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poppiesandpromises · 12 hours

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Can I summon the strength to stow the clothes?

I've been surviving, you know how that goes

Dragging my corpse across the finish line

But the weekend is here & I'll be just fine

Watch me rise, watch me shower, watch me fold

Watch me cradle the day as it gets old

Counting the minutes and watching the bees

Laying on the grass here beneath these trees

I become a person, unclench my jaw

Pull the thorn from my soft and wounded paw

Gathering flowers now beneath the sun

Hey I still remember how to have fun!

Store all these moments to shore up my smile

These delicious hours in which I while

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poppiesandpromises · 12 hours

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#now playing #Spotify

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poppiesandpromises · 1 day

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& if you look up

Long enough you're bound to find

A sky worth chasing

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poppiesandpromises · 2 days

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poppiesandpromises · 3 days

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I yearned to be a window framing sun

A place to welcome night when day was done

To listen to the rain, to watch the stars

& plan imaginary trips to mars

Or maybe a sofa, cozy and warm

To wrap up in softness during the storm

A place to lay my weary bones at night

Bathed in the late night bright tv light

Could've been a fire to warm up the room

Crackling with glee, banishing the gloom

I'd glow through the winter, dispelling fear

If you needed comfort I'd be right here

But truly you'll find me with the sheep

I'm simply a bed that's empty of sleep

Thanks for the tag @allnightsong2

& @the-hollow-quiet

Where would I find you in a house?

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poppiesandpromises · 3 days

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You have handled yourself with such grace and beauty. I applaud you. 🩵

thanks so much anon! I appreciate you! :)

#kind asks #anonymous

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poppiesandpromises · 3 days

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I get that you're mad. A lot of us are horrified by what's happening in Palestine but that's not the only thing that is happening in the world. I've never once implied that no one should care about Palestine. i think everyone should care about it. But you are truly missing the point and at this point I'm not sure that it's not intentional. Who's to say that someone slaughtered in Palestine, or in the Mexican drug war or the conflict in Congo didn't have insight we will never hear? Who's to say that an unhoused person could have added something beautiful and true we'll never experience? This isn't about passivity, it's about acknowledging that some things are horrifically factual.

I sometimes think our

World's greatest voices are those

That we'll never hear

#discourse

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poppiesandpromises · 4 days

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I sometimes think our

World's greatest voices are those

That we'll never hear

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