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Basquiat

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s painting

Someone once told me that… well, maybe, I heard it. On the radio or the television. They said that, “When I talk, no one believes me. But, when I write it down, it becomes true.”

I am the gutter rat that strived to

Died to be

A ghost tied to the wall

There was once

A

Boy who wore a crown

No one could see it

But he could feel it

The weight of the burden was tantalizing

So very early in the morning, before even the birds have awoken. I found you staring at the sun and I got so damn jealous

Why does the sun get to warm you up when I'm right here next to you?

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

Fanfic account

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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    Written by Melissa Ingoldsby