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I like listening to the house. The strangle little clicks, soft humming from the depths beneath me. I sit here in the dark, feeling imaginary hands around my ankles, as if I’m being haunted. Creaking wood cries out and I respond that fear never wins. The windows rattle with the wind as I sit in…
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You have a box? So do I… Mine stacks up to the sky. A pile of love balanced on pain I want to erase every name Forgotten many Buried a few Oh, if you only knew…
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The veil between peace and madness is thin, like a transparent bubble. Oil-like soap lines float through the air. There I am, just brushed up against it. I hear its walls humming. POP!
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Lavender Honey Funny was he Sick of the mind A blackened soul Freeing it was To let him go
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Build an empire on your losses No matter what the cost is Seed the ash in the soil Let your vines coil Rise above all the pain You have everything to gain
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I sit here by the large window of the barn and watch as raindrops slowly crawl down the glass, leaving a trail. I saw a fox trot across the back yard this morning, and now the water is coming down harder, making that tapping noise on the siding. I wish I were experiencing this in…
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Silence is my greatest weapon Don’t believe me? Just ask them The ones who thought they had hold of me, and my soul
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Here I am again Learning to count from one to ten One day it will become clear For once someone will hear The beat of my heart The hum of my soul The way my mind runs The sum of its goals Find me bathing under a tree Over the grass and under the leaves…
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I thought about giving up, throwing in the towel, but then I grabbed the edge of the dry, musty wallpaper and peeled it off in one clean sweep. The tearing sound of the paper, revealing the smooth surface of the wall beneath, reminded me that sometimes you have to give it another go before giving…
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How was your March? Mine was fine I turned 37 Then my dad died In a home on land That I once called mine What a quake to the system The earth shook to its core Once it was done I made it back north To the red barn With the old rustic house Where…
Sharon Rose 