Marijke McKinney Poems

I just want you
To miss me
I’ve draped myself
Over your arms
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I see them all walking down the streets
Crossing their fingers to find something new
Maybe we’ll find a reason on why we belong
Find out if this place is even true
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The sun's sweating hard
Children's bones frozen
Don't appreciate
Lost in your own space
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Raw dirt heels
Edge of reason
To the lining
Of Bare feet
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When will all the tomorrows be ok
When can I fall asleep
Without my thoughts worrying about
What will come when I wake
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He was nineteen, she was seventeen
The girl you left behind was sixteen
Now you love her
Under our old stars
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To never give up
Is an unhealthy
Attachment to dream worlds
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Sick spines
Directing towards
Our groggy minds
Killing yourself
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You say
You want to be happy
But how can you be
When you’re always
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Rented times leave your ambition
Trying to swallow what’s been swallowed
Striving for the seconds let go
Dried flowers look beautiful to you
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