I'd let you get acquainted with the universe inside my head
but, honey, my mind is like a jungle
and it is not safe for anyone to enter
you see
the tigers attack out of nowhere
and the birds sing songs that sound like eulogies
the night is unpredictable
and the ground is like quicksand pulling you under
no I will not let you enter my jungle
for I myself do not even know how to get out
and it would kill me to entrap yet another person in my prison
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the hurting / the healing
Poetry[ poetry bundle ] If there's anything I've learned these past 20 years, it's that life is never perfect. Some days are harder than others. Some days I feel so utterly happy that I fall in love with being alive. Others I feel so empty and tired it se...
