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No Mascara
If you thought it was your last day Your very last You might wear a pretty red dress You might even curl your hair Although you might skip the mascara You want to leave in good form Mascara runs & … Continue reading
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Tagged #endings, #goodbye, #heartbreak, #mascara, #poetry, #red dress, #sadness, #wisdom
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Jack Dempsey & Me
Even Jack Dempsey had to get out of the ring He told me so, I was 10, it was New York So here I am all these years later, taking the gloves off Sitting in the corner Sucking hard on … Continue reading
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Tagged #boxing, #endings, #heartbreak, #jackdempsey, #mothers, #newyork, #poetry, #sadness
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1 to 5
the scale is broken stuck at 1.5 sometimes at 2.75 no matter the level of levity good news, good friends the lever swings low 3’s, 4’s, 5’s gone like a dream left behind the girl is broken stuck at 1.5 … Continue reading
The Princess Escapes
Chapter I The princess had been lonely a long time. He had cast a rather potent spell all those years ago that kept her captive within those cold tower walls. She could see out the window, see the country, the … Continue reading
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Tagged #heartbreak, #poetry, #psychology, #sadness, abstract, dream, fairytale, Happiness, poetry, prose
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Lost & Found
This hole in my heart? a small leak Not life threatening yet ever-present a lump in my throat a sense that something vital is missing That I’ve lost something That I’ll never be found The tear developed slowly starting in … Continue reading
Safe Passage, Not Sidewalk Art
You know that sad girl? the one that sometimes stops in to see you? she says she feels so small tells you she is irreparably broken says loneliness is erasing all trace of her she worries that soon she will … Continue reading
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Tagged #compassion, #insight, #poetry, #sadness, Happiness, love, relationships, Seattle
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