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Young Girl

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

You are not just a number that's on a scale you don't need a prince in your own fairy taleyou are not just the length of your favorite shortsif a boy ..

We All Fall Down

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

"Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented." -Barry Commoner

Ready

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Just a sliver of lightto break up the gloom,these shadows the blightof life's dressing rooma personal purgatorywith no chance of escapeyou, the captur..

Alone

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

A shirt forgotten out on the line is free to dance in the wind

Fallen

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Like a treewith poisoned roots,I can no longerweather your storms

Hollow

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Like a ghost unseen,a faceless name,I watch all the playersof this tiring gameThere are no instructionsno rules and no boardsnobody wins,nobody scores..

In Between

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

That quiet calm between each draw of breath where I long to reside That sliver of a moment between each thought where peace exists in its pures..

Isolation

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Retired from the fray, I've called it a day I slip into myself and long to stay that way As days trickle by, weeks and months do try to slowly..

By Candlelight

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

The world looks best shrouded in darkness, viewed by a small flame which can only reveal glimpses of its wickedness

Crimson Stars

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Feeling lostwith no controlof if I'll everreach my goalWith morose mindand temper brewingmy heart becomesa smoking ruinMy fate unknownthe die is casty..