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take me back to the land of opportunity where all of the immigrants arrived gleefully and the masses were blindsided take me back to the time when naivety defined a generation of dreamers take me back to the time when dreams were fulfilled by the blood, sweat, and tears of relentless people and every penny was a diamond take me back to then when dreams were achievable and the world was a lackluster oyster -s // land of opportunity

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my heart was for the taking

your words sweet and divine

but what I didn’t know

was that those words weren’t only mine

-s // easy to love

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yes, i’m disappointed

but not surprised.

-s // everyone leaves (six-word memoir)

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I noticed how the trees

were barren of fruit

and that didn’t make them

any less beautiful

-s // beauty is in the eye

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blood is the gasoline that keeps the fires alive in their souls.

-s // fuel

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i think i might like you

-s // confession (six-word love story)

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mom,

I’m sorry for being your biggest burden.

father,

I’m sorry for being your biggest disappointment.

but this story’s written with my pen.

-s // uncharted

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the voice of the cello haunts my soul

-s // dark beauty

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not as important as I never thought I was

- s // anti-narcissism

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will this even amount to anything?

- s // toil (six-word-memoir)

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why can’t I force the words out of my mouth

and tell you everything that’s been suffocating me

the wall between us is getting thicker

the empty words spilling from me

fix nothing

-s // closeness

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I’m not hungry. anymore.

- s // picture perfect

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you must first learn how to break things before you build them

or at least that’s what I told myself

when he left broken pieces of me scattered all over the floor

and all the glue in the world

melted under my rage

-s // not meant to last

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I’m waiting for your pride to envelop me

and set me free

before I pause

for a moment to breathe

- s // rocks in my lungs

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and the weight of your expectations

is killing me

I’m staggering

s // 부담 (burden)

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why do people

get to support me on accomplishments

they never wanted me to achieve

-s // not here for your false sincerity, I do it all for me

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pinky promise

until the whole world finds out

-s // secret keepers