Poems from apetrig

I'm a hardworking, mid-western girl trying to pay for higher education.
Millions of days out of sight, held down by clenched fists, held down by disenchanted words, held down by curses and slurs for the ones I...
We look but few of us see. Behind each face is a soul. Some are troubled and weary while many can get by just fine.   The less fortunate,...
Break down your wall, And I’ll break your fall as you land at my feet. Take off your mask, And I’ll lay mine on the floor. Scream out your...
Holding onto strings of nothing In a house without a home. Shooting blind and hoping That the ricochet kills me too.   Buried deep in a...
Fallen angels and swirling phantoms Hold onto dreams you haven’t had yet Reach all your hands into the world’s light And take a piece for...

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