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Sometimes I relive the unlivable

us

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i remember my old books
books that held my secrets
pressed between sheets of paper
thinner than my precious young skin
tales of sorrow and sin
who do i keep or who to unfriend

they PROMISED to protect us
this community
mired in distrust, lust and lies

they PROMISED to lift us 
but elevation wasn't even a shadow
in those rooms

and i still feel betrayed 
and i still feel hurt

us
 

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Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

Crush’s Poems (64)

Title Comments
Title Comments
my fragile city 3
nervous 1
us 0
the wedding ghost 2
famous 1
angel face 1
carried off by owls 2
Santa Claus Is Coming Around 1
skin 2
the midnight girl 1
hold 1
here 0
the other 1
flashback 1
violent pretty 1
the people in the attic 1
the ride 1
my nightmares are awake 1
no bugs 6
waiting 3
welcome 5
a fetus in a clear bowling ball 6
crows feet 7
rats 5
the mobster 4
perfect 6
jumper 5
lady godiva 3
malaise 3
pirate 4
flight on time 3
fear of falling 4
unfinished crow ? 5
chemocallouse
s
3
elephant 5
cancer 8
skyline 5
st. saviour 2
satellites 4
were you waiting for me ? 10
snapshot 5
fists 12
lauren 17
insomnia 18
ceremony 12
mother 14
ash 27
the june bug 15
low 19
thorns 10
paralyzed 9
mr. sparkle 15
dresses 15
glass 13
cemetaries 18
throe 18
if i fell in love 27
pills 22
off black 20
mannequin 22
umbrage 12
sick boy 12
kelly has a big head 21
unfairly fairy 26