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  Nov 2014 Riley Lavender
The Noose
I want to fall in love
With a man who knows
How to calm trembling hands
And kiss shy eyes.
Riley Lavender Nov 2014
Hemingway said
that writing is easy
"All you do
is sit down at a typewriter
and bleed."

But sometimes
bleeding can be
the hardest thing to do
Riley Lavender Nov 2014
you left.
you pushed me away.
like what we had was nothing.
like i was nothing.
said you didn't need me.
said you had to do this alone.

you promised it would be different.
you asked for a second chance.
one fight,
and you threw in the towel.
like your apologies meant nothing.
like i meant nothing.

i can only conclude that it's true.
i was never anything to you.
Sometimes you just need to write it out. I'll probably end up taking this down.
Maybe someday
I’ll write about somebody
Who loves me back
a 10 word peom
Riley Lavender Nov 2014
i want to move to a big city
and be anonymous
for a little while
  Oct 2014 Riley Lavender
Pablo Picasso
mature man
holding his nose
to life
desires young woman
who
is indifferent to
oranges
and longs for those
days
before umbrellas
Riley Lavender Oct 2014
I think
sometimes
I bring you up
in conversations
just so my lips
can form your name
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