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TaliaRussell
Over 90 days ago
United States

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It's just so hard to do . . .

Try it, you might like it It’s really not so rough Once you get the hang of itAnd practice just enough To some, it’s second natureOthers search the netStill others look to guidance books(Mine isn’t written yet)People will be drawn to youFriends to you wil...

A thread of truthFlits through your eyesBut how can I believe?You’ve told so many, many liesAnd managed to deceive -My worn-out heartAnd mindAnd soulBled my every drop -To see you stand before me nowTakes all the strength I’ve gotNot to lift my arms to yo...

Panic!

Dedicated to panic attack sufferers, who understand the horror

Icy flash!Awake at night!Jolt shoots through my being!Numbness travels up my arms -And as I lose my feeling -Heart thumps fast at such a pace,It seems to want to flee me -High pitched shriek  Runs through my headMy chest in death grip squeezing -Body cold...

Doubt

Tell me; don't tell me

Pecking, peckingAt my brainShe has a smile so pretty -  Tapping, tapping  In my headI have to know: "who is she?"Searching, searching  On the net -What is their connection?Scrolling, scrollingThrough the blogsTortured by the tension -Looking, lookingInsta...

Ashes gritty grayThe kindest heart batteredAssailed by sneers and ordersYet holding dreams improbableDay ends to day ends  Magic touch descendsSo briefGoodness awakens yearningHeart of power capturedSearching for the oneWho lost the shoe of glass

Tracks

Sometimes getting away is the only answer

Another from the annals of youthful angst . . . Holed up in this town, with a one-track mind -I’m thinking only of you -I’ve got to get out, I can’t stay a day more -  I’m thinking only of you -The places, the streets, in this town drive me wild -They all...

Crush

Would he ever notice me?

Though I can’t have your presence,You’re still in my mind,I can see you and feel you -I tell me: "you’re mine" -Together for always,  Though you’re not near -In my dreams, we are lovers:The picture’s so clear - I can look in your eyesAnd see blue and gold...

Fingertip to misted glassArcing, curving out,Then down -One sideThen the other -Tracing paths (so clear!)Through fogMeet below, a pointWhich wells, and grows,  Droplet slow, then faster falls -Weeping heartFades back to mist.

Plant

Just watering the plant

Leaves, dark and light,Stems thick, curling frail,Smooth pole of waterTouching earth:Visible, then not -Heard, then not -Scent rising:MoistFragrantSharpMuskyTo roots, reaching.

Tribute

To a wonderful man

When I am drowningThird time downSeas close overheadYou retrieve meBring me roundBanish every dread There is no doubtYou’ve not reversedNo pain you’ve let me bearOnce I share my hidden angstAnd once you are aware Despite your full and busy lifeYou go so f...