there are a hundred reasons to die
and a hundred ways to do it
there are a hundred people who
say "I love you"
and a hundred people who keep quiet
there are hundred days in a year
times three, roughly
and a hundred of the 365 days
are spent
thinking of you
there are a hundred reasons why
why I care
why I don't
why I love you
why I hate you
there are a hundred words I'll never say
a hundred actions I'll never do
a hundred reason for you to leave
a hundred for you to stay
there are a hundred thoughts
crashing in my mind
and hundreds of pages I haven't shown
anyone
a hundred lies I tell myself
(oops, and you)
a hundred truths I can't seem to grasp
and a hundred monsters under my bed
(more than a hundred demons
in my head)
there are a hundred faces
blank and staring
a hundred masks
I just want to rip off
show me your hundred true selves
give me a hundred reasons to smile
and don't let me find
one reason
to go
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...
