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OkTwoPoints

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

7 poems·Since October 2017
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The Silent Option

March 11, 2018

It is better to stay silent then to make them uncomfortable,

because maybe the silence can understand you better.

The gecko that sits in its cage-

will not complain that you are not upbeat and happy.

Your closed door-

Will not tell you so stop crying and get over it.

The floor you fall to-

when even your legs cannot bear you anymore,

does not tell you it is time to grow up.

The clock burning green numbers into your eyes at 3 am

on another sleepless night,

does not get uncomfortable when you spew your frustration.

Maybe it is better to be silent.

 
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