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kaileynorris2004
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I am 19 years old and located out of Asheville, NC

  March 2024     2 days ago

Submitted Poems 16 total

Pulled Back In

Tired, teary eyes,
I know this feeling.
Tense, angry body,
I’ve seen this before.

I’m sliding down a slippery hill,
Pulled back in by a force I've already met.
Torn down, tripped up in a familiar place,
Slipping into somewhere I do not want...

– by Kailey Norris

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added 23 days ago
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Time

Time is my glass corridor,
I can see all, but only move in one direction.
The sound of my footsteps echo,
Sounds of replayed memories muffled by glass.
Time has robbed me.

Time is a shrinking room.
Getting smaller, getting thinner.
Less to...

– by Kailey Norris

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added 1 month ago
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Would I

What would I give for a silent mind?
What would it take for a peaceful thought?
What should I hide for a moment of my own?
What would I show to get someone on the phone?

Would I give it all I've got?
Would I take what isn't mine?
Would I...

– by Kailey Norris

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added 1 month ago
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Calm

I feel my heartbeat through an empty chest,
Calm is a state of mind.
A state of being.
Physically, calmness is the ability to block the mind,
Focus on slow breaths and smooth...

– by Kailey Norris

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Mindfulness

My words flow from an overflowing sink,
My direction of thought an unknown path,
My mind a twisting tree root,
My ideas a snapping branch in the wind.

I walk with unknown eyes,
I listen through foreign ears,
I write with spinning thoughts,
...

– by Kailey Norris

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added 1 month ago
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