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 Nov 2024 Kai
Peter Gerstenmaier
I'm afraid of failure
Of becoming a burden
But above all, I'm afraid
Of hurting the ones I love
And ending up alone...

Yet I'm here, I've shown
In the face of my demons
And screamed at them
That they'll never take
The very best of me

So I may not be fearless
I'm quite fine with that
For I'm brave
I never regarded myself as the courageous type... until the day I realized that being brave doesn't mean being fearless. Being brave means facing your fears in order to do what you must.
 Nov 2024 Kai
Carlo C Gomez
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Unusual and cloudless

This slippery world

Today is still contagious

Here is heat, here is rain

Here is love, regardless

Shadows in the scaffolding

Look like a broken alphabet

The sun in its anger

Just won't set

Life and how to do it

Perfectly absent

~
 Nov 2024 Kai
Ellentelligence
Knowing You
Is golden.
 Nov 2024 Kai
Soulless
Press play
 Nov 2024 Kai
Soulless
Life feels way too long

Like my playlist of 600 songs

My mind is way too loud

Like in game of hide n seek


I wish to be found

Loneliness is all I know

Calming down by breathing slow

Smiling when I wish to frown

Swimming in the ocean just to drown


Lost in a deep dark nightmare

Shying away from the latest jump scare

Closing my eyes and hiding away

Wondering if life will be any different today


My life is on pause waiting for someone

Anyone who would search for me

Just to come and press play
 Nov 2024 Kai
Ember
paper blades
 Nov 2024 Kai
Ember
guillotine of dried tree pulp,
with eloquent insults adorned,
beheading reputations one by one,
in a single sharp-written bite.

when the pen-wielding executioner drops the rope,

even the mighty end in baskets

at the hand of paper blades.
 Nov 2024 Kai
Paige
Simple pleasures
 Nov 2024 Kai
Paige
It's the simple pleasures we enjoy,
Reading a book
Telling a story
Sharing a beer
Singing a song
Anything at all
To remind us we're human
 Nov 2024 Kai
juno
“i’m so proud of you”

“you work so hard”

“congrats! i knew you could do it”

“wow that’s so impressive”

“thank you for keeping other people in mind”
who knew getting in to colleges would be one of the worst things that will happen to me
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