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whoswordsarentthey

Member since May 23, 2021

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Looking again

Posted Jan 6, 2024 · 23 lines · 2 critiques

I thought I found who I was
But I ran from her

I made connections in ways I never had
now they’re lost

I came back to what was known
im reminded why I fled

I don’t know how to be comfortable
I avoid it

I wish I could let myself
be

Something scares me
I find it so eery
The idea of forever

I don’t know how to give myself

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Completely

There’s always a little voice
because of you

I wish I could find turn it down

I wish my biggest enemy wasn’t me

I found her
I couldn’t accept her

I lost her
I miss her

whoswordsarentthey’s timeline

May 2026
23 Sat

Anniversary
5 years of membership
January 2024
07 Sun

Received a critique
on Looking again from @Rosewood Apothecary
"Indeed the idea of forever is frightening. It’s a difficult commitment for anyone to make. I think however, that forever is a complicated concept. First, I’d argue that nothing is forever. But also, in a figurative sens…"
06 Sat

Posted a poem
Looking again
"I thought I found who I was"
Open thread 23 lines
September 2022
14 Wed

Received a critique
on lost but not found from @Rosewood Apothecary
"This is a good one. Check your DM’s. Sending love, Tim"
12 Mon

Received a critique
on lost but not found from @Jackweb
"The poem is wrapped in two different thoughts. I'm trying to decipher what you really meant in the poem. ."
12 Mon

Posted a poem
lost but not found
"I haven’t been feeling like me"
Open thread 18 lines
August 2022
15 Mon

Posted a poem
First love
"I didn’t know what it felt like,"
Open thread 25 lines
July 2022
25 Mon

First critique offered
on "Tar Baby" by @Brian W Taylor
May 2022
23 Mon

Anniversary
One year of membership
May 2021
23 Sun

First publication
the breath
23 Sun

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

words are how i process my life, and here's my words

Location: WA, USA

Recent Work

Looking again

Posted: 6 January, 2024

lost but not found

Posted: 12 September, 2022

First love

Posted: 15 August, 2022

Grown Up

Posted: 14 August, 2022

Anywhere With You

Posted: 5 August, 2022

Untitled

Posted: 2 August, 2022

Can't Help It

Posted: 31 July, 2022

Cherry Flavored Antacids

Posted: 29 July, 2022

Remix

Posted: 25 July, 2022

Her.

Posted: 24 July, 2022

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