Condition

Rhetorical

L.C. McQuillen 23.04.24 Too many tombs are filled with people  Who were never themselves       Too many illnesses are diagnosed with    Prescriptions that only mask    What truly ailes     Our bodies become graves    Of our lack of understanding       What are to become of the children    That are not taught that    They are their own saviors?     Our false perception comes as […]

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Qui

L.C. McQuillen 05.09.23 For along time I didn’t understand      That people are keys      And they can unlock      Your entire essence      Explored by the words you speak      Or they way you move      And the habits that caused      Little quirks and reactions  

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Enough

L.C. McQuillen 01.03.23 I feel it everywhere. In the tainted breeze, in the earth, as she screams in agony while she rejects us violently.        I feel cold as it bounces off the impenetrable strangers that don’t know they need each other, due to the monopoly game that we are predestined to lose,

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Migrate

L.C. McQuillen 18.11.18 How was your sleep?Deep reached farTo pull you inConcaving shadowsEclipsed See me notHear me not How were your drinks?Busy side streetChaos emergingSip by sipMemories slip See me notHear me not How were your lies?Liquid iceBetween your teethWash downEyes froze shut See me notHear me not Migrate.

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Sandpaper

L.C. McQuillen 15.09.17 You were like sandpaper On these old, chalky walls. One stroke and I would flake. Dissipate. And I thought for a moment It was healing That someone was finally Taking the time To replace What need to be But the longer and deeper You started to rub The more I realised That

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Tirade

L.C. McQuillen 29.08.17 I have searched for words  To fill my eyes.  Words that relate    To my mental state    And I’ve dug and I’ve    Dug to find    Somewhat of a representation  Of my heart condition     But I’ve gotten stuck    In the thought    That I am the only

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