How did I come to be so fragile
So easily squashed
Little cracks should not
Bring the whole building
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Still somehow actions of no consequence
B L O W gaping holes in my soul
Sending my feelings
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like confetti to the wind
Words that spew like venom
And flow like the sweetest honey
burning tiny my heart
To an inch of its worth
But to you, these scars were just reminders of my weakness and that
I should have just toughen up
You left me wondering if you have ever glimpse the sun
And realized that just like our love
It sets and gawks at our tortured hearts
Like barbed wire s c r a p i n g skin
Not enough to kill but bad enough to bring blood
Like seeing things, your fingers can barely
G r a s p
Lust in the back of your brain
Tiny things you remember
But try to h i d e
Why make a spectacle of it all
Like the way they stand, or the
Chords of your voice that hum
Still you curse yourself for being
Such a novice in the love game
You wonder why you keep sneaking glances while so soon
Maybe even tomorrow
They will forget
Guess they have amnesia of the brain
And now disappointment
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into my heart and it hurts
how easily they F O R G E T
But it's MY fault, how could I have let
Myself get this worked up
Over someone whose eyes never knew
My puny heart existed
But I guess I could say I'm a pro
At forgetting those who so soon
F O R G E T M E
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How She Feels
PoesíaThis is a poetry book chronicling the feelings teenagers and women alike feel daily. The struggles of love and insecurities and the pain that comes dragging along with these. I hope you find comfort in these and see that your feeling are the same as...
