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Feb 2018 · 951
crude beauty
ghost Feb 2018
gnashing teeth and broken wings
spilt blood reflecting heavens glow
a chilled sweat in the summer sun
golden ichor mixed with pitch tar
gleaming light and scarred horns
iridescence floating on acrid gasoline


you were the closest thing to holy i'd seen outside of church paintings
i was almost afraid to touch you with my dirtied hands
how was it that while i soiled you, you greeted me like a friend
I don't believe in angels or demons, but if we're not the closest thing i've ever seen

By: Gretchen
Nov 2017 · 850
Untitled
ghost Nov 2017
A poem is written about coffee
After a poet's insomniac night
Full of stained ceramic mugs
And crumpled ***** of paper
Filled with poems
They wish they didn't write
Sometimes writing it down makes it a bit too real
By: Gretchen
Aug 2017 · 1.5k
Platonic
ghost Aug 2017
Let's love each other like children
lazing on the couch, raiding the kitchen
Eggos and Saturday morning cartoons
Don't need a marriage or a honeymoon

Cherry blow pops and dollar stores
playing with plastic dinosaurs
Cause we're of a different breed
This platonic love is all we need
By: Gretchen
Aug 2017 · 708
Science and Religion
ghost Aug 2017
Her eyes are black holes.
swirling vortexes of emptiness,
capturing everything in their path.

Her smile is a comet.
beautiful and inviting from afar,
yet terrifying up close.

Her words a supernova.
mystifying and awe inspiring,
capable of causing so much pain.

Her emotions, solar flares.
fleeting yet intense,
unpredictable and inexplicable.

She is the universe.
vast and incomprehensible.

I am the heavens.
bringing love and light.

...if only she believed in me.
If only someone saw me this way, and would bring to me light in this dark universe.
By: Gretchen
Nov 2016 · 439
Lies?
ghost Nov 2016
I've lied so many times,
That the truth is hard to define.
Am I dying or am I just fine?
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 545
Forest
ghost Oct 2016
They'd said, "from the path, do not stray"
But oh, look at how the trees did sway
Beconing you, closer to come
Life lately had been rather glum
So, into the forest you strolled
Going against what you'd been told
You never wanted to go back home
Through the forest, you would roam.
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 423
Untitled
ghost Oct 2016
I wish I may, I wish I might
Feel my soul fade away tonight.
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 374
Fates
ghost Oct 2016
I gaze upon this poison
Held within my slender hand
All the fates needth do
Is cut a single strand.
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 1.3k
Pining
ghost Oct 2016
Tobacco and wine
Flowers and pine
Our love was bittersweet
I loved how I hated you
And you hated how you loved me
Together, a chaotic symphony
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 398
Insomnia
ghost Oct 2016
Eyes aching,
Smile faking,
When had I last slept?
Hair unkept,
Coffee drinking,
Why am I always thinking?
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 214
A Plea For Ease
ghost Oct 2016
I try to get my mind back
But it's all falling through the cracks
It's all so scrambled
Pick up the pace, you mustn't amble
Please save me from this mess
Insanity is no gentle caress
It hurts, it burns, it stings
Peace, to me, nothing will bring
Yet I find myself unable to cry
Even if I often wish I would die
I am not brave enough, you see
I find myself unable to end me
From myself, I must be saved
To my demons, I am enslaved
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 352
Fears
ghost Oct 2016
I wish, I wish upon a star,
That my fears won't go too far.
When I am scared and alone,
my fears are my throne.
I want a place my fears can roam.
I want a place to call my home.
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 266
Beauty
ghost Oct 2016
With empty hands and heavy heart,
I hope to die before I'm merely art.
By: Gretchen
Oct 2016 · 513
Poison Garden
ghost Oct 2016
As my heart hardened,
I began to garden.
Filled not with flowers,
but plants of power.
With poison and bane,
I have slain.
I'm now feared.
Finally revered.
By: Gretchen

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