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  • Try Friendship Again

    Last night I had a dream That somehow for some reasonWe planned to meet To once again drink and eatIn each other’s companyAnd you were lateBut it was okayWe met anywaysAnd as we drank and ateWe caught up on what we’ve missedI wondered if you found happinessOr were content with where your life isBecause with


  • Foreign

    They tell me to adaptFit in with where I’m atAnd when I do, how comeThey tell me to go back to where I’m fromI found the corners in whichI seem to blend wellThe shades that complementMy obvious differencesAnd I accept and adoptThese new and different waysAnd when I do they sayDon’t forget the place from


  • I find myself longing

    I find myself longing for a time that never existedReminiscing about memories that are likely to be as unreal as they are realI make travel plans to foreign landGrieving the reality I will never belong in the place that is supposed to be home


  • Among Giants

    I live among giantsOf history and loreI dream of kingdomsBuilt of stone and iron Fire blazes in my bloodLike they once didThrough jaws of dragonsAnd trials most unjust And I slip into slumberWith fairy dust sprinkledOver my eyes tonightInto the realms I sink


  • A Proud American

    I dream of heroesAnd wish I could be oneTo save the worldAnd be adored I lived in storiesAnd movies ofThe chosen one the onlyGirl who can save us from ourselves Because the world in frontOf me never saved meA seat at the tableNever wanted me to beFreedom was a fableSaved for only the worthyAnd I


  • Romanticized

    You romanticize the darkest timesIn the history of humankindBecause you know if you can findSomething good then the worst timesOf your life couldn’t be so bad‘Cause even when people died at tenAt least back then the cruelty was short


  • Just Be

    If you were a songYou’d be a classicA ballad of someoneProfound and tragic If you were a wishYou’d fade into the airAs fast as the breathThat had made it If you were a soulYou’d have no bodyFelt by everybodyKnown by nobody I see youSitting on a swingIn an empty playgroundEyes on the skyWishing on firefliesFor


  • How long does it take?

    How long does it takeTo go from soulmates to strangers? Can you see the stringThat bound us togetherThinning over time? How hard does a fall need to beTo break a bond welded by the gods? How strong is the forceThat pulls apart the stars when they align? Is it by choice or is it just


  • The Irony of Bravery

    Isn’t it funny?How we’re all taughtTo stand up fearlesslyIn the face of wrong TV and moviesSpotlighting heroesWho fight for the weakIcons of our morals And when it’s time for us to wake upAnd live our lives with the best of usWhen we give and sacrificeWhy are we left sweeping up the dust?Why are we left


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