Wow. I really liked the version of this recitation without the music, but this makes it SO MUCH more powerful. Is this a new reading? I can hear more emotion in your voice. I think I almost cried last time, but I did cry this time. Amazing.

This is now officially the saddest thing I have heard in SO long. 

Lora wtf 749 plays, you are simply genius.

i just want to be equals, be equals, be equals
without all the feeble attempts to hurt you
because that’s not what i want
but if you needed some space you should have told me
the only thing you told
was butterflies and hold me when it’s cold
to anyone who’s willing to be warm
reacclimate to someone who is better than i was
but i don’t want to think of what he does
no i don’t want to think of what he does

jesus christ, i don’t want to think before i die
i don’t want to be the one sacrificed for what you did 
and oh my god, the doors are closing quicker than i thought
with fear that i’ll become the person that you are
we were just kids
roll call in a home room
then class we didn’t go to
because we’re leaving after lunch
to anywhere that we could sit alone and talk
i only wish that we had known when we were young
that sometimes people want to die
and that’s alright

but is it alright
to spend these six whole months that i thought i was fine
and i know you did everything to just keep me alive
and i know, i know there’s nothing left for you here

i want to be equals, be equals, be equals
i just never imagined a future without you
and i guess that’s my fault

equals

All I Do

sit and wait

Adam Guerra put some music to my poem.
I think it sounds sadder than ever.

My spoken word album is available for free here: hollowedboy.bandcamp.com

You Are An Illness I Barely Beat Redone

Lora

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