Do not mistake my attention
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Chances lost
A man by age, not yet outgrown realms of youthful imagination
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Self-promised life
With a touch of regret she thought back to the days
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Debris
How can the young tell truth from tale
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Whose lie
#vsspoem prompt for February 17th, 2020: Thought
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Alien emotions
As I read, I see how time progressed
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Dark rainbows
#vsspoem prompt for February 17th, 2020: Gradient
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Scraps of your love
#vsspoem prompt for February 16th, 2020: Beg
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My hunger cares not
#vsspoem prompt for February 15th, 2020: Hunger
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Conviction wavers
Unaware that any words spoken now will be followed by regret
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Absent valentine
#vsspoem prompt for February 14th, 2020: Yearn
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Act three
Dear creator
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Some roses are red
I wonder, what shade of love would ours be
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My misgivings
Who gave you ownership of my misgivings
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Seven sins
Let’s play a game of seven sins, the first to check all boxes wins
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Someone I betrayed
They frighten me, these whispers
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Days long gone
Yearning for a life to which I can’t ever return
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Fear is control
Control your fear, reclaim your power.
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Love, glorified
#vsspoem prompt for February 13th, 2020: Glorify
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Ominous and frightening
Foreboding filled the air
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Sense of disconnect
They fly, they bounce circles around me
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Broken spirits
With no replies but hearts and likes
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Truthful
The shame of my many misgivings is so much greater
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Even innocence
#vsspoem prompt for February 12th, 2020: Cute
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Prayers whispered
Too strong to keep inside, too urgent not to be heard
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Different drafts of me
#vsspoem prompt for February 11th, 2020: Zillion
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Power of smile
fears lead to failure, wants lead to obsession, and hope leads to loss.
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Lake of consequences
#vsspoem prompt for February 10th, 2020: Ripple
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Ebb away
Help me bring this day come to an end
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Stampedes of gray
The weary full moon sets, shrouded under veils of tears
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Killing spontaneity
Stop planning every single little detail of our over-complicated lives
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Eyes of the enemy
#vsspoem prompt for February 8th, 2020: Enemy
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When you have to go…
Stop, she says, pushing me back
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For words sake
Cries for attention drowning in the sea of disconnected voices
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No second chances
#vsspoem prompt for February 8th, 2020: Second
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Pink dust
I took a chance, bared my soul