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Let Me Speak
By Madeline BellTherapy. What an odd word. A word that entails problems that you can’t solve yourself. A word that only applies to people with enough money to get other people to solve their problems for them. Therapy is such a bitch.
Muscle Memory
By Amanda PendleyThere is absent space in my chest where pain used to be
And the muscle memory has not yet learned to let go
Let That Girl Go
By Emme MackenzieI weakly smile as she makes a joke. I forgot her name, but she doesn’t need to know that. Instead, I take a fake sip of whatever is in my cup; I don’t trust it. My dad taught me that trick. “See you,” she drawls, her hair brushing my face as she turns around.
Love Everlasting
By Annie BarryLove everlasting
Love is only lasting
When you put yourself last
Kinder a love within lantern light flames and
Let the wax drip to seal the cracks of your previously broken heart
Redeem your wrinkled hands and