Here I am, cleaning up what friends and lovers leave behind, like a dish towel wiping away the crumbs after a meal. They always look towards me to be that girl who puts them back together again, the Humpty Dumpties of the world. What they don’t know, at least not right away, is they already […]
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There’s a brokenness in his words I feel his pain, his disappointment, his darkness He doesn’t know how beautiful it makes him A complete human being Full of messy blood and pent up toxins The brokenness in me understands the brokenness in him And yet, with him I feel less broken There are things about him […]
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It was the year 2037 and Charles had just been released from the Pysch Ward. Times were tough but our generation had learned long ago not to complain. We were taught to adapt. Charles placed his cloth napkin neatly in his lap as I opened the oven to retrieve the lasagna. It was a hot, gooey mess, exactly […]
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She stares at herself in the mirror with analytical eyes. The foundation is seamless. The powder is flawless. The blush on the apples of her cheeks an impeccable highlight to her beautifully sculpted features. The eyeliner, the eyeshadow, the mascara—all done. She is a vision of ivory skin and smoky eyes. It’s the lips that […]
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I’m lonely. It’s dark, down here. Cold, too. The wooden floor is hard and uncomfortable. The rug that spans the middle of the room doesn’t reach here. You know, the thick, soft one with the rocket ship on it. Your mom got it for you. You were so happy when she brought it home, after […]
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If you look behind the curtain, you may find a woman pacing, college students plugged into their mp3s while poring over textbooks as they study for exams, ignored texts, a young man running through his lines one more time before he has to step out on stage, foot injuries, rehab, an AA meeting, and an […]
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Every now and again the weight of his words hits me The enormity encompasses my fragile heart and squeezes it until love flows out of my eyes Tasting strangely like tears Yes, he’s made me cry Not with harsh words or with acts of negligence Nor with careless thoughts and emotions No, he’s made […]
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