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Journey

The distance between two points increases over time—like a map being stretched little by little every day. Force it too far and it snaps like an old, overused rubber band. Instead give it a rest and fold it in half a few times. Though now, the map is distorted and can no longer navigate from …

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Holistic

My time with you is limited—all I hear is the metronome of our descending clock reverberating through my mind.   I want to take a piece of you with me when I go—   Tuck your laughter under my arm like a book of poetry so I can read it whenever I please—   Then …

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Bath

There was a sparkle in God’s eye when he told the clouds to drape the sky like a lace covering;   patches of blue show through like skin through the open stitching of a white lace dress.   The rain wraps around the city like a cold embrace that envelops everything within,   until the …

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Birds of a Feather

For the first time in her life, she felt like a sea shell—something to be picked up, looked at,   maybe admired by some, but soon thrown back into the sand without a second thought.   She didn’t want that—she didn’t want to be a silver charm that hangs on a bracelet and bangs   …

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Spring Cleaning

The vacuum screams across the floor—but I’ll Take that over your screams any day—in fact, I cleaned the floors yesterday. But you’re soaking Your words with so much deception I’m left Drowning in them until only my eyes are left Floating above the lies that seep from your mouth Like a waterfall. You say to …

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