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Chrysanthemum

May 22, 2017
By wolfvomit PLATINUM, Jacksonville, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
“don’t fall slave to the serpent’s tongue”

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                         i.

 

I tear myself apart like a
Chrysanthemum
yellow petals
dancing slowly on the air,
falling in beautiful slow-motion and
folding in on themselves in a
majestic cacophony of bewilderment
Beautiful in the sense that
Im not afraid to fall apart
But falling apart became
something I was used to

 

Alone in that room
That tape recorder I sat next to
Every time I felt destructive
I hid it between the couch cushions
So that they wouldn’t see
How much they hurt me.

© Lydia N., Greenfield, IN

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Crystallite BRONZE said...
on Dec. 28 2017 at 9:07 pm
Crystallite BRONZE, Santa Elena, Other
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are you still alive..