Poems from coral.raven
I don't know why I keep writing to you
Like I'm sending letters to someone in prison
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As if you were the one who's been trapped
Ever since...
"You seem like you're doing better,"
They say, with hesitation
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On halfway-bad days I still feel it,
A screaming coal burning itself...
I was nothing to you.
You were an addict, and I was your drug of choice.
Something for you to take when you needed a fix.
Something to be...
When I was a kid, we had a mouse problem
My mom started putting traps around the house
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I hated the thought of killing them, so I made a...
I've always been the kind of person
To dig a splinter out,
With my teeth, if I have to-
Instead of soaking it in water
And waiting for it...