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why don't you ever look me in the eye?
why?
because your eyes remind me of something i never wanted to do.
why?
because your eyes remind me of something i never wanted to do.
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Never-was
I have peeled my skin
away, because you always
told me that I was
beautiful on the inside.
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...you ask me, and i say...
i.
you ask me how i feel
and i say,
"fine."
you don't hear it in my tone,
but what i really mean is,
"terrible."
i don't tell you
that my skin is sagging from my bones
and
my heart skips two beats at a time
and
my lungs are wracked with pain
because i'm holding back.
i don't tell you
that when i wake up in the mornings,
it feels as if my dreams are drowning me
and all i want to do
is fall asleep peacefully for once.
ii.
you ask me what i'm thinking
and i say,
"nothing."
you don't see it in my gaze,
but what i really mean is,
"everything that matters."
i don't tell you
that my mind is a tornado
spanning the distanc
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hello, stranger.
when i find you,
i will know you
by your sunken heart
and sunburst eyes.
i will know you
by the way your bones
writhe beneath your skin
when you speak your fragile words
of poetry.
i will know you
by your chaotic mind
and emotional ocean tide.
i will know you
by the way your fingertips
forget to remember
what it means
to feel.
and on the rainest of days,
i will call your name
and we will fall together
into your purple-river veins.
and i will show you
that your stormy-night misery
was never worth the pain
and your october leaves
were never meant to change.
and when i find you,
i will know you,
because darling,
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(gulp) damn this was strong stuff...
your-methamphetamine would be more than happy to read this work! And so would KathrynODriscoll and imaginative-lioness . Its very well written!
But honestly, it was very well written! Honestly, you've done an amazing job. The way this poem just... oozes its emotions out in that last line, it is placed perfectly! It is very much a perfect placement right here I tell ya!
your-methamphetamine would be more than happy to read this work! And so would KathrynODriscoll and imaginative-lioness . Its very well written!