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after the fall

and i still catch myself
thinking of you in heatbeats -
the seconds between then and now;
the sigh before the aftermath.

you were a self-fulfilling prophesy,
full of misdirection and
choked off minor melodies

but there was still something
in the way you inked on smiling scars
that left me wondering


if you already knew that













Author notes

Prompt::
"And you bleed just to know you're alive" - Goo Goo Dolls

Sidenote:
The prompt is actually something I once used to try and explain to a shrink why it wasn't always about pain. That sometimes it was about blood. Pure, simple, alive.

She didn't get it.

Honesty would be lovely

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  • SpydurPoet gold member
    September 25

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    That was amazing. Your poetry is like whispers uttered in a library of emotion.
    Write on.
    ~*~SP~*~

  • Starsilence
    August 22
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    I get this. It's life. To know you're alive. The lines really flow well together.


  • L0sT-iN-ThOuGhT
    August 11

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    Hey nice. I like this, I don't really know why theres just..something.

    Keep up the writes = ) xo