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I thought, The flowers, save the flowers... I never thought for a second we wouldn't save the people

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
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Calais
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Andrew Gibson
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Your ignorance keeps dismembering every piece of patience I have left.
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I intend to leave this life so shattered there's gonna have to be a thousand separate heavens for all of my flying parts
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Cause I might be naked and lonely Shaking branches for bones But I'm still time zones away From who I was the day before we met You were the first mile Where my heart broke a sweat And I wish you were here I wish you'd never left But mostly I wish you well I wish you my very very best.
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My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked. There is something burning in there.
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That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.
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...And for every day you paint the war, take a week and paint the beauty, the color, the shape of the landscape you’re marching towards. Everyone knows what you’re against show them what you’re for.
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But when I thought I hit bottom, it started hitting back. There is no bruise like the bruise loneliness kicks into your spine.
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I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday and tonight I will borrow only pieces of who I am today to carry with me to tomorrow.
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You panic button collector. You clock of beautiful ticks. You run out the door if you need to. You flock to the front row of your own class. You feather everything until you know you can always, always shake like a leaf on my family tree and know you belong here. You belong here and everything you feel is okay. Everything you feel is okay.
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