I grew up learning history about communities that would support their people (the idea that it takes a village), but all I see are so many people left on their own.
RENEE STONEI escaped the voice of darkness that was as pervasive as the silence that has come to replace all the words you had misplaced.
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It felt vulnerable to have people know my weaknesses, but there is so much strength from going back to the start and re-determining who you are.
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I can assure you that I don’t wake up every day with a smile upon my face, and the distance from happiness in the morning isn’t set at a constant rate.
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I don’t think anyone really gets my attachment to the little things. They call it insignificant and say that it is what it is. I think it all adds up to what we stand for. The little things add up to something meaningful and so does the complacency.
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I want to tell them how tired I am because I don’t think it shows. But maybe it’s the same for them – all strangers to the weight each of us carries. So alone, we carry these loads.
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I can’t take it all in or else I’ll grow cold when the heat already escapes my fingers and toes.
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I hide myself in the galaxies of my creations – unsure of who I am beyond that.
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Imagine the unknown of what the beings around you cover up and struggle with everyday.
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I write poems of the past; they reveal the reasons we didn’t last.
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Staring into the abyss full of art – hoping for the return of a glimmer or a spark.
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I spill words among pages so that I can’t say my thoughts are stuck in cages. Can’t say I didn’t let it out when I can say for sure I wrote it down.
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And I saw forever in your eyes ’til the sunset started to dim your light. You told me you’d always hold me tight, but your warmth faded with the bright.
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There is a warmth that fills the soul when the sun’s rays tend to your skin from up above.
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Somewhere the silence resonates, the clutter clears, and you’re set to start again.
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And so, my ‘What if’s’ became ‘What’s next?’
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I carry on knowing that when I deteriorate, my body will be a museum of all I can do and all that hindered me.
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