rachael-stainthorpe
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The divinity of Desire
They say lots of things about love, / They make it seem it is the ultimate desire, / Wanton and wilder than the known universe,
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Apr 23, 2018
Broken Sunglasses
I don't find limiting myself with a title, / There are no boxes left for me to fit in, / Or burst out of....
87
Apr 21, 2018
The dying
I sat / Across from the face of death, / He wasn't smiling,
83
Jan 21, 2018
The edge
There is an edge. / To me. / Where the lines meet the air, where I am a juxtaposition between the earth and the sky.
45
Jan 21, 2018
To think we can be anything but this
Do you think the night sky knows it's dark, / That it's invisible purely because of the sun, / The lacking of the light.
30
Sep 22, 2017
Mother said.....
I'll still be there in the morning, / Cold hard sweat clinging to my bones, / A smell I'll remember to my earthly grave,
29
Sep 20, 2017
How much do you weigh?
Sometimes, i think, / 'if i died, how long would it take for someone to miss me?' / And that's a true thought.
60
Nov 18, 2016
Hide and Seek
Sometimes I find love, / where love is not wanting to be found - / How beautiful it is to find treasure in you,
21
Oct 3, 2016
Don't play in the street
I took a picture on my phone, / of a man who was in front of me / who smelt of my fathers cologne,
14
May 18, 2016
Conversations I've had
She said to me I tasted like a overripe cherry, / I told her she tasted like dust. / I told her she tasted like a storm, an electrical one,
29
Nov 11, 2015
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