I learned to make art with my broken heart.
EMILY KURC
EMILY KURC
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I miss the sweat of september and the stickiness of the sheets.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Each night I sit at my windowsill like a wolf howling to the moon, hoping that somewhere you feel me calling to you.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Leave me like you mean it. My heart can’t keep waiting for you.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc The future belongs to those who are brave enough to speak up about things that matter.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc I think I’ll always remember your birthday and the way you took your coffee because they’ll forever be pieces of you I cannot burn.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc We all show our true colors eventually – mine is dark and firesome red. I bet I burned you. I don’t expect to see you soon.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Faded secrets and old voices have built towns inside my heart. Thats were we still meet.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc The sun touched your skin with innocent delicacy as if you were a work of out that was made to be admired deeply.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc The sky was crying so I wiped away her tears, just like all the times she did the same me.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Each time I fall back in love with myself, I leave my pen and paper behind. It isn’t personal, or maybe it is. I just a always thought that poetry was for the hurting.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc I woke up this morning and for once, I had no desire to drink my morning coffee. Is that how it felt for you to wake up and never return?
Emily KurcEmily Kurc In a dream like haze, the moment you left still spins on repeat like a broken record.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc I hope you think of me during every thunderstorm.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc You don’t deserve my poetry. I hate that I give you that satisfaction still.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Your name still tastes like poison in my mouth.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Soft and sweet and wrapped around your fingertips.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc
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Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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