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  Drown

  

  By silent-one, chicago, IL

  Your eyes are like the ocean Deep and dark. Mysterious. I can’t help but stare. They fascinate my own eyes And mirror my admiration. My reflection shines before me. I see myself in you, standing with outstretched arms As your pupils pull me in Deeper and deeper. The sky looms abo...
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  Healing

  

  By silent-one, chicago, IL

  What is wrong with the tears that well up in my eyes? Everything… Everything? Each water molecule that forms is meant to be shed But what is wrong with mine? The gates enclose them. they bunch together Yearning to spill over Desiring to wet my sorrowful face But the healing touch...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Good Girl

  

  By silent-one, chicago, IL

  Good girl: define it for me. I need to know. Don't show me a mirror. Good Girl Tell me what this means Help me understand. Questions echo in my mind Taunting my thoughts. I have no answers But rejection awaits to spill from my lips. To say I don't belong To say i should l...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Farewell and Goodbye

  

  By silent-one, chicago, IL

  We stand together today Yet I fear you will throw me away What once seemed like forever will end And you will say farewell to this friend. The regret I will unknowingly place in your heart And the longing you will have to be apart. Soon, very soon I’ll mess up and set off the typhoon. ...