And the moon said to me,

"My darling, you do not have to be whole in order to shine."

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I throw myself at life
like the moth that comes out at night
banging itself against the houselights
falling down then adjusting its flight

Unaware of its fate
Unaware of its plight

I throw myself at life
in hopes to reunite
with the death I lived eons ago
& with the death I'm now going to write...

-

As Cupid lay dead on the sidewalk,
beheaded,
his tiny bow & arrow fingers severed with intention,
toes frostbitten from trying too hard,
his throat slit with infidelity,
limbs crushed like a demolished building,

Everyone just passed by,
Ignoring the gore blood bath,

As Cupid lay dead on the sidewalk,
hammered to a long silence...

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The friendships that were once classified as "forever",

I saw them lying luster less in the backyard of my phone's image gallery yesterday..!

-

Sometimes
Universe will deliver you from the fire

At other times,
you’ll be made fireproof!

-

Dear August,

I adore you
For you grasses anew
For your skies of dew
For your witchery of glowing noons
And your bunch berry brews

I adore you
Just enough to make do
Your beard is crooked, you hat askew
But I adore you just enough
For your offerings of shriveled leaf stew

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I killed her Blue Jay
I say

No more dawn chorus at play
Neither in her heart
Nor in her driveway

I killed her Blue Jay
I say

They look at her shattered ashtray
And the blood dripping away
"How did she turn so grey?"

I killed her Blue Jay
I say

-

I killed her Blue Jay
I say

No more dawn chorus at play
Neither in her heart
Nor in her driveway

I killed her Blue Jay
I say

They look at her shattered ashtray
And the blood dripping away
"How did she turn so grey?"

I killed her Blue Jay
I say

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- Manisha

-

I bang my fist in the wall
Once again

My grudges have left me parched
My brittle mood
My brittle heart

I wriggle in my anger, I crawl
Once again

The lifeless shreds of my butterflies
My ugly lows
My shameless highs

I stick another pain pill in my own voodoo doll
Once again

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