zyiawithmelissa

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zyiawithmelissa
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  August 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

If and then

What if we never have the nerve to try?
What if we allow this moment to pass by?

What if it’s perfect and the world stops turning?
What if a missile fires and it leaves us burning?

What if we are afraid to hurt and afraid to feel.
But then...

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Beautiful Ashes

The magic of that pure, beautiful white stick.
Then the flick of the lighter,causing a gorgeous red, yellow flame.
It brings me peace and solitude.
Watch that clean white stick change colors and slowing disappear right before your eyes.
The...

– by Melissa Almen

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I remember….

I...

– by Melissa Almen

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Broken but breathing

Broken but breathing

Here I am again, I’ve been here a few too many times before.
Like the crumbled trash that missed the garbage can, left carelessly on the...

– by Melissa Almen

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Latest Comments: 6 total

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Beautiful and raw! Love your poems! You need to write more!

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Enjoyed it so much, I read it twice! We are all perfectly imperfect and good crazy!

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Wonderfully written! Great work!

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Loved it

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soulwriter thank you

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Thank you very much!

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