hannah hatfield

I wait, the cold air being hit by smoke
you lie there effortlessly, you wait too
wait to be forgotten like the other ghosts I knew
unwillingly I fight time
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Is that what you thought?
Were your words true?
Or was the slow slither of hatred
just easier to mouth
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The words lie in the pit of my stomach,
they like it there.
Being protected, until old enough to leave.
You cannot pry open my mouth
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I am to insecure to be a poet,
but for you I will try.
I will try to write about
how the moon looks so delightful in the sky,
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Swallow your tears
because I am in your heart,
etched into the tissue,
like names on bark.
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Doubt is a creature that feeds on the unknown.
It burrows in your brain
injecting its venom into your deepest roots,
uplifting your fears and hiding the truth.
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Every movement is shadowed
every thought is yours
you own my life, you own my soul
I wish I could see you
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what you became doesn't change who you were
I still think of you as everything I could hope to be,
as you faded I grew clearer,
but i'd distort to have you back.
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