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I’ve been trying for weeks

But I can’t seem to find it

I’ve been biting my cheeks

like the idea is inside them

 

But the blood starts to pool

with its signature taste

I feel like a fool,

This whole day’s been a waste

 

I can’t seem to write

A simple poem that’s happy

Oh how I’ve tried,

But it’s just not inside me

 

My light is now faded

and I can’t get it back

It’s too late now to save it

I am stuck in pitch black

 

But there once was a time

When my poems weren’t sad

When it was easy to rhyme

And I trusted my dad

 

Those days are long gone

And that story is over

Like a lonely bird song

or the last four leaf clover

 

Plucked from the ground

Til it’s memory fades

like the absence of sound

or the bottom of a grave

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I'm a Grad student now studying Biochemistry and Biophysics (not sure how I got there). I guess I've been using this site for nearly 8 years now though sometimes I went years without writing much of anything. I write what I feel and I write what I need to let go of. Sometimes I write about a dream or a nightmare I had, If I can tell the difference. I fell in love for poetry in high school and continued to write in college. I hope to publish a book someday as well (leave a comment if a poem speaks to you). P.S. My Instagram is @CottonCandyPoems

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