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There is a map on my wall With push pins jutting out of it, Begging for attention. Red for the places I’ve been, Blue for the places I wish to go to, White for the places I am from. I have two problems: First, I have run out of blue pins. I really should just paint the entire map the dar... - Poetry > Free VerseShe lies in a dimly lit room, Limbs rigid. The rickety metal table sends shivers across her bare skin. She is told to breathe deeply. The case of her chest slowly unfastens, It springs open, Revealing dusty memories she is too afraid to remember: Her sweaty palms holding his, When the only...
- Poetry > Free VerseThey told me that you would walk all over me Dig your heels in Strip my personality of all of its flavor Leave me devoid of my very essence. That you were too well-polished and straight-laced. That I would always be desperately clinging Hanging on to you by a thread Neglected. That to you, I...
- Poetry > Free VerseI once met a little boy Who lived on a shooting star, And as I approached him I noticed that something was wrong. His wispy, mud-colored eyebrows were pushed together, His eyes were clenched shut, And he was franticly murmuring indistinct words to himself. All of a sudden, He stopped mumbl...
- Poetry > Free VerseIs there a word for the way you feel When you try your hardest And the sweat drips from your brow Onto your chest That is clenched and constricted In anxiety, apprehension and suspense As you take the arrow that rests heavily in the quiver on your back Lifting both the weight of the arrow An...
- Poetry > Free VerseDon’t tell me that I’ll never understand Because I do, and if I don’t, I will Don’t tell me that I’m not good enough Because I will prove you wrong Don’t tell me that I’m a hypocrite Because by saying that, you are a hypocrite, too And so is he, and she And Jimmy down the st...
