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Bemis Point
02:22
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we are invisible lights put out in the dark
just skin and bone and closer to breaking than we know
don't defend the world unless your judgment's good
but if it's all you have I guess then maybe you should
but I always thought that we would meet an end together
you talked about a way out I talked about forever
we are a moment in time just a desperate scream
substantiating the fears you had to dream
if I hurt myself just to set you free
no bigger than our lies and courtesy
I always thought that I knew you
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Corsages
02:31
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after arguments going way past one
the ending has begun I almost said "it's done"
I needed sleep so I put my phone away
my screen lights up like day see what you had to say
you put corsages in your desk after every dance
and after all failed plans it seems there is no chance
since the flowers surrounding them have long been dead
still reading what you said cannot escape my bed
except for two carnations that slowly wilt
as my love for you tilts, to last we are not built
but all you see are indications for us to move on
and after all you spawn, I wanna leave and be gone
you threaten you'd die when I say this when you wake up
you're making me hate love, it's time that we break up
you say the negativity is worth my touch
can't stand being your crutch, I think you love me too much
I've already tried, I'd do it again if I could
just cuz we're dying doesn't mean you should
how many times should I shut up and just forgive
cuz every time I died, I said I chose to live
we're in a cycle but you think things improve
won't hurt each other if I am removed
cuz what's between us is one big façade
push me away and destroy the corsage
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I can't look at this page anymore because you turned everything to paper
you drew trails from your mind to memos
I watched the conception of mines and meadows
this poetry made my irises ring
you taught me another way to sing
in case I have a sore throat, or head, or heart
but now the shore is dead and the boat already departed
you made me the fifteenth line in your sonnet
and I am an iamb deemed unwanted
it seemed this vision of a couplet was not meant to be
no revisions could ever fix you and me
I hope I never see you again so that image is never burned into my mind
I wonder how many poems can be written about a single rejection from other perspectives that was destined to dive like a valley
I'll hide in the alley when you walk the street to your success
because all I do is say that I'm stressed and you consider yourself a mess
we're similar I guess
there wasn't enough space
so I'll write this up to cover my face
you've made me ashamed of my instincts, my intuition, every fortune blossomed from fruition
and now I'm fighting fire with fire
I hope you're doing just fine
I'm just trying to rid you from my mind
the exit is my verbal execution
this isn't sticks and stones
I need new bones for a foundation
another source for creation
enough small scale divorce
I must eliminate your presence from the premises of my discourse
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Flubline
04:32
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your everyday for me is a risk
cuz I try not to die but I have no choice
in my written words I can exist
the only place that you can hear my voice
I've learned a lot about myself these past few weeks
standing trial cheat and tear demanding tear-trail cheeks
I try to stand up for myself but I'm held down
I wore my mind and it felt like a thorn crown
and if you're sick of my conscience
drum your rhythm to somebody else
I've had no room for who I am
thus my relationship never helped
I'm ill-prepared with all that I'll ever say
ill will to my careful-clumsy means
chilled and scared like breaths of winter days
meanwhile it seems splinters make seams speak
tip of the iceberg
that you can't see
the tip of my tongue
just a saddened me
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