Poems from Hfire

i write nonfition, freeform poetry. it can be triggering to some but it displays the harsh realities of life that many people live. i am currently a junior in high school and am hoping to be an American Sign Language interpreter. i enjoy poetry because it opens the gateways to the soul and there is nothing you can do in it that is wrong. for me, every line is a memory and each word is a sword that protects me from my thoughts.
there was a sort of wailing in the street.the type that only mothers could hear in darkened rooms as daughters faced their brothers heat....
i dont want to be writing a poem about you because if i write about you then it means you have hurt me and i dont want you to have hurt me...
You are the reminder of a life that i was never meant to exist in, the life of shattered mirrors and holes punched into walls. you are the...
i remember the music like it was yesterday. like the beat still shakes the floor i remember your eyes and the way they gleamed in the...
youre so young and the feelings of his body pressed tight against yours is like a knife penetrating into the deepest parts of your sould....

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