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She swept her petals under the rug

And welcomed his thorns

He came, empty handed as always

But a mouth full of bickering

She listened, or rather faded

Slipping inside her head, a world of her own

Where her flowers could grow, her desires on show

He isn’t there, he is but merely

Somewhere in the back, away from the river

Leaning onto some insignificant tree

And just as she begins to breathe

She’s snapped into reality

But at-least now, his bickering is done for the day

- the sacrifices she made for her family

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The map of his face was so carefully drawn

And yet it could not depict the ocean in his eyes

- My baby got pretty eyes

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Fate had a way of pulling her closer to the people who broke her

Love was her healing

Pain was the first one who taught her to write

Jealousy made her hate herself

Time kept slipping from her fingers

Hope made a lot of broken promises

Destiny kept her confused

Dreams kept her awake

Change gave her nightmares

Growth healed her heart not her skin

Chance deemed her unlucky

Lust made her dance all night

And then life asked her: Was I worth it all?

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Questions for broken people (TW):

• How often does your heart linger in places that do not know your name?

• If you could do it again, would you let it destroy you or wait until you become destruction itself?

• When you indulged yourself in delusions, did you wish it was real or did you pretend it was?

• Did it hurt when it all came back to you?

• Could it be that all the stars in the sky chose not to shine at you in the very moment you saw yourself worthy of a spotlight?

• Is it skin deep? The pain you carry within yourself?

• Did you memorize her name as soon as he said it and wished it was yours?

If it hurts, write a poem about it. And know that you are not alone 🤍

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She lived in a house of mirrors bright

Reflections of her father’s selfish light

And in every corner she searched

A shadow of her own

Took a look in the mirror, she was torn

A spark of hope, a strength to heal

A way to cope with her broken heel

Seeking solace in strangers arms, an empty kiss

No one to miss

Afraid to hear her cousin’s laugh, a bell so clear

Ignites inside her a burning fear

“Will I be alone forever” she asks herself

With broken pieces she masks herself

She watches close, her eyes so green

Her cousin’s life, a shining scene

Each laugh, each praise, a sharpened thorn

Her own self worth in silence torn

She yearns for what she cannot claim,

And burns with envy, masked with shame

In the end she’s got no one to blame

- this one’s for you jealous bitch

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You are not just my other half

You’re the part of me that makes me matter

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You grew evil in my heart I cannot erase

But you, you I can erase

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I pretend to hate more often than I love. In exchange for both I get my heart broken.

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If it isn’t a little silly

Or made out of love

Don’t call me by any name

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I bicker and blush

As if violence is my love language

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I wish I met myself many lifetimes ago

Because this one

Might be too short

To learn how to love myself

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The shattered pieces of my mirror

Are deluded enough to pretend

That they can see me

But all I’ve looked back on

Is a distorted image

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She gives birth to poetry

Tales ripping her insides out

She bleeds

But only on the pages

- a mother

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One thing I realized about poetry is that when the poet reads it out loud we relate to their feelings but when we read the poem, we relate to our own.

- just a thought // 1:16 am

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You do not belong to an Earth where life has lived for centuries

You belong to the lord who’s been creating life for centuries

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In the chaos of stars

I found among them

My very own Pluto

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For you Leo

The lion of my heart

I have written tales

Even wizards couldn’t conjure

-S