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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Judge 3 weeks ago
Don't judge me. You have no idea how much sadness a person can carry and still answer softly. No idea how many nights I had to talk myself o...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Pray 3 weeks ago
I no longer pray for softer days. I pray for a heart ruthless enough to survive them. Life does not break you loudly. It slips a knife betwe...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Younger 3 weeks ago
When I was younger, I used to sit beside a river and wonder how it kept moving after crashing into so many rocks. I thought something so wou...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Death 3 weeks ago
He carried death through crowded streets. On his shoulders. With his hands. With a face that had already crossed grief into something withou...
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orangejumpsuit posted a new Poem titled feed your head 3 weeks ago
i dont know what i find more offensive the inaccurate natural history or willful obstruction to progress little trinkets in earthen mound fu...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Weight 3 weeks ago
Is the weight only there Because we choose to believe it is Are we living in our misery Or are we choosing to live?   Can we release t...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled STRONG 3 weeks ago
Inside every little girl Is a warrior so fierce Through every single storm Her soul will not be pierced   She will find her inner fight...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled A NIGHT THAT STILL LIVES IN ME 3 weeks ago
That night felt like drowning in a room full of air   Your breaths flickered like a candle about to give up the dark   And my ches...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled BROKEN BUT STILL TRYING 3 weeks ago
Some days I feel broken and tired. I carry pain I don't always talk about, memories that still ache when I'm alone. I don't have all the a...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled HEALING Vs HUSTLING... 3 weeks ago
Half of my soul wants to win at life—get a job, make my parents proud, and rewrite my family's story. I want to change the entire bloodl...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled I'M NOT OKAY 3 weeks ago
I don't really know how to explain what's happening inside me. It's not just sadness-it's a heaviness I can't seem to shake. Smiling...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Exhaustion 3 weeks ago
Listen, EXHAUSTION-I know you by name now. I know the weight you place behind my eyes. The way you turn small tasks into mountains my spirit...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled MY LOVE, YOU ARE BRAVE 3 weeks ago
If try is all you can do today Then my love, you are brave Surrender those old demons away You choose the path you pave I know you're tired...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled A, N. Y. state could become Ill 3 weeks ago
I know a gal named Gloria Who loves living in Peoria She says 'It gives me such joy To live in Illinois  It puts me in a state of eupho...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled valise 3 weeks ago
  I kept the small case near my side as the road bent through its off-season turns. Some days it felt light enough to forget, other day...
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