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​Writing: Issue 11

PHOTO BY ​Alexander Coltrane

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Dawn

3/11/2019

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TRY HARDER 
BE PATIENT 
SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR 
GIVE BACK 
EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN 
SLOW DOWN GET REST START OVER 
GO TO SLEEP START OVER
DO IT AGAIN 
EVERYTHING IS MORE PAINFUL IN THE PAST
AND THE FUTURE IS INEVITABLE 
CRAVE HAPPINESS GIVE LOVE TAKE A SHOWER
CRY FEEL BETTER CRY FEEL BETTER 
IS IT TEARS OR THE WATER
REEL IT BACK IN
THE FUTURE STILL GIVES ME ANXIETY 
MAKE IT BETTER 
GROW UP TRY HARDER
FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS I'M FOCUSING 
TELLING JOKES TO HIDE THE PAIN 
NO ONE LAUGHED NOW I FEEL WORSE 
I'M THE BUTT OF THE JOKE NOW THEY LAUGH
TRY AGAIN THEY HATE ME GO HOME SLEEP START OVER 
TRY AGAIN THE NEXT DAY
RECOVER CLOSE UP REEL IT IN START OVER
HIDING IN MY CLOSET FOR QUIET
I CAN HEAR YOUR MUFFLED PHONE CALL ABOUT ME IN THE OTHER ROOM
NO PLACE IS SACRED NOW I FEEL BAD
THIS IS ALL I HAVE
CRY CRY CRY CRY HARDER
SPEW IT OUT REEL IT IN TRY AGAIN
TOMORROW IS BETTER ANYWAYS
MAKE IT BETTER YOU MAKE IT BETTER
HOW CAN I MAKE IT BETTER WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE TOO
BEING TOO REALISTIC THINK LESS
SLEEP START OVER SHOWER
DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE 
REMEMBER TO SHARE
LIFE GOES FAST THERE IS NO TIME TO START OVER 
REEL IT IN TRY AGAIN SLEEP SLOW DOWN WAKE UP START OVER

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