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andileighwrites · 17 hours

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We Choose to Share

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Maybe we share too much And maybe some really want To know While others prefer secrecy Over the spotlight Straining their eyes—the blue Light, damaging us every time We choose to share or Peek at what others have To offer. May we realize We must protect ourselves Even with a disconnect. We might be kinder To ourselves that way.

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Andi Leigh 04/27/2024

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andileighwrites · 2 days

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Dermatillomania

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An itch I shouldn't scratch. Skin bleeding—I don't care,

I fade into the pain—elated trance,

Before realizing the torment.

It's too late.

The damage is done, Might as well keep scratching,

Despite the blood and Broken skin.

I try to stop, clipping my nails Short, but I'll still find a way.

I beg myself to stop. Maybe one day.

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Andi Leigh 04/26/2024

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andileighwrites · 2 days

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andileighwrites · 2 days

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andileighwrites · 3 days

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Only Thursday

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In a cold room—

Dehumidifier whirring, In another,

Silence stirring outside Of a mind working

To sweep out fog.

Wake up—wake up, please.

It's only Thursday but My head is still spinning

Through Three Mondays ago.

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Andi Leigh 04/25/2024

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andileighwrites · 3 days

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Hello! Here's a little bit of an update:

I'm getting into writing prose poetry more so I'll be publishing my prose poems on my Vocal page. I hope you'll take the time to read my ramblings!

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andileighwrites · 4 days

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Melted

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Death of the fool, Birth of the greedy— Drowning,

Sorrow.

Warm in the bath, Dry off the sweat— Agony,

Pleading.

Change hardly shows, Life does a flash— Over,

Waiting.

No more to give, Drawing of straws— Melted,

Deceiving.

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Andi Leigh 04/24/2024

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andileighwrites · 5 days

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I Will Rot

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I wish I were a peach But then

I'd rot away. Imagine—

A young blossom hopeful, Beautiful, gulping the sun.

Sailing in the breeze as Branches grow fruitful.

Unripened and truthfully Soft to hardships.

Bracing storms and smoky Heat. Droughts have not stopped Me from fulfillment.

I am pastel. I am mature—no longer a blossom.

I fall from the tree—branches Cross above me, a web in my eyes,

A view to show me that I'll Never reach the glittering sky on the Other side of the stretching limbs Enclosing me.

I am in the grass and dirt, With rocks as friends and ants I must shoo away.

I will rot. I will be okay.

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Andi Leigh 04/23/2024

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andileighwrites · 6 days

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Strung Bizarre

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A web in nettle gives a ring.

A home where moths Mistakingly cling.

Though dear spider lurks

Not so far—dewdrops And blood are strung bizarre.

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Andi Leigh 04/22/2024

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andileighwrites · 7 days

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Odd World

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We are in an odd world.

I itch to smile at its colors But some days they are blurred;

Mixing together, smearing mud Across a body we experience Then escape once—

Not more, only once, But for now the assortment of shades And hues are beyond our control While we stay.

Perhaps it's how it's meant to be—

A striking display,

Appealing one day But grotesque after steps are taken.

Maybe it's okay to walk backward To recall the familiarity—holding off What is unknown and unseen.

But the odd world won't wait forever So at some point we must walk.

Even if mud stains our clothes.

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Andi Leigh 04/21/2024

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andileighwrites · 8 days

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The Softness It Wears

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On an island of mulch in A concrete sea,

A tree waves In the wind—gentle, Like linen Drying on a line, it is dressed In white petals;

Branches peeking Through the softness It wears.

Surrounded by what is Man-made And empty, the tree does not

Know emptiness—

Even when its Limbs are draped in snow Rather than

The pillowy flowers It may love more.

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Andi Leigh 04/20/2024

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andileighwrites · 9 days

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Layers

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A teeming heart—thumping faster than an upbeat song. A practice To keep my spirits high,

An antidote to keep The ice from shaking me. I'm covered in layers, Not wanting to be seen,

But I want to beam And be evoked.

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Andi Leigh 04/19/2024

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andileighwrites · 10 days

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The Cough Bellows

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A drip in the dark, No peace of mind when

A cough tickles you To deadly wakefulness.

If only the rain that Drips—trickling in the

Gutter and off the roof side— Could write letters for

Illness to read, responding With its own drastic echo—

Maybe it could rid The cough from lungs that

Need a break—that need Mending, but the rain cannot

Write and the cough Bellows deeper in the dark

Against the quiet drip From the misty outside.

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Andi Leigh 04/18/2024

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andileighwrites · 11 days

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Subtle Gems

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Illusion speaks and my ears Beg not to listen—they would Rather sink underwater, somewhat Safe from candied promises, my head In a bubble—though I can't help but Eavesdrop on the whispers that entice, Even though I know they are only Bugs—maggots—that wish to Gnaw on hopeful, discontented skin, And I've been through this over And over—I'm tired of the teeth, The false path lined with sweets, And that little ol' something better That never seems worth the trouble When my ears fall for the trickery. So I'll keep my little bubble and plug My ears from the fluff—being simply Content with mindfulness and subtle Gems that already gift enrichment.

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Andi Leigh 04/17/2024

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andileighwrites · 12 days

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No Answers

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I will drop into the heavens, Get lost in the falling sky

With clouds that hold no Answers—yet they tell me To keep searching, but I

Won't find my truth or needs In the stars—far too dead

With no concern for my Silly worries that hold as Little as the clouds do.

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Andi Leigh 04/16/2024

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andileighwrites · 13 days

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Colors Prosper

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Devotion Through a Camera lens—

Grace In the heat of Springtime

As well as in The ribcage.

Colors prosper And are

Preserved.

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Andi Leigh 04/15/2024

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