The Glow

Jae

Just Another Escapist


They'll hear

The pounding heart inside

My chest

Always beating

Never rest

And my breathing

Hoarse and gasping

Terror rasping

From my throat

Fire burning

In my face

From what she wrote

They'll see it flare

They'll see it there

And I, betrayed

Can't hide away

The glow


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ElshaHawk LoA

ElshaHawk LoA

Humiliation in poetic verse. But you can't let words make you fear living life.

  • #2705 Posted 7 years ago
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A Gypsy Heart

A Gypsy Heart

No one should determine your happiness or self worth

Only you and God have control of that

  • #2774 Posted 7 years ago
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