silent treatment. Because silence doesn't leave bruises. It leaves questions. I reread conversations....
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled petering out 1 week ago
"petering out"One stares across the fading yard,Where autumn gnaws the rusting gate.The days once raced now stumble hard,And every hour arri...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled architraval shadow 1 week ago
Architraval ShadowTo span the void between two pillars, the granite beam must learn to ache - a heavy, silent grace that stills us...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled cursor’s blink 1 week ago
before the cursor blinked I used to write where ink could smudge,And paper drank each word like rain,Where margins held a penciled grudgeIn...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled The life cycle 1 week ago
B                                Y       G U...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled I cried 1 week ago
I started crying over one thing. At least that's what I thought. Then another memory showed up. Then another. And suddenly  I wasn't cr...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Difficult 1 week ago
I wasn't difficult. I was exhausted. There is a difference. You kept touching the same wound and called my pain an overreaction. You kept l...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled A survivor 1 week ago
A survivor once sat across from a well-meaning relative at Thanksgiving who leaned over and whispered- "You really should stop bringing i...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled A book 1 week ago
A book once taught me something painful..   Not every character is meant to stay until the last chapter. Some people enter your story t...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Go 1 week ago
You let me go.   I thought you were my forever. Turns out, I was just a lesson you didn't want to learn.   You had my love, my...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled My therapist 1 week ago
My therapist told me something that hurt to hear... "You miss who they were, not who they became." And suddenly everything made sense. I w...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Truth 1 week ago
Hard truth? Most people don't want the truth. They want comfort. They want to be told they're right, even when they're wrong.   Loyalt...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Sometimes... 1 week ago
Sometimes, the person who cares the most gets hurt the deepest.   I always chose to understand, even when I was the one who didn't....
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Gave 1 week ago
I gave people more chances than they deserved, I ignored more red flags  than I should've,  and I stayed longer  than my hear...
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