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Lydia Rae Bush Poetry

Tag: breakups

Excruciate

April 6, 2022February 10, 2023 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

What I don’t know how to describe is the pain,
the brutality of saying no,
the agony of walking away,
prying my own hand, and making him go.

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The Break-Up

February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 Alphabet Ravine6 Comments

Severing,
shredding them off of your side
in a burn that will twinge with each
move and stride.

It will only sear
a lot-

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What Went Wrong (Ebony’s Song)

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

I’ve the story memorized.
I could write a whole book, film a movie.
I can quote our every line.
Why’s it matter so much,
why’s it grip me?

There was waiting, anticipating.
We were rooting for oh, so long.
Then the ending, sudden grating-Read More »

desert

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

not in my lap
but upon my head
the structure pillars walls
collapsed

not in a pileRead More »

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