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WARNING! Some poems contain explicit language.
WARNING! Some poems contain explicit language.
Lives are lost,
tears are shed.
This seems to happen
again and again.
Every day,
and every night,
5 years 12 months ago
Footsteps thumping, loud bangs, children screaming,
My pulse is racing, my head is pounding, and then suddenly I drop.
5 years 12 months ago
stop taping young
people’s mouths shut
and telling us where
our places are
5 years 12 months ago
for lives lost
at the end of a gun
and those wounded
at the hands of
a bullet
i pray for
5 years 12 months ago
Hands shake
Tears shed
Heartbeats race
They say do not worry you’re safe
5 years 12 months ago
Decrease the heat, in the streets,
It's lethal,
Increase the peace, murder beats,
Not people.
5 years 12 months ago
Dear the Future,
Can you see us?
Can you see the wounds,
Can you see the deaths,
Can you see the grief,
6 years 3 days ago
She said that once upon a time,
one could freely run under the dark blanket of the sky, with the only lights
6 years 1 week ago