I do not fall
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I do not fall

Because I know boys such as this

who reach their hand out to me and call

“Jump! I’ll catch you!”

And as I edge,

Closer to the ledge

Toes half in gravity, trepidatious, I reply

“You see I’ve fallen before-

I’ve crashed to the ground.

I’ve tasted the earth, the soil, and the gravel”

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Take Me or Leave Me
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Take Me or Leave Me

Maybe this is the time to come clean. This is the salvation, the sign she had been beseeching the universe for the last four years. Or maybe this is a trap. To admit the abuse, would be to admit her weakness. 

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I, Atlas
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I, Atlas

I am Atlas and the burden of the world is my own. Suffocating under the weight of continents, the whisper of dreams, hopes and prayers that fill the air.

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Naima
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Naima

She would not allow the creeping doubts from the previous months to dampen her spirit. Not while she had the rum in her system. She bobbed and weaved to make her feathers dance some more and so the stage lights could pick up the glitter on her skin

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