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Books passed through her fingers at the speed of night.
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Kristen Costello
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Itβs not the speaking that scares me β
itβs how I might see you
seeing me.
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Kristen Costello (Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing)
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My worst nightmare would be finding out you were just a dream.
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Kristen Costello
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And one day the girl with the books became the woman writing them. Kristen Costello
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Donna Nicholson
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I want to wade back
to a place
where I can watch waves
without worries
washing away
my view.
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Kristen Costello (Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing)
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and every word that leaves my mouth is a word I
should have weighed beforehand, should have held
up to the magnifying glass and made sure there
were no scratches before I let it loose
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Kristen Costello (Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing)
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and now I know
I can only be full
when Iβm
full.
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Kristen Costello (Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing)