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Bilal Al-Shams, Sacrifice

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my mother recently pleaded with

me to never forget the good

times we shared when i was little

and i don’t think i can ever see

her again, but her father continues to

beg for my forgiveness on her behalf

i don’t think my mother is everything

to me but i know she’s at least half

half of all i may ever be

half of who i was taught not to become

half of myself that i struggle to love

i think of my mother and i remember

all of the dreams of mine that she crushed

i remember all of the parts of me that

she managed to ruin without a touch

kira malibu

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this essay was haunting, devastating, and very relatable. but the honesty is what also made it beautiful. I haven’t felt moved like this in a while.

Suzanne Rivecca, Ugly, Bitter and True

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speaking to my mother has never

been something that i’ve been good at

because when i do it

i feel too many emotions

i yearn for a bond that we can never have

and it’s always been difficult for me

to move on from the past

but i no longer wince when

i am told that i favor her

she’s the only person i find myself praying for

i hope she continues to find her way

i hope her pain no longer leads her astray

mama // kira malibu

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Chelsea Dingman, from "Psychogeography"

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Freud's Last Session (2023)

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Love you all. So sorry for the lack of consistent poems, life has been hard. I’ll be back soon.

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News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, May 6, 1929

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

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reading in bed. painting by marta astrain.

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the hour moved forward

but i am still stuck on what

was said, and i’ve been wondering

ever since if that was truly

what he meant or at worst,

what he felt

you cannot ask me to care

about time if you want me to

exist in his life

just like his words, it’s too awful

for me to ponder about

among all the things i cannot afford

time will always be the worst one

kira malibu

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Sara Luisa Kirk, from "Begin here,"

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Headfirst, Ocean Vuong

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"A Shirt Made of Fire", Vardges Petrosyan (translated by metamorphesque)

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Poor Things (2023)

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I’ve been yearning for time

as if I care about living this life

like I have the strength to fight

like I want to see past tonight

I am the worst and best

person that I know

there’s too many parts of me

that I will never be able to show

and isn’t that sad?

no one would love me if they

knew of my past

kira malibu

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