chloe-kingWhisper

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In the Dark without a MoonOur mentalities are separate, / cautious. / We are of simple minds,
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Nov 27, 2011
To Buy A StarToday we heard a man’s voice / coming from the whip-cracking static: / he says it’s not that expensive
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Nov 27, 2011
broken silenceour love has been empty, useless. / our words flare up in color, but fall away cold. always. / tonight we smolder in stillness, alone in our decay—
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Nov 27, 2011
Wantso slide that way you slide, / so shy, / wanting mouth open
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Nov 27, 2011
Some hear rainSome hear rain. Some hear the cracking whip / that illuminates a star-dusted sky. Some / hear cold tremble of white fur, soft eyes, as
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Nov 27, 2011
The MermaidThe mermaid they caught a few weeks back / is now quite fat, and rarely swims anymore. / She sits, lethargic, in her cage, her hair floating dully
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Nov 27, 2011
Here, where the world is quietHere, where the world is quiet / Listen to the silence that cannot / find it’s voice. To love that cannot
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Nov 27, 2011
finding a voiceI’ve been writing this poem / for three years now. / The buildup to a cataclysmic revelation
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Nov 27, 2011
Wild HorsesBreak me. Take me. Let me run with wild abandon, lift up / into the sky, fall down, be free— Give me a place where / even the weariest of the wild can have endless freedom,
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Nov 27, 2011
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