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January 23rd 2016, 06:24 AM
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Grief is like the endlessness of vast ocean waves.
You are constantly between feeling sad or brave.
You think the water is calm and better than before,
Then a wave hits you hard and you fall to the floor.
You find yourself remembering and asking yourself why.
Why'd he have to die without letting me say goodbye?
Sadness is the anchor that makes you hold your breath.
What kind of good is supposed to come from his death?
But you don't need any water to let yourself drown.
You already did that when they put him in the ground.
Still, you try to tread water but you're pulled under.
You really were quite attached so it's no wonder.
You finally surface but you're breathless and blue.
If only I stepped in to stop it, if only I actually knew.
Catch your breath because it will happen again soon.
You'll get dragged under when you think you're immune.
You don't ever finish grieving for someone, you know.
You wait until it's time to kick when you're dragged below.
If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?
Years of tearing down our banners, you and I
Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first
The axe forgets, but the tree remembers
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January 23rd 2016, 06:39 AM
This is so powerful! I was captured from the beginning. Hope you're okay 
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January 23rd 2016, 10:41 PM
Stunning, and able to be related to. 
Do you ever get a little bit tired of life
Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die
Like you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive
'Cause you gotta survive
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January 24th 2016, 12:50 AM
I related to this. And I liked how you used the ocean as a metaphor. Hope you're okay
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January 26th 2016, 02:44 AM
I relate to this on so many levels and want to thank you for writing it - it feels really good to have some articulate (particularly so beautifully) feelings that I can't voice myself. This may be my favourite piece of yours so far.
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January 27th 2016, 04:04 AM
I have no words other than wow. 
I hope you're doing okay.
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January 27th 2016, 10:34 PM
Wow. Such a powerful and emotional poem. I liked your metaphor along with the poem as a whole. Hope you're okay.
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January 31st 2016, 02:11 AM
This is so powerful, Cass. I really relate to it as well and it really put my jumbled thoughts into words. You know where I am. <3
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February 5th 2016, 06:24 AM
Thank you for all the replies.
If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?
Years of tearing down our banners, you and I
Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first
The axe forgets, but the tree remembers
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