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  • between the lines

    anything can be a poem roses are red, remember?  just like these lines  & violets are blue. so simple yet oddly complex are you looking for a deeper meaning?  did you read between the lines?  analyzing every single word why choose that verbiage? what’s it mean to you?  i’ll overthink my life until it’s true. …

  • The Cost of Loving You

    I threw your ring in the river today. You know the one you gave me when you asked me to marry you? The one you welded with a ruby stone, that fits perfectly on my ring finger? Or better yet, the ring you gave to me before you held me at gun point? You remember…

  • in the mirror

    my legs crossed  in front of my porcelain sink  staring at my own reflection my cheeks perk as i see burnt bronze eyes  crowded by soft lines  same rusted eyes  i would gaze at from two feet tall  the corners of my mouth drop i will always see the world through my mother’s eyes

  • My Top Ten – Hiking Edition

    2. Alum Cave Trails, Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Tennessee  My Favorite Part: MY BIRTHDAY HIKE!!! Alum Cave is a stunning trail. I fell slipping on ice multiple times, but that wouldn’t stop be from seeing these peaks! The Great Smoky Mountains is by far my favorite national park! 3. Mount Abraham – Maine …

  • unlikely roots

    i miss…  the late nights on cumberland, walking down from my friend’s apartment to literboard, the half-ass conversation you have in line, dancing to songs i barely knew, eating tacos outside of cool beans after the bar closed, running into a guy from class & accidently going home with him, waking up & demanding waffle…

  • I Wonder What it’s Like to Have A Mom

    I’m scared that I’m going to regret all the time I haven’t spoken to my mom when I die…I just feel like a daughter should have her mother, but she makes me feel like shit. I’m constantly asked by new people why I don’t speak with my mother, and I’m usually able to dodge the…