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only if you knew
i wish i knew why you laughed,
and how much of yourself you're holding back.
i wish i knew if you liked me too,
or if you just think of me as a friend.
i wish you knew i got you those roses
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a failing grade
Is it possible to fail with an A+
Or do I just feel like I'm failing myself?
I'm the best one in your class,
But I still send emails making excuses for my declining grades.
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opening night thoughts
We both have short hair,
We could probably measure the inches,
Down to the centimeters, and the millimeters,
And it'd be the same length.
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I See Forever
I saw you today
And it felt like forever.
Your eyes are like a poet's,
Everything fades when you're around
And I need you to know it.
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Loves
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My father's daughter
My father texted me on Valentine's day
Three years ago I would've responded
But this year I asked who it was
I had deleted his contact
I don't regret it
Because my dad died years ago
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Maybe in another lifetime
I know I can never have her like I want to
If I could even have her like that I wouldn't take it
Not anymore
But maybe in another lifetime I would
My heart only beats for her
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I’m not brave enough to write his name
We made a bet when we were sixteen.
Actually, you were fifteen.
I knew I’d lose. I did it so you would continue to speak to me. I liked seeing you care about something healthy.
Is that okay to say?
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Secret
It lives in cupped hands
Around sorry ears,
Behind closed mouths shut up tight,
A wrench in the steel factory gears.
A hidden prism refracting light,
Shining through the cracks in firmly pressed fingers.
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you're on your own, kid
i always have been, ever since the label of
"gifted" was mantled above my head in neon letters,
proudly displaying me to a world where
mediocrity was rejected &
