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Abigail Kangas Poem
How many have you come home from a long day at work
and get no response from the ones you love?
How many years will you keep that awful job
where you get harassed by men who think they’re better than you?
How many months will you be punished for paying rent late
because your husband never paid it, like you asked him to?
How long can you keep being ignored, having your work ignored
just because you’re a woman?
How many emotions do you deal with
holding them all inside, never letting them show?
How long will you ignore your worth
convinced by the world you’ll never be anything more than you are now?
How many jobs will you quit
Trying to escape the ones who tell you these things?
How long will it take for you to realize
that what they think and say about you doesn’t matter?
How long until you put yourself out there, and get noticed
Prove them all wrong, because they’ve always been wrong about you?
How long until they realize that they’re wrong
and apologize, begging for your forgiveness, because you run the world?
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Abigail Kangas Poem
i am me
a girl
who doesn't really know
who she is
what she wants to be
i am a sister
who isn't always the best
to her siblings
but it turns out okay in the end
i am a friend
who can't always be strong enough
for others
or sometimes, even herself
i am a person
who wishes she could change everything about herself
make her perfect
the one everyone likes
i am me
ever-changing, while also
the exact same
all the time
i am free
to be who i want
and shouldn't that be enough
yet here i am
i am a girl
who lets the world push her around
and makes her conform
to their expectations
i am simply me
the one people should run from
yet don't
i am surrounded by people
but so alone
insecure in my own skin
i am not a shell of who i once was
i am not a shadow of something worth running to
i am not perfect
i am me
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Abigail Kangas Poem
your voice
the way it sounded quiet when you were upset
the sad guitar you played
the melodies that gave me shivers
the laughs and screams
from our first date at the amusement park
the songs you sent me
that make me cry when i hear them now
your heartbeat, so close to mine
a slow, but steady beating
the best months of my life
reduced to memories and sounds
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Abigail Kangas Poem
Stormy night on a haunted street
All night, the sun and the rain compete
When dawn breaks, the people crowd together
To observe all the terrors
Committed by nightfall
The horror and disgust
On the children's faces
Kicking through all the dust
To see the obscure places
The people go home
The streets becomes tranquil, calm
The gray sky sets in
A Combination of Forms of Poetry
Emile Pinet
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Abigail Kangas Poem
is it possible that you're the reason why i can't sleep at night?
like everything that i've been feeling is because i never got over you?
it hurts to think that, but it's the truest thing i can think
i want to tell you all of it; the good, bad, embarassing
i don't care, because i want to know all of you, and for you to know all of me
i want to be your everything; you're already mine
but how can i possibly tell you without ruining everything?
put simply; i can't, so now i just dream of being with you
and put that thought the furthest from my mind as possible when i'm around you
i only break down my thoughts and feelings behind closed doors
because then you can't possibly find out; perfect
but what do i do when i can't find another thing to say when you ask why i'm upset?
what do i do when it's on the tip of my tongue,
and those three words could automatically be the end of us,
of at least whatever you would call what we have
what do i say when i can't find the words to make small talk?
when all i want to say is i love you
and tell you that you've been missing it for months, that you've never actually known me
what i think about, what i feel, who i love
he was never right for me; you obviously knew that, you made comments all the time
all i want is for you to love me like i love you, like i have since august
since the day i met you, the day i fell helplessly in love, unable to think about anyone else,
to feel this way for anyone else, no one compares; you've always been there
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Abigail Kangas Poem
he has always felt alone
his family is broken
his dad is abusive
he only tells one person what he feels
he loves her
he tries to tell her but he can't get it out right
she knows he loves her
she tries to keep it friendly
she's never mean to him
she doesn't realize everything he needs her to be for him
she tell him everything she feels
he's been more distant lately
he knows she needs someone else
he's broken inside
his only confidant has stopped confiding
he feels alone again
she knows she shouldn't ice him out
she does it anyways
she doesn't want anyone to get hurt
she tries to be there, but she stopped talking about the important things
she only talks about casual things now
he doesn't want her to know she's the only one he tells this stuff to
he can't bare the thought of losing her
he wants her to be his
he wants to feel loved or at least cared for
he wants her to care again
he needs her to come back
he needs to tell her everything his dad has done
he needs to say what he's never been able to say
he doesn't know how
she talks about the other guy again
she says that she loves the guy
she says that guy is all she ever wanted
she breaks him down with every moment
he knows he'll never measure up
he gets so torn over friendship and love
he wants to be enough
he doesn't know how to handle it
he can't tell her any of his this
he doesn't know what to do
she hears he's gone
she'll never be the same again
she will always remember the times she had with him
she'll always cherish those moments; when he was still here
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