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It is a choice we make
with every moment that passes
Bring the torches and axes
Its time to face the facts. And the fact is
Realistically we can't have what we want and what we need
Simultaneously
Its unnecessary
This excessive greed
Why? What intentions do we have that makes us think
That the mistakes we make won't cause us grief?

He said, "One moment of patience escapes 100 days of sorrow"
But why when tomorrow
Do I forget to borrow
That truth and bury it in my burrow?
Why am I in a constant state of letting go?

Its unbelievable and inexcusable
The pain I caused these many souls
Truth is its probably because the pain I feel
Feels like the worst of all.

They say misery loves company
And I've been keeping company
With the one who brought the grievance to me.

Time to shed the dead skin
It is time to let the new lights reign in
Cutting off these dead ends
No more pretendin'.

I was born as a leader it resides in my blood
Time to win this war in my core, to elate me up above.
it was always him
with his pale grey eyes
and his crooked smile.

it was always him
with flowers in his chest
and thorns in his veins.

it was always him
to find beauty
on those dark
and stormy
days.

it was always him.

it will always be him.
I don't want to go to bed,
because bed leads to helpless thoughts,
and thoughts lead to panic,
and this encourages hate,
and with the hate takes my personality,
and happy I no longer am,
because all of my flaws are more visible,
appearance leads to self hate,
self hate links up to you,
and if you saw me how I am truly,
this world and mask I have built,
will slowly,
tumble,
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 Aug 2013 Sarah Antilope
emmaline
I don't really know what I'm writing about because I'm writing about everything. Yes, right now, this. This is about everything. All I know is that I don't know everything. And I know that in life there are some things. Some are good things some are bad things. You're a good thing.
Good things are things like when the sun shines in your face and it doesn't make you mad because it hurts your eyes, but instead you think its pretty cool that it stopped raining. Good things are like when you're driving and instead of just driving you have somewhere to go. Good things are like when you jump in a pool and feel the water splash and you don't sink down because you don't want to drown.
Bad things are like when you're walking down a street through a crowd, and you see everyone except that one person. So you bump into everyone and trip a couple times and just keep walking without a destination. Bad things are like when you're running and running so you can hide from that monster that's chasing you. But then you realize that the monster is you.
All I know about life is that I don't know everything. But I know that the sun comes up every morning whether you want it to or not. I know that if you throw a rock into a lake it'll ripple and make waves. I know that when you give your heart to someone most of the time they'll end up breaking it.
I don't really know what I'm writing about because I'm writing about everything.
So tell me.
There are good things and there are bad things and I told you I was writing about
Every
Thing
Am I a bad thing?
How do you explain a feeling?
How do you condense something so complex into a few simple words?
Words that have been used endlessly to describe the mundane.
Over reiterated and overexaggerated.
Words do not do you justice, but they are all that I have.
How do you define our love?
How do you explain our perfection?
How do you put pen to paper and write down the utter calm and comfort I feel in your presence,
And combine it with the passion we share that never ceases to burn?
How can I jot down every notion of a future that is truly unimaginable without you?
Let me try, anyways.
Call it a cliche or call it a classic.
I call it simplicity.
And with this,
Know:
I love you with all of my heart.
Take away the world, but leave me with you,
And still I would know happiness.
Give me the world, but remove yourself from it,
And I too would cease to be.
I love you with all of my heart.
Love me-love me not
we used to say, pulling out new flower petals
one by one around the flower stem

Love me-love me not
we would say with an innocent smile
hoping the last petal would be
"Love Me" at the very end

Love me-love me not
now I say alone with great wonder
hoping you shall not hold my flaws against me.
Butterflies
So pretty and dainty
Not the ones in your stomach
Those kinds
Either signal
The start or end
Of love
They make you feel all giddy
Like nothing will ever stop
You and him
And everything is all happy
Then something goes wrong
And everything comes crashing down
The next time you see him
You hate his guts
But the butterflies
Never stop coming
Never.
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