i took my meds today
to make sure we had a good day
an antidepressant stitched my wounds
so you wouldn’t see them bleed
we ran into an old friend and i smiled like i didn’t know
we were crumbling at my finger tips
i took my meds today
so i could handle it when you told me we were moving too fast
and you weren’t ready for commitment
i flipped the emotions switch to off
and pretend as if it didn’t shatter my heart
i took my meds that day
not knowing what you were going to say but preparing myself
to tell you that i was in love with you
and that you were the first one
i’ve ever trusted with everything
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Jewell Alexandra
I've given up keeping anything a secret for other's sakes, for they do not care on my behalf either.
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Well, your Snacktime Sonatas made us hungry, and that’s about the highest compliment we have. Food — taste, smell, sensation — is a powerful conduit to the past, to memories pleasurable and painful and sometimes bittersweet, a mixture of comfort and challenge. Congratulations to Penny Fuller for Sativa — it’s a first win for Penny — a hymn to the “secret, unbounded/freedoms” of fresh peas in the pod. The narrative voice of the poem doesn’t really want to be outside, but finds joy in the green things of the earth; this is a lovely work of resilience.
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