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I Am a Goddess
I am a goddess. I wonder what it will feel like to live. I hear the sound of the clouds, impossible, inspirational. I see a new day. I want what I deserve. I am a goddess. I pretend I am a human. I feel accomplished in my performance. I touch the darkest part…
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Recovery
Some days, I think I’ve recovered, and then I remember, the first time I thought I had, and I miss my naivety, so much, that I drown myself, in the knowledge that I will always be struggling for air. I have a little girl, but not in the way you think. She’s so optimistic, sticking…
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Hunger Pains
I think I was ten. Wearing midnight blue, in the middle of the day. My neighbourhood knew that one day, probably in the middle of the day, I’d be the world’s greatest dancer, and so it span around me, as I sat, in the big girl’s passenger seat, feeling real sweet, in my midnight, midday,…
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Jigsaw
Can you fit my heart into yours? There’s a missing piece, several, actually, and I’ve begged them to come home, so we can be complete, but, God, they’re just like me. Off at parties they never wanted to attend, reliving rickshaw rides, and dances at bus stops, that are only wonderful in their heads. Hearts…