the burning blaze in your heart
makes up for the stiff movie seats.
your dream filled speak
drowns out the smacking of lips on straws and licorice.
one small hand
laced in one larger,
like a neatly packaged present.
strawberry scented chapstick
is a much more pleasant aroma
than the stinging blueberry vapors
wafting from the back row.
it's the smallest of hands
and the largest of hearts
that stabilize this poisoned world.
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Poetry- a compilation of slam poetry/ narrative poetry about the labels we put on ourselves and others, internal contracts, hardships, and difficulties. however, we will overcome and defeat because everyone that said we couldn't, were wrong. we just have...
