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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Yourself 2 weeks ago
You didn't lose them because you weren't enough. You lost them because they couldn't handle your standards, your boundaries, or your gro...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled "It was sadness, Not Depression" 2 weeks ago
I cried then I slept. The tears had done their work. Depression never sleeps.  Sadness eventually gets tired. I lost my smile for a whi...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled the shadows that follow 2 weeks ago
  the shadow that follows    The air is restless,  a kite tugging at its string,  as we lean into the wind  ou...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled The Saddest Part 2 weeks ago
The saddest part of losing someone... Isn't the goodbye. It's waking up one day and realizing that the person who once couldn't go a few h...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled A break was sought or all was for naught 2 weeks ago
'No one can stop me!' He'd cry 'I dare anybody to try' A madman who called himself Short Was killing young women for sport  And no one...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled 3 am 2 weeks ago
At 3 a.m., I can see the fan turning I can see the clock moving. I'can hear my heartbeat filling the room. But I cannot see my future. I can...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Age 2 weeks ago
My age isn't so young that I can't recognize the masks people wear. And it isn't so old that I've learned how to smile at betrayal and c...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Grandfather 2 weeks ago
A grandfather once kept an old key in his pocket for years. One day his grandson asked, "What does it open?" The old man smiled and said,...
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jerryhyuuga posted a new Poem titled Forgetting Faces 2 weeks ago
I have a bad habit of forgetting faces— Their features soften with time, Fading at the edges without warning, Like bus tickets left in old p...
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uninvited_1 posted a new Poem titled You'll Find Out 2 weeks ago
  How can you listen when you only hear what you want? And how can you see if you never open your eyes? What is the lesson that you exp...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Fishing At Midnight 2 weeks ago
I practice the art of the silent cast. Not in a river, but here in the dark of my own room. The line I throw is made of memory, it arcs, wei...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Exhausted 2 weeks ago
when it's the of the day and  you're exhausted,  just remember...   All that "running around" wasn't  just running aroun...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled To the one I miss the most... 2 weeks ago
Heaven gained the most beautiful soul, but my heart still aches for you every day.   I miss your smile, your presence, and the way...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Missing you 2 weeks ago
There is a star in, the sky that I can see with my eyes, but feel with my heart.   Whenever the longing becomes overwhelming, I remin...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled I Don't 2 weeks ago
I don't want to have to be strong  I didn't need the turmoil,  the trauma, the grief, the loss, the abuse, the tragic  situat...
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