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no place unlike my own world

its awfully strange. 

i scrapbook pieces of my soul, and mind together. 

together on the pages of a lined notebook, 

the glue i used melts into the paper and the newspapers i borrowed evaporate. 

the news dies, or fades, it disappears. 

melted together with the newest form of creative escapism ive decided upon.

 

 

there are vibrations under my papercut hands, markered with bruises, 

the vibrations are the sounds of a song i'll associate with a painful ache that ive been feeling lately.

the ache appeared out of a pilowcase, and a pixel. 

the pixels wont stop making me cry, 

and the pillowcase is hurting the bottom of my spine. 

the nest i made for fits like these was attacke by a bigger bird.

they pecked the treasures hidden under the mattress, and woven into the blankets. 

i would lie in the nest, and listen to those vibrations. 

of the song i'll soon associate an ache with, 

and i would let go of it all. 

i would release the rope thats causing rope burn on my glue covered hands.

but that nest has gone.

i have to hold the ache in a bubble that sits in my throat. 

and i just keep waiting for it to burst, 

and release me from the rope, and the burden i'd hold if whats on the other end broke. 

 

my pride and my restlessness can't climb up the jagged sides of the cliff called chance by themselves.

they cling, to the rope called never letting go. 

and the music, that song, continues to play.

because its enternal, it lives on and on. 

the ache is eternal, it will stay a feeling in the hearts of monstrous teenagers until the earth itself comes to pass. 

phoebe bridgers, she's telling me she knows the end. 

i cant stop crying, i cant stop. 

the pixels still make me ache.

ache for something ancient,

the pillowcase wont let me rest my head on it anymore. 

and today i just cant take it. 

no more, today, no more. 

NO MORE. 

 

 

 

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n

Thu 2nd Jun 2022 23:11

thank you for your lovely words Graham, I absolutely intend to!! 😊

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 2nd Jun 2022 15:46

Sadly Nadia, I have already seen my 70th birthday but the one regret that I have is that I didn't chronicle my teenage years and beyond. Basically, the poetry that I write these days is a form of diary for my children to mull over when I'm toast!
Keep writing, anything and everything! Keep writing!

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n

Thu 2nd Jun 2022 15:26

Thank you so much Stephen. such a kind comment, and yes teenage life IS hard 😂

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Stephen Atkinson

Tue 31st May 2022 19:38

What is poetry, if not to spill your soul upon the page, Nadia. No more today, but tomorrow's a different day. Teenage life can be hard, but, like life itself, it's fleeting. Keep writing. You have a definite talent. (Former part of the Breakfast Club brigade😉)

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