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    Shedding Sacred Skins

          Blooded early,     alone,     but it's a cinch:     just peeling skin on spattered rock to a pooling cry     gleaning god & grief with sharpened ease     fated late to survive (then thrive) with nowhere to hide...     a tear-filled alkahest  taking liminal shade 'neath a cool palisade     always teaching death with a bug-eyed splat or chipping a cough from...

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    • It sounds like that life is taking enjoyment from the pain until you shed of the outer layer and reveling the truest form of you which is joy.
      That is what I am getting from this piece. I could be wrong.

    • Beautifully penned, Ben. Amazing flow, this ain’t your first rodeo my friend. Spectacular write. Appreciate you.

      Damian

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    Always

      Always If my heart were to suddenly become the sum of stone I would want your names chiseled over the surface to forever have a place In the forever element of this poetic face Drifting the rifts of time and space Wherever it is we go when we go I would take you with me always in all ways ***Cipher Poems ***

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    Lived

    I’ve Lived Running From lifeTo a life I don’t wantTo live Searching For a loverTo loveWhen I knew Many I’ve loved Pretending I knewknowing I don’t evenWant to know Looking For a pathOn the waysOf life inMy final days WonderingIf I lived The life I meant To live Or the oneI livedIs the onlyOne I...

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    • I really liked this Sam. It reminds me on a personal level about myself. Can connect to it. Well done!

      Daniel

    • Very introspective vibe. I thoroughly dug it
      The pic is dope as well

      Naaj

    • This life you are trying to figure out is a puzzle. Who are you living for? Good questions.

    • hello dearest Sam beautifully introspective I’m a firm believer in self review 💕

    • Brilliantly penned, Sam. Great introspective write my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • Excellent. Love the wording and construction of this write.

    • I like everything but the end

      “Just so you know”

      It felt unfinished, it felt as if it didn’t fit with the rest.

      The rest felt powerful and driven.

      Regards James

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    My First Big Loves: Summer of 2005 and 2007

    Prologue    How it all started and was lost...        I have always had an addiction to sex. Before I lost my virginity to my first big love in high school, it existed as an obsessive thought. Going further back, I...

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    • The prologue, set up the expectation of what we are about to experience in this story was done well. But I have to admit this journal entry of a story was eye opening. This is an enjoyable read and the vulnerability of the piece is good.

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