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daybreaksmiles

Published: Jun 5, 2014

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Wait
don't you want
all these little
pieces of you?
I've been
keeping them safe
in my heart.

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If someone drew a picture of this I might actually die of happiness.
Now that I think of it, that applies to all of my poems....

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chihuahua4446

Dec 6, 2014

Dang, this is beautiful. If I could draw people well at all I would totally draw it. I can totally picture it in my head. Such a vivid picture for such a short poem. Bravo <3

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