I say goodnight,

kiss her cheek,

and pretend

it doesn’t feel

like guilt.

I try not to notice her smile fading

when she thinks I’m not looking.

She barely responds anymore.

Just nods,

like she’s already decided

not to bother.

We are alone driving

doing errands,

pretending not to care

that life is a new normal,

that our routine is just a sh...

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Mother, mother 

when I left you

did you realize 

that all those years 

would lead to a dead end? 



You gave me everything
from the start, 

but nothing in the end. 



Nights came
full of frustration 

followed by
days of disappointment, 

mind-numbing waiting, 

unanswered calls 

confirmed I wasn’t worth 

the effort giving. 



You gave me everything, 

and nothing a...

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The phantom of the past is a memory of the day that were loat in flame of understanding an love an grief 

the phantom of the past is a shadow the haunt you from the memory you never let go of 

the phantom of the past is a poison of the few an many thing that are hard to swallow 

the phantom of the past is a keeper of learning through the ashe of mistake an power of it hold you to 

the ...

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They’re Blaming Themselves

     A couple argue over something trivial,

And the snarls - rants and discord

Reach fever pitch

     Until,

They are left to part

Their own silent corner

Of a damp tired home,

     And it’s a sad fact of life

That we argue at all,

But here in the deepest

Troughs of poverty,

The stress management can reach all

...

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