Words shot from a cannon
Crashes into the sky
The sounds of beating drums are in my head
Tossing and turning in my bed
A civil war breaks out
Emotions are running high
Fogging up the hard skull
Evil pirates striking a nerve
Logic was swallowed up by quick sand
Stripping down to a sports bra
They took my confidence as a prison of war
And completely shattering it
Making me forget the person I was
And the person I was meant to be
Cousins says, "Death is not the greatest lost in life.
[It] is what dies inside of us while we live."
Losing a part of myself was the greatest lost.
- Ky-Viet Dang 01.09.2015
"Death is not the greatest lost in life. The greatest lost is what dies inside of us while we live." - Norman Cousins
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Living in the present.
PoetryUnsure of what the future holds. Still holding onto the past. Every emotion is valid and life is too short. Don't be afraid to be vulnerable - know what it feels like, what it looks like. You are not alone. Believe that you are worth it. You can't c...
