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»Remember to heal«

Jul 29, 2009

It restricts your movement / Sets you in a solitary confinement / You become the warden / The prisoner of your own prison / It presses your puffy heart hard like a stone / It eats your inside slowly like cancer / Brings that uncomfortable feeling / It causes hiccups, nausea / You can't puke and help…  sign in to read more »


»Untitled -Just for you«

Jul 29, 2009

Now that you have crossed to the other side / Away from the distorted line called life / Just a little bit far from my eye sight / Just an inch from my physical reach / / Now that you are rested in that garden of remembrance / The smell of your skin still feeds my nostrils / Nourishes my brain / The…  sign in to read more »


»I will be here«

Oct 29, 2008

The Dams will overflow and dry up / The Sun will rise and set / The Moon will visit and vanish / The streams will form Rivers / Then Rivers will form Lakes / Then Lakes will develop to Oceans / I will be here / / The skimmers will lie and manipulate the Situation / Break my bones / Bruise my flesh / Hurt…  sign in to read more »


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