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ramonathompsont posted a new Poem titled It's World Cup Time! 2 days ago
It's here at long last The most exciting world wide global event So let us now begin to celebrate!   World wide all will be waiting and watching Over and over gasping with joy to see who will emerge as the ulimate champion Relaxed and peaceful... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled For The Ones Still Fighting Quietly 2 days ago
I don't think people realize how much strength it takes to  pull yourself out of a dark place.   To wake up every morning and decide that today, you're going to try again, even when - everything inside you wants to give up. ... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Grief Kept Quiet 2 days ago
Sometimes it looks like routine. Like getting through the day without question. No tears. No explanations. But there are moments, small, unexpected, when your absence settles in again. Not sharp. Nor loud. Just there. A weight I've learned not... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled The Quiet Between My Breaths 2 days ago
There's a silence inside me that  wasn't there before you left- quiet  that holds your name like a secret.   I move through my days, pretending  I'm fine, but in the spaces between  my breath, you return.   A memory. A... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Men 2 days ago
"Men are beautiful too"   Everyone describes a woman poetically  But no one talks about the beauty of men When their is sleepy voices, messy hair, In Their shy smiles, when they show they care. When they laugh at silly jokes, when they act... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Before 2 days ago
Before you walk away from a relationship, pause for a moment. Go back to the first time you met them. The way your heart felt lighter. Remember the first time they made you smile without even trying, the conversations that made you feel seen,... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Thank You and I'm Sorry.... 2 days ago
If life ever gave us one last moment face to face, I don't think I would ask for explanations anymore. I would simply look down, smile a little, and say... thank you, and I'm sorry. Sorry for the times I held on when should have let go. Sorry for... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled You Lost Me 2 days ago
You lost me slowly. Not in one fight. Not in one lie.   But in the repeated moments where I needed honesty and received excuses instead.   I kept fixing things you broke, including parts of myself. I carried the weight of us while you... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Candle 2 days ago
I was the candle everyone reached for when life became cold and unbearable. So I kept burning.   I melted quietly for people who called my sacrifice "kindness" while watching me disappear in front of them. I gave warmth with shaking hands.... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Cold 2 days ago
A cold hand touches iron while something burning keeps descending slowly through the center of my chest. Not fast enough to kill me instantly.   Just slowly enough to let me witness every inch of myself becoming pain. And maybe that is the... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled One Day 2 2 days ago
One day I will sleep so deeply that no memory, no regret, no unanswered ache will be able to reach me again. And suddenly the people who could not spare 5 honest minutes will arrive holding flowers softly against their chest.   Flowers I... [read more]
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled kin-dread 2 days ago
the ridge is sprinting again,bragging like it won a medalfor outrunning its own shadow—honestly, good for it.crack‑snap—whoosh. it likes to make an entrance. meanwhile the ice is lying therelike a crime scenethat forgot to be tragic,whistling... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Being a Girl is never easy! 2 days ago
Blood is lost in periods. Calcium is lost in childbirth. Sleep is lost in endless work.   Dreams are lost in sacrifices No one notices. And still, girls are called "too weak" or "overly emotional." What the world doesn't see are the silent... [read more]
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled I don't care 2 days ago
I don't care what happens anymore. I've reached that point where I've tried, cried, and cared too much for too long. Now everything just feels numb.I'm not angry, I'm not sad; I'm just tired. Tired of hoping things will get better when they... [read more]
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pamschwetz posted a new Poem titled STAY OUT OF RABBIT HOLES 2 days ago
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THEN I GUESS THAT IT IS BEST TO MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AND STAY OUT OF RABBIT HOLES [read more]