Shelby Barker Poems

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1.
(haiku)

2.
Peter Pan And Neverland (Oldish)

Watch out
Watch as
your friends start to dissolve
cotton candy on your tongue
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3.
Mom's At The Er, My Sister's Bipolar And I'M Not A Writer

They say writing is therapy;
Making words out of your feelings
is supposed to make it better
But how ‘bout people like me
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4.
Hypophrenia

apathy comes and apathy goes but don’t make me say it
apathy comes when I’m alone, don’t make me
home remedies don’t make me
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5.
On A Bad Day / Haiku

I love you too much
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6.
Fascination Number Nine

It is the purest droplet in the ocean;
a sweet, unparalleled sound it makes
as it falls from the sky and remains uncontaminated.
Through the sifting of the waves
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7.
Fascination Number Eight

What one can see into -
the future? they claim…
the past? oh, Seraph insists…
Lovers see cascades in the light of each other
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8.
Emotional Introspection

Tell me the difference between
not hurting
and being numb.
How do you know whether to
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9.
Let's Say We Tango..

Let’s say we tango
to the jazz of our life expectancies
Straight-faced but mockingly
Or we could always salsa
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10.
In-Class Ramble

take thy bread, thy wine to your parched lips;
breathe me in, with the most shallow sips
into an abyss
holding more meaning than the last Kiss we Kissed;
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