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Premium Member If I were younger
...The sun is intense this morning I am wearing my husband’s black sweatshirt No bra Just me and the shirt And my flannel pajama pants I am not a Neanderthal If I were younger, I would take off th......

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Categories: just a second, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Point of No Return
... A crescent moon dangles in the distance, whilst meteors jet across Prussian blue heavens, leaving trails of grey ash in their wake. An abnormal, elongated silence creeps through threadbare t......

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Categories: just a second, angst, conflict, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse



A confused love while torn apart
...Roses with thorns grow on my heart As I waited for you To tell me how you feel Do you want me? Yes or No Is it just a game We talk for hours, nothing new We laughed for hours, nothing new We......

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Categories: just a second, break up, desire, lost,
Form: Free verse
Fateful shadows
...We wear the wind without knowing who it belonged to before. A coat of yesterday’s anger, today’s kindness sewn in the lining. Faces blur at the edges— the barista is your brother, the strange......

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Categories: just a second, 10th grade, creation, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Lunch
...I will order in just a minute. If there’s grilled cheese, I want in on it. Or maybe I could have some fries. Which is on the menu to my surprise. I enjoy a burger on some days. But maybe not Mon......

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Categories: just a second, fish, fun,
Form: Rhyme



Generational Curse
... It will be there in the morning It will be there at night Pull on your boxing gloves And swing with all your might You hit hard Though it’s never enough Be on your guard Things are about ......

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Categories: just a second, absence, addiction, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Generational Curse
... It will be there in the morning It will be there at night Don your boxing gloves And swing with all your might You hit hard Though it’s never enough Be on your guard Things are about to g......

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Categories: just a second, abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As I breathe you in
...I never break when I'm with you When we're close, there is no way to lose Just a second, can we listen through? Please hear my truth Happiness is a day with you, as the world changes in the way......

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Categories: just a second, devotion, for her, i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BROKEN-My SpokenWord
...Somewhat spoken; Smolding Broken For I speak life I am whole Not Broken BROKEN I know we are not broken Yet there were moments Walking on the space covered groun......

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Categories: just a second, anxiety, blessing, destiny, emotions,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member In the Shadow of Sunlight
...In the Shadow of Sunlight It is one of those glaringly bright days that make your eyes water painfully. You can't see everything at once but in short glimpses and peeks. Between blinks, half an ......

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Categories: just a second, death, dream, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fah Lah Lah and a Cha Cha Cha
...Ukulele playing armadillo asked his friend Allie to do a cha-cha-cha. Just a second, Allie said. I don’t like to eat my munchies this raw. Then he began practicing his marching dance for the Mardi ......

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Categories: just a second, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Deathbed Confessions
...I sit here and I ponder will I be one of yours? A deathbed confession that you have to relieve yourself of before exiting this world A regret, a mistake, a lonely night without her there, a gentle t......

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Categories: just a second, death, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Land of Lies
...The shades are drawn, and the paint is peeling on the façade, the door is cracked open as though the person inside is ready to run He lies there positioning himself into a relaxed state, wondering i......

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Categories: just a second, betrayal, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time
...Sheila asked him “Do you have the time?” Ben answered “It’s five after two.” She responded “That is a perfectly good answer, but that is not the answer to my question.” He responded “I’m sorry, I ......

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Categories: just a second, city, england, extended metaphor,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Witness Protection
...We settled into Baltimore after rejecting several locations after the dreaded shoot out thus move seemed right although two Suburban trucks tailed us from the airport the driver was excellent at dist......

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Categories: just a second, america, beautiful, god, identity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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