Jamie Loughlin

Dear _____,

Perhaps I should forgive, but my main
concern is how shallow our friendship truly is.
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How could you hurt me?
I cannot go back.
I cannot grow back.
I just pretend
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I admit I used to like you
(quite a bit if I'm frank)
but our lives have slipped around paths
and our feet are walking their ways.
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Do you remember
when we used to believe
in the Star Spangled Banner
and the American Dream?
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My name is Child of Christ
Lover of God
Surrenderer of My Nature
And Holder of Life
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I think I might get
Caught one day
For these thoughts
I won't stop thinking.
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Let me tell you
A Secret.
One that will make
you Understand
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Sometimes my poems
don't quite Fit
like craziness
with a bit of me
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Like a parrot
Always saying things
That nobody will hear
Used to copy what people said
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My thoughts are quietly spinning
Loudly whispering
in my ear
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I'm fighting a sinking feeling
It's pressing me down
I am quietly deeply sinking
Into the sea of doubt
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Painting the sky of my world,
I picked out black and white.
Neatly on my palette,
I painted the sky as bright.
...

Purple is the color
of things light and free
A single feather floating
And on it you and me
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I took a ride to work one day
And long indeed it was
but somehow when it ended
it felt like time had barely passed.
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When ice falls into a cup
It cools everything around it
But slowly through the heat
It loses everything
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I met a girl by the lake one day.
She seemed so calm.
I hesitated to get near to her
in her ocean of peace.
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I found a friend in myself today
They were buried deep.
I had to dig them out somehow
So I went to sleep.
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I am willing to
compromise, I swear.
This relationship
cannot be flat
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Red is how I feel
when I am hurt
angry
and betrayed.
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You matter quite a lot to me
and this I hope you know
but if I don't say it enough
then I hope it really shows.
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