Author: Mackenzie Haight

Lovesick

Lovesick

My immune system isn’t the greatest. In fact, when I fell in love with you, it was the sickest I had gotten. When I breathed, it was not your scent that filled up my lungs. Instead, it was pneumonia. I inhaled every “I love you” like it was my last and coughed up any and …

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This Sounds Better On Paper

This Sounds Better On Paper

I could write all my feelings out And not post it for my friends to see And not have such a fickle heart And love fearlessly. What I would do to love fearlessly! To love fearlessly with no pain and No suffering. I could breathe in the scent and fill my lungs with the one …

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Yin

Yin

So hard is the life that has been given. So powerful and yet, so negative. It’s cold there. A drowning sensation enveloping me. The repentance I would do for a moment out of the dark.

Yang

Yang

So sweet and powerful is the brightness. So strong and yet, so soft. It’s warm there. A giant hug enveloping me. The darkness I would do for a moment in the light.

home

home

I was born in a small city in Florida. I wasn’t really raised one place as I bounced house to house for a little over 14 years. So I guess what I’m saying is: I never felt home. Even when I moved out of my parent’s house, I never really felt like I was where …

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Blessed are the Forgetful

Blessed are the Forgetful

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! -Alexander Pope I fell in love with you. We talked about the future like it was right there. Like it was right within our reach. Like tomorrow we would have our house, kids, and wedding rings. I …

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Dear Love (#2)

Dear Love (#2)

Dear Love, Forgive me for being so blunt. But I don’t like you. You’ve taken my heart and eaten it like a pig at its chow. But I forgive you, and I’m giving you another chance. Yes, you treat my heart like it’s an occasional treat, But I’m giving you another chance. I ache for …

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Driving Home

Driving Home

So I’m driving home and there’s crazy traffic. Backed up for miles. I could’ve taken a different route. But that would be too easy. Anyway, the sun is setting and the sky is blowing up into this amazing pinkish hue. This cotton candy sky reminds me of you and that pink iPhone you had when …

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