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missti-elpis · 6 years

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It’s a miracle we ever met by Hallie Bateman

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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Discomfort in closeness with another gives the idea of discomfort in the closeness of oneself.

- A thought I thought I thought

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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Vice

A swollen heart,

Not from love

Leaves the mouth tart

To the taste from above.

A droplet of thought

From a place of hate

Leaves the brain to rot,

To echo the crash of a plate.

Blow softly on my skin

As my mind bubbles.

When did the war here begin?

Was there always so much rubble?

Though, maybe, when my ribs finally splinter,

Spring will, from my heart, chase bitter winter.

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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A Repetition of Simple Words

I am reminded of you often

In the A minor of a piano

In the soft glow of a desk lamp

In the last waking moments

I see you in shadows under my eyes

As I stare at the lasting effects

Found visible only after night falls

But ever present on my inner mind

I hear your whisper of soft words

In the crackling flames at my feet

In the distances between us

Because you are so close to me,

So very close for someone so far away

So I wonder if, after so long,

If this reverberation will fade again

Or will I always be left with reminders,

Reminders of this kind of loss

And will I always be affected so deeply

Will the sights and sounds you gave me

Always be so difficult to keep

And impossible to release

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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Red

A rusted summer noon.

The stadium fills soon.

Red.

A man stands still and alone.

A delicate cape matches tone.

Red.

The bull is quick, but always late.

The crowd already knows his fate.

Red.

With each pass, chaotic cheers.

With each blade, chaos leers.

Red.

The bull, like a car stuck in shift.

The end courses near and swift.

Red.

Finally the coarse hide is torn.

Nevermore to lift a proud horn.

Red.

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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What Happened?

Translation (More or Less)

“What are we supposed to do?”

“Come here,” she said.

She was

Thrown around his neck.

She said,

“What are we doing?”

The dark dissolved.

A blur of colors and shapes rushed past

And then everything

Came into focus again--

He was deserted.

“What happened?”

-Day #7 of A Poem For a Day For a Week

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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Senior Quote

How am I supposed to sum up

The entire experience in 160 characters?

Senior quotes cannot capture

My fresh heart's rapture

When I kissed my first love.

The short words of another

Know nothing of the hate

Filling lockers down every hall.

What cliché may vouche for

Rumors and lies, truths and tragedies

(And I don't mean Shakespeare)?

What fast phrase may send away

The careless reader with new passion?

My careful thoughts seldom pursue

That dreaded and envious avenue,

And I write, though rarely speak,

In pages and chapters, volumes.

Perhaps in my wandering and wonder

I may discover

Words that do not stutter,

But never do I comprehend

A phrase to mark this abrupt end.

- Day #6 of A Poem a Day for a Week

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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If I Could

If I could

I wouldn’t save the world

If I went back

For anything at all

It would be to see

Your eyes once more

Not the rest of your soul

I can’t bear that

But your eyes

Are not so painful

You are a part of me

You mirror my sight

Yet something tells me

That this world is not

Half as light

As it once was

-Day #5 of A Poem a Day For a Week

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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You are a Sunset

You are a sunset.

You are an ending,

And you constantly seek to remind

Others of that fact,

But you are also a beginning,

And you have no idea.

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missti-elpis · 6 years

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Coping With OCD-induced Anxiety & Depression

I am learning to notice smaller things, like

The names of artists on ornaments or stickers,

Or how many times I pop my knuckles in a day,

Or the deafening silence when everyone else is asleep,

And I should be too, but I just can’t.

Either because my brain is on overdrive

Wondering if what I said last week

Was stupid and now the people I call

My friends...the people I call my friends...

The people I call my friends know that

I’m an idiot and are sure to go,

Or I am still awake because my floor

Is dirty but I can’t clean it because

I don’t have the energy to get up, much less sweep.

How am I supposed to do anything

If I can’t even clean my own room?

No, I have the energy to do it; I’m not tired

But I still can’t.

Is that what it means to lose the will to live:

To be unable to sweep, to sleep,

To lose the ability to do what everyone does?

I don’t want to live.

I don’t want to die.

I want to be alive:

To do more than sit up at night because

Thoughts have become my enemies,

Or I feel more than I can express.

It’s hard to tell if I’m in the fog or the clouds.

If this is low, I’ll survive,

But if this is high, I don’t want to.

O the smog is choking me

I can’t make a sound

Send an angel to set me free

Get me off the ground

Keep me high, hold me fast

Please, tell me this won’t last.

-Day #4 of A Poem a Day For a Week

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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Remember

There is an ocean out there

For you to breathe its salty air

For you to cross its distance

And will you choose to romance

The new world on the other side

But don’t forget to enjoy the ride

Remember to protect your sailing ship

Remember to watch day and night dip

Remember. Remember. Remember.

Because it would be a shame to forget.

Honestly, sail, fly, run, swim, just start

And listen to the whispers of your heart

-Day #2 | Poem a Day For a Week Challenge

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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There is a place between the sun

In the deep, blue sky

And the chaotic ocean to where I run

Come and visit but pass by

Because this place is dark

Though it wasn’t always

Nor will it forever be a mark

Someday it will fade away

And I will lie with you

Under the warm, golden rays

That shield us from evil anew

So I will wait for that coming day

When you and I may rest where we lay

-Day 1 of Poem a Day for a Week Challenge | “Where the Sky Meets the World”

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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Return from Hiatus

My shadows follow at my heel

As a reminder of the darkness

That hides in my past. Steal

My heart from the restlessness.

I know I’m still learning what to do

And how to do it on my own.

Even though I remind myself I don’t have to.

I’m choosing to reap what I’ve sown,

And I’m going to push harder

To be a better person tomorrow.

Do I look less human without a wall,

Or more? Builders, aren’t we all?

I don’t want to build anymore!

Passed the walls, I yearn to explore.

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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Virago

There’s a woman waiting in line,

Holding a baby and her head up.

No one waiting or cooking sup’

Because daddy left at first sign

Of a blue stick in a bath sink.

Little one, too small to understand

Gathers her favorite toys off a nightstand,

Hoping the new house--home isn’t a word--is pink.

Teenager staying out late

With friends that don’t know her,

Because she only knows how to whisper

The responses that everyone will hate.

This year, Mamma doesn’t know if she’ll survive.

She’s just praying her baby will come back alive.

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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New name, new start! Feels good. Love you all!

I’ve made some changes to my life.

I’ll answer any question you have (though probably not the answer you expect). Also, when I get back to my house tomorrow, I will completely change my blog page to accommodate my new name.

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missti-elpis · 7 years

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Sometimes the music isn't loud enough.

- Six Word Poem

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