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*      *      *      and you are      *      *
   *           *  just like the moon *      *
*        *   *      -----so, alone-----      *      *
   *      *    but you shine bright  *      *
*     *            at the darkest  *      *     *
   *      *      *     of times  *      *      *      *
*           *           *           *         *

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

Just A Clown

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

Kelsey

Just A Clown

I made them laugh
I made them smile
I found my purpose
For a while

But they kept laughing
When I said nothing to chuckle
Then they stared and they pointed
As my knees began to buckle

"But I was useful"
That's what I thought
But a delusional clown
Fits in with naught.

Finding your place in a work setting can be difficult, especially when you're so different from your coworkers.

#clown #work #social #fittingin #funny #sad #coworkers

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

the unexpected smile

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

ktle

the unexpected smile

You don’t decide who
Will make your heart race.
The corners of your lips just
Upturn so suddenly
That you only notice your smile
When you step forward and feel
The cement pieces
Of a shattered frown
On the ground beneath your feet.

-what the first taught me

#smile #crushes #innocence #happiness #joy #unexpected #love #cute #change #smiling

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

pain.

Dec 2019 Richard Smith

Sehar Bajwa

pain.

just because the star-
fish can grow its arms back does
not mean it didn't hurt.
______________

even though scars heal
and wounds fade it doesn't mean I
will forget the pain.

haiku.

#love #pain #heal #haiku #hurt #forget #wound #alone #break #heart