His words hit her unexpectedly, full of accusations and hatred. They brought the insecure girl back to reality, to a world full of deceit and lies. No longer did she feel the comfort she once felt with him. He turned into the boy that did not take care of the girl he claimed he cared […]
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The sun greeted me and I wasn’t dreading the day. I felt unsure. I felt awakened I looked around for you, expecting to hear your voice. I expected you to call out to me like a shadow in the dark I expected another bruise to show up. I expected another excuse to rise up in […]
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after Bon Iver You hold a book in your hands: oven-baked pages. home-stitched spine. handwritten print. You daft songbird, if you didn’t know a sharp confession when you held it, played it yourself, you didn’t deserve one anyway. The door opens. There’s a quartet on my back porch in Maine in March. One violin croons […]
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