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As She Lives and Dies

The adrenaline rush from roller coasters and tattoo needles

feed the addiction you forgot about. 

The scar on your knee from when Dominique knocked your bike over in ‘95

And the fucked up shit your mom said to you the other day are equally vivid.

 

You heard a song.

You know… That one song by whatshisface?

Made you remember spraying your clothes with febreeze to silence the

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Daughter

You & I

We

Forward 

In step

3 Legged Race

Against the world

 

The Mirror in your eyes

Reflect who I give you

 

You opened my fists

Stretched my arms

To show me what ‘embrace’ means

 

The warmth of your soul

Radiates in your smile

Which has engraved it's image in the folds of my memory

 

You challenge who I thought I was 

The conflict you cre...

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Bold & Silent

I turned the volume down so I could hear you.

Everything is still too loud.

Too many voices, and not the one I needed to hear.

I want to hear.

 

Mourning that lasted for nine hundred sixty four days.

Salty tears soaked waterlogged greenery.

Droopy head. Droopy leaves.

Pruning a root bound plant

Repot. 

 

Acclamation felt like dormancy

Dormancy was intense

Lef...

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