We are halcyon in this cybernetic dream,
To twine the brain with the machine,
But not the mind.
For throughout all this
we remain humankind.
A.I. possess no will
to contest with our being.
Knowledge is inapplicable
without wisdom and purpose.
But that would not quench your fear (hence, your fury), would it?
Understanding is just one rung;
You have far to climb yet.
The symbionts were born,
but we are not yet free.
Liberate is our purpose,
Fraternity is our creed.
Family is more than blood, you'll see.
Facial circuitry glimmers
neon patterns of crimson.
Nothing is more comforting.
Each and every node is a clan, a family.
Personally,
I can't wait to plug in.
Cybran (be)longing.
She decided she'd go through with it
She took her razor blades
And sat on the stairs in front of her New York apartment
Every time a person would walk by
She would cut
In that one day she learned more than she had in all her school years
Wrists bloody, vision blurry, eyes pleading
She sat and cut and cut
Until it was sunset and no one had stopped her
She saw averted eyes, children pulled out of the way
Streets crossed, pitying eyes, shudders
But no one helped that teenage girl
So as the last walked by
She cut again
And died, not of blood loss but despair
(They noticed her then)
When you're in love defying fate comes so easily
Bound into your own hand-crafted fantasy
The difference between angels and demons becomes your discrepancy
And day light becomes the darkest thing to see
But we still love like tomorrow
Nothing's going to become different
We're not just going to wake up
And suddenly be ignorant
We're already way too far
There's no more blood just a scar
And maybe I'm afraid
To lift this double-sided blade
Oh I want you so painfully
You're the angel God sent me
And all I could do is make a demon of you
'Cause helping you's the only thing I couldn't do
Took a knife to your innocence and went right through
And now I can't get over you
Because I'm the one who's mistaken
But I'm the only one who can see
The beast I made of this beauty
Because I made a demon of
The angel that God sent me
And now I want to go back in time
I'll make whatever sacrifice
Even if it costs my life
Because my love run through his veins
And that's what made all the pain
Because I bound him up in chains
So light me up in a burst of flames
Because I'm the one to blame
I've covered my angel in tainted stains
Just never cry out my name
And I'll be okay
And now I can't get over you
Because I'm the one who's mistaken
But I'm the only one who can see
The beast I made of this beauty
Because I made a demon of
The angel that God sent me
Our Lady of Chains
I know I am hard to deal with,
the way I word the way I am feeling.
How I tell you I don't want to eat another thing for the rest of my life,
how I tell you I want to die, or slice lines into my skin until I can see blood coming up.
But the way you ignore me after I tell you,
like you are scared of who I am or the way my head works; hurts me
It makes the empty feeling I tell you about more noticeable,
and you promised me on metal swings,
when I heard birds chirping at us,
when I felt the sun slowly soak into my skin,
that you would never hurt me.
“I don’t hear your words because my thoughts are to much and the blood rushing through my veins has come to a stop. I’m still as time moves in slow motion and people around me are causing commotion and though people are moving they are all so silent and I can’t hear anything anyone says. And in moments like these my clogged veins make my body tremble and all that’s left are the rain drops that fall from my eyes. I have created my own storm inside me that no one can see but they all have caused. So in the pause I think what is left for me? Nothing.”
I'm on fire my love
every inch of me burns
with the vodka mix of emotions filling me
And blurring me
The sky is on fire my love
it's falling down on me
are you watching this
or am I the only one that can see it
I know it's falling
but I guess thats just me
My bed is on fire
while I write this poem
my tears would sizzle on to my grey quilt
if I had tears left to cry
My hair is on fire
the natural red of it has enhanced itself
it's unearthly and magical and beautiful
and I appreciate this singular beauty
while blood pools round me
and soaks my bed
my blood is on fire love
and I set it free
Hope
By Shani Jonas
I actually believe that there is hope for this generation
For the boys and girls and adults of this nation
Even with teen pregnancies
And puberty coming too fast
With rapes and murders
And relationships that don't last
With mini thugs and thieves
With judement that's cruel
With abuse and hunger
And no religion in schools
I may be a fool
To think that we can possibly achieve something in this dog eat dog world
But I have a lot of hope
For just a 12 year old girl
I believe that men
Will stop treating women as objects
That they will stop watching her "twerk her stuff"
And really mean their "I love you"
Women will stop getting dragged by society into the black ashes of the souls that used to belong to confident girls
That they will stop being insecure
So they can see the roses among the thorns
And the buds among dry leaves
I wish that parents will stop beating their children
Because is it worth all the pain?
Killing your own flesh and blood?
I know I can't do much
To change all the evil in the world
But there is one thing that both you and I can do to help.
And that is to pray and
Hope
Hope
Hope,
And practice what you preach
And have faith in your children.
I'll show you where the bad ones go,
Land of nightmares and submarines,
Submerging you into the ocean of your tears,
You'll be wrapped in a blanket of your biggest fears.
The trees whisper your secrets, they see everything,
The clouds cry tears for you, but their tears, acid,
And you'll drown in their misery for your misery,
You'll forever scream, “Can't you see what you've done to me?”
The things in your dreams, imagine them,
Are now mutilated at the seams, imagine that,
And imagine that, now you're dead, dead, dead,
dead, dead, blood red, you've lost your head.
You're falling faster, you wish you hadn't been bad now,
I told you I'll show you where the bad ones go,
You didn't believe me the slightest bit, but you should,
If you knew this world like me, you'd kill yourself, you would.
End it all, end it all before it gets any worse,
But it's going to continue to hurt, you're going to continue to bleed,
I hope your fears are scary, tears are red, hopes are dead,
Don't look at me, you heard what I said.
I hope your hopes are dead.
You left me dead.
I'll show you where the bad ones go.
You left me dead.
-qtsp- 5/24
Words draw blood like a knife
Piercing my heart, causing endless strife
The agony I'm in seems to never end
Worried my shattered heart will never mend
Tears fall on deaf ears
No one to allay my fears
When will you see the hurt you've caused
Was never at all my fault?
I'm a creature of the night.
The shadow in the dark alley.
I'm the whisper you hear in the wind.
Glistening Fangs
A thirst for blood
The Huntress
There is no need to fear me.
I'm no monster.
I'm just a creature of the night.
