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Grow
They told me to grow where I was plantedBut someone salted the earth I let myself go to seed and found a home on the wind I could not stay where I could not thrive I needed space and time And now I am free to build my own garden.
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pity me, pity please
If hindsight is 20/20, how is your vision still so bad? Can you really peer out into the past and not recognize the hand in your destruction is yours? You have the self-awareness of a peanut And I feel like even that is cruel to peanuts I’ve never met someone so pleased to live amongst…
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good enough
This is the argumentI am not good enough My body takes up too much spaceMy mouth is too loud and carries too many words I am not good enough I will let you downFail you and our son I am not good enough My mind works against me, drags me into the darkest placesI am…
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lavender bones
There are bruises that are more than skin deepThey stain these bones purple, blue, and pinkI wonder how deep my pain can goIs my soul only a twisted, sick thing Please, please, please take these aching lavender bonesBleach them white, remove those wicked sinsMaybe then they’ll be pure again, I’ll be pure againUntouched by cruelty…
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