Poems from Cassidy Paredes

Poems from Cassidy Paredes

SORROW

As I sink in the sea of sorrows,I let the ocean wash me away with all myGuilt,        ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

FALLING

I’m fallingSo slowly.I can’t seeWhat’s below me. Is it timeFor my end?Or will you catch meInstead? I doubt it.Can’t hope ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

SANCTUARY

The worn-out spine, I grasp too hard. But it’s what I have. It’s all I have. My bitter poems I ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

COME AND GO

You can come and go whenever you please. Don’t worry about me. One foot here, one out the door. Of ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

DROWNING

Here I am, in an open sea. The waves are crashing over me. I’m gasping for a breath of air—something ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

THE TYPEWRITER

He rolled up his sleeves and sighed before dusting off his old machine. The worn chair he sat on was ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

WORDS THEY SAY

Sometimes words are broken shards Of a mirror they want you to see. Of a person they want you to ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

SOARING

Confined and bound in herself,All she wanted was to be heard—So everyone could see her, could understand,She wasn’t meant to ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

SHINNING SOUL

It stole my breath as I took in the world around me. The night was a black deep, swallowing me ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

THOUGH I WISH

When I looked out upon the grey horizon littered with hues of pink and orange, a fire lit inside me— ...

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

ANY OTHER WAY

The words, they’re there. They’re there before I even begin to think them— before my pen hits the page, scribbling ...

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