Count your calories and record what you eat every day; you should be eating 6 servings of fruit and vegetables for optimal health; you should exercise at least 3 times a week, the last thing you want is to get fat; this is how you operate a treadmill, now buy a gym membership; don’t even […]
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Most of us do a good job faking false smiles when there are really just frowns underneath. Our social masks pretend that we aren’t offended. We also boast steel hearts, laughing with the group that apparently jokes about us smack dab in our face. A new sunshine and most of us forget yesterday to pursue […]
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In my house, a cup of tea prepared by the 17-year-old me is appreciated more than my poetry. Strange women with magnifiers instead of eyes scrutinize what I cook best and when I will be of age. My mother lets them. My poetry book sits untouched because the women forgot their spectacles at home and […]
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You never expected me to walk away So many times, disrespected, but still I stayed I let love overpower my unhappiness You repeated those three words that I always second guessed I craved love and attention, you claimed you were giving your best I deserve the world but I accepted so much less Your actions […]
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Always put on lipstick, even if you don’t leave the house. Donate your spare change to a homeless woman with a dog. Have fries with that shake. Delete your Facebook. Splurge in the grocery store. Leave a tip at the diner. Always wear clean underwear for the paramedics in case a driver smashes you into […]
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Kill the part of you that believes it can’t survive without someone else. Start with the hands. The feeble way they shake holding your morning coffee, the way they did his dishes, his laundry, so willingly. How they itch from the want of undressing his memory. All lonely. All empty – you. Cut them off. […]
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you shrink yourself you fear being melodramatic and so you adjust your vision so the world becomes monochromatic but that’s not what you want, is it? you are not flesh and bones created just to be given a gravestone you are a mind, body, and soul worth far more than your weight in gold I […]
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“No” is a very powerful word when it comes to your relationships with others — and with yourself. While the word “no” might trigger thoughts of negativity, harnessing the power of “no” can be a very positive thing. In particular, mastering the art of saying “no” is essential to distancing yourself from negative people or […]
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Do the insane care too much? When they think of something And they wonder how others might feel Ricocheting back and forth between thoughts like these Do they keep it all in? Cause if they say it out no one understands And they force it all down with one deep breath Pushing and pushing as thoughts […]
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