Underneath the smile
I'm completely exhausted
But it's important
To put my best foot forward
Or people will get bummed out
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27.02.2026 23:13 —
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Friendships fade away
Even ones I thought would last
Pass along the same
I guess that I should have known
I'm supposed to be alone
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26.02.2026 02:16 —
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I wouldn't be here
Not without your partnership
And the life we built
We hold on to each other
And it keeps us strong and safe
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20.02.2026 23:29 —
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When I make mistakes
As healthy as I've gotten
There's still part of me
Bracing for you to find out
And reach for the leather strap
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19.02.2026 22:11 —
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Get carried away
By the currents in the storm
Fetch against something
Cling to it with all I've got
Have faith this will pass in time
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19.02.2026 02:23 —
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Somehow it matters
A little less all the time
These things that loomed large
Growing small here beside me
Shrinking away together
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17.02.2026 01:12 —
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Pull it together
It's not as all bad as that
Take a little time
Get a little perspective
And feel a little better
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12.02.2026 00:55 —
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A little shadow
Living in quiet corners
Remembering when
It was big and strong enough
Living meant more than corners
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11.02.2026 01:38 —
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Watching them moving
Effortless graceful and strong
How I used to be
Sitting off here by myself
Keeping a good attitude
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07.02.2026 18:49 —
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Good enough is fine
Scratch down a handful of lines
It doesn't take long
And I get in my own way
If I only do my best
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06.02.2026 02:20 —
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Sure, as long as you're not trying to sell me some marketing package, feel free to dm.
05.02.2026 02:42 —
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It got to a point
I couldn't outrun myself
I was exhausted
But when I turned to face me
All I wanted was a hug
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04.02.2026 18:22 —
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Kind of. I've actually got four novels published. Recently contracted for my fifth, as well. :) I do love poetry though.
04.02.2026 14:39 —
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Nothing and no one
Like a single mote of dust
Drifting contented
Never really in control
Not so worried anymore
Words: Mine
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04.02.2026 00:16 —
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Thanks for that. :)
02.02.2026 22:56 —
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Healthy perspective
Like how I'm so much smaller
Than seemed possible
But take another step back
And I'm even smaller still
Words: Mine
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02.02.2026 20:54 —
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Opening my hand
Letting go of these bright stones
Loving how they shine
Accepting they are heavy
Giving up what holds me down
Words: Mine
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31.01.2026 03:00 —
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These intrusive thoughts
Insist that they're important
Meaningful and true
But they're just anxiety
Disguised as something helpful
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28.01.2026 18:31 —
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Taking things in stride
That used to get me rattled
By understanding
It's more my anxiety
And less the situation
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28.01.2026 02:05 —
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He'd be proud of me
The guy that I used to be
I'd like to show him
What I've been able to do
Because he didn't give up
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24.01.2026 01:48 —
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The way people are
Makes it hard to remember
The good things we do
When we try to be better
Than the way we've always been
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23.01.2026 02:20 —
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Harder than before
Fleeting like it's made of smoke
But I am still here
Moving steadily forward
Just to see how far I go
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21.01.2026 16:07 —
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I can do alright
Dealing with anxiety
Moment to moment
It is the year after year
That's really wearing me down
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19.01.2026 16:56 —
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It is amazing
How much easier it is
To deal with myself
When I make more room for grace
While I'm figuring it out
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17.01.2026 00:22 —
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It's hard to give up
This anxiety because
It is linked to times
When always staying alert
Kept a stressful kind of peace
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15.01.2026 20:36 —
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It's getting better
This chronic anxiety
Albeit slowly
A big part of what's helping
Is accepting that it's there
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14.01.2026 00:23 —
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The barbed circle spins
Catching onto everything
Around and around
Until it's a big tangle
Of fear and worry and doubt
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08.01.2026 20:49 —
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There is this circle
Always spinning in my head
Lined with little hooks
Snagging on every worry
Running over everything
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08.01.2026 01:06 —
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None of it means much
That's the best part about it
I can fart around
Do everything and nothing
It all gets tossed anyway
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06.01.2026 23:20 —
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Walking the new trails
My feet keep stumbling over
Well worn memories
Of narrow winding footpaths
Beaten brutal in the soil
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05.01.2026 19:55 —
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