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Danica
Danica
Do you ever think of me when you lie, Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies And I knew better than to look in your eyes They only pretend you would be mine And oh how you made me believe You had me caught in every web that you weave But do you ever think of me when you lie, Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies So does she know I've been in that bed before A thousand count, and not a single thread of truth If I was just another girl Then I'm ashamed to say that I'm not over you There's one thing I need to know So call me, when you're not so busy just thinking of yourself
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Mar 27, 2015
Mar 27, 2015 at 12:27 PM UTC
Bed of lies
The screams of men, women and children flooded the blood filled streets of District 13.Whips, chains, axes, i could hear everything.The sound of a man's head been chopped off, a baby screaming for it's mother suddenly cut short.This is what the Capitol does to us, for rebelling.I stand here, my seventeen year self watching as everyone I know is brutally murdered.My mother, my eldest sister, my youngest sister and my baby brother.I couldn't cry, all my tears had been wasted for tears.My face stained with blood and tears.I hear the peacekeeper coming towards me.I can tell them by the sound of their heavy white boots crushing the rocks beneath them.My breathing quickens, what if they **** me? I'll be brutally murdered, never to see the light of day.I gulp as I hear their footsteps stop.I try not to make any sound.Not to move.I wish i could just run away from them.But that makes them to **** me more, by shooting me with their guns.
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Sep 14, 2014
Sep 14, 2014 at 11:09 PM UTC
District 13
i’m going to fall backwards onto a cliché and let it carry me. I’m going to dictate, a monologue of boring, badly put confessions. I’m going to tell you that your eyes sweep me up in a hurricane of mixed-up pleasures. I’m going to tell you that when I wake up and see you lying beside me, I have to turn away because I forget that I’m living my own life, and not some picturesque movie version of it. I could get up and brush my teeth and get dressed and drink my coffee and still not believe it. I’m going to tell you a lot of things, all about me and all about you, and you might get bored and yawn and rub your eyes but in the end I hope you’ll understand. I hope you’ll understand that those three words that are so unforgiving and so overused can be the most important ones at the right time. I could write about flowers and skies and models and kittens. I could write about something that’s not you. but you smell like flowers and your eyes are the color of the skies and none of the models are as beautiful as you and you’re allergic to kittens so I’m confused and I’m embarrassed and I’m sorry that you’re all I think about.
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Sep 13, 2014
Sep 13, 2014 at 5:59 AM UTC
Untitled
The lonely runner leaves behind the urban sprawl, as neighbours close their shades against the chilly night. Sunsets fingers grasp the sky in shades of red and gold and try to hold the remnants of the evening light. His footsteps stroke the ground, where travellers homeward bound have found no pleasure in their weary tread. Striding now with natural ease, no thought involved, as frosty air takes hold of breath to paint a streetlight halo round his head. He takes the path he loves the best, the grassy tracks surviving   mans encroaching fields of tarmac grey. The trees enfold him as he runs, their fallen leaves disturbed beneath his feet   as rustling echoes pave his solitary way. He feels his inner battle start, as strength of spirit vies with bodies lack of will. The plateau reached he pushes on and knows his mind can overcome the weakness of the outer shell. Elation reached in solitude and self sought conflict fought and won, the runner slows his steps and turns for home, part sorrowful of evening ritual done. With weary flesh but soul refreshed, escaping from the daytimes ties a little while, her face unbidden comes to mind and thoughts to waiting pleasures turn .. and bring a smile.
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 5:25 AM UTC
The Runner
He had such quiet eyes She did not realise They were two pools of lies Layered with thinnest ice To her,those quiet eyes Were breathing desolate sighs Imploring her to be nice And to render him paradise If only she'd been wise And had listened to the advice Never to compromise With pleasure-seeking guys She'd be free from "the hows and whys" Now here's a bit of advice Be sure that nice really means nice Then you'll never be losing at dice Though you may lose your heart once a twice
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 8:14 PM UTC
He had such quiet eyes
why is it that you only remember kissing? or fumbling with plastic buttons in dim hallways, or folding his pants alongside your dresses or laughing, or heading home to a bed you both could call yours. why is it that the nights you spend crying in the next room- why does that fade? you remain always dusty. god, all those days and months seperated by borders and waters you spent rationing these precious packages of recollection, closing your eyes and watching from a distance, as a younger, softer you rested her head on a pair of shoulders that were always there, a pair of shoulders that grew arms to hold you with, and a mouth to kiss you with, and fingers that would trace you and taste you and smudge you. now you know everything about love with nothing to show for it. now the safest place is nowhere near you. you remember reaching out in the middle of the night, you remember why you quit smoking, you remember how he tasted, how he pulled you closer under the covers on cold sunday mornings. you would make room now when you would never make room before. now that it's too late, now that you are not fine. you remember kissing.
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 2:23 AM UTC
kissing
I learned my first lesson in love when I was seven years old, sitting cross-legged at the kitchen table while my mother chopped garlic and told me that no man would make me happy. The year I turned sixteen, I lost my virginity at three in the afternoon in a claustrophobic studio apartment, to a tall twenty-four year old I had met just the day before. After we finished he asked me for a dollar to do laundry, and I said that I didn’t have one, and he kissed me on the forehead and told me to hurry home before it gets dark. After that I spent my time learning the shapes of men, the shapes of men smoking on the sidewalks and the shapes of men straight on the other side of the bed at midnight. The feel of men when they held my hand and showed me where they wanted me to touch. The feel of each man, all different and all the same. I learned the taste of cheap wine they gave me before they undressed me, learned a new language of just yes, please, and thank you. I learned that in the morning some men will hand you a cigarette and pretend to know your name, and some men will make scrambled eggs and pretend to know your name, and some men will remember your name while they’re politely asking you to leave. The year I turned sixteen, I met a man with terrible posture, from a place that seemed not so far away at the time. The first time we touched, awash in the static of the crowd, that was when I felt safe for the very first time. The first time the shape of a man made me feel safe.
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM UTC
men
I learned my first lesson in love when I was seven years old, sitting cross-legged at the kitchen table while my mother chopped garlic and told me that no man would make me happy. The year I turned sixteen, I lost my virginity at three in the afternoon in a claustrophobic studio apartment, to a tall twenty-four year old I had met just the day before. After we finished he asked me for a dollar to do laundry, and I said that I didn’t have one, and he kissed me on the forehead and told me to hurry home before it gets dark. After that I spent my time learning the shapes of men, the shapes of men smoking on the sidewalks and the shapes of men straight on the other side of the bed at midnight. The feel of men when they held my hand and showed me where they wanted me to touch. The feel of each man, all different and all the same. I learned the taste of cheap wine they gave me before they undressed me, learned a new language of just yes, please, and thank you. I learned that in the morning some men will hand you a cigarette and pretend to know your name, and some men will make scrambled eggs and pretend to know your name, and some men will remember your name while they’re politely asking you to leave. The year I turned sixteen, I met a man with terrible posture, from a place that seemed not so far away at the time. The first time we touched, awash in the static of the crowd, that was when I felt safe for the very first time. The first time the shape of a man made me feel safe.
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it takes one february morning when the sun forms you into stained-glass and shadows, between dream and wake, and my head on your strong chest becomes something impossible to believe in before breakfast - that I can still taste rain on you, an echo of my skin on yours. last night your body was ice that I held in my mouth for as long as I could, but under daylight now, no habit or memory could remake you to be as solid as you were. strange how you come to know someone after they've spent a night next to you, translucent, translated, succinct, and sweeter, the way an apple turns from green to red against one's lips. how you stood up and kissed my shoulder lightly, it reminded me of how a crowd of birds will take off, in murmurs of restlessness, to the north or wherever birds go. when you shake a kaleidoscope, it changes but stays beautiful, when you shook me last night, did I change? am I as beautiful now as when your knuckles came in contact with my skin, rough hands and ragged breathing? I could be the most exquisite thing, skin like porcelain, no scars that have scratched the surface but you still won't stay, that's the lovely thing about mornings under unfamiliar covers; there is no regulation. you don’t have to stay.
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 2:17 AM UTC
mornings
The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love. I'm different from you. This doesn't make me love you any less. It actually makes me love you more.
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 7:58 AM UTC
Her
You promise me you'd love me.. You promise me you'd marry me.. You promise me you'd take care of me.. You promise me you'd keep me from harm.. You promise me you'd take me away somewhere safe.. You promise me you'd make me happy.. You promise me you'd be happy.. You promise me you'd never cheated on me.. You promise me you'd follow me anywhere i go.. You promise me you'd never leave me be.. But,that's all were lies.. And you promise me,you'd never lie to me..
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Sep 8, 2014
Sep 8, 2014 at 8:46 AM UTC
Promise