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Trail
Bright eyes in the bark,licked lips behind leaves,my shadow trails after me,with another’s tail,and I follow the trail,always back at the blinking bark and ravenous leaves. The night is alive,and it knows that I am too,for now.
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Caged by the mistakes of your poisoned protector,grief, written across your wings.Grief for the girl you should have been,the child who never had a chance,pulled across the torture rack before you were a teen,blamed for patterns that were scratched into your skin before you were even born. Caged by projection from your Peter Pan protector,doomed…
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Aching, Asking
Aching,asking for an answer, in the lonely, lost hours,that will one day be a dream,or a source of laughter.I just have to last a little longer.This is a test of my tenacity.Tempting as it is to fail,I stay the course,cool under pressure,only by virtue of being so close to completion of my life’s cycle.One day,…
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Yesterday
Minutes to midnight,my mind is still in the sun.Treasured, hazy days.
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Grey Hairs
It was just before midnight,and we were waiting for time to begin again,I was grateful, at last for my grey hairs,the way they signalled my growth,my commitment to keeping a promise to the miserable girl I met in the mirror months back,and all of the dreams that she had. You kept me in a kiss…