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ben-nicolls
American Raised in a small town. I'm surrounded by people who couldn't be bothered to articulate the truth. That is what I try my best to do.
You are absolutely undeniably my favorite. I love every bit of you, the way you feel when I run my hands down your back, and the unique and subtle scent you carry. I can't get enough of the way you make me feel and the way you make me think even after so long and I can always predict what you will say. I treasure the comfort you give me after a long day of dealing with people so trite and unimaginative as you. There are many like you but there are none that are you. You are without a doubt my favorite book.
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Jul 15, 2011
Jul 15, 2011 at 2:07 PM UTC
Favorite
I awake and the day stretches out before me and I wonder how I will pass the time? I could clean. Less clutter means less stress and if there is one thing I need it's less stress. I could work. Due dates are fast approaching and the truth is I do enjoy the challenge and the feeling of satisfaction afterwards. I could read. Just take the day and escape to an alternate reality where people act with purpose and in the end it all makes sense. I could walk out. Just throw this life away and find another Variety is the spice of life and in all honestly, I've done this all before. But as I think and stretch like a cat rising from a nap my hand brushes your head and my fingers slip through your hair. You stir slightly, your arm subconsciously wrapping around mine, and I know what to do. I unplug the alarm silence my phone hold you close and have midmorning dreams of nothing but your beauty
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Jul 15, 2011
Jul 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM UTC
What to do...
5 minutes with you And I am filled with An energy I do not Fully understand. Though I am still young I thought I had experienced The full power of infatuation. But you have set my soul Ablaze. The moon rises and I am Overcome with restlessness. How I yearn for you. No price is too great if it Brings you to me now. My entire being craves To make love to you Like no man ever has before. I would do away with Every vice if it meant I could Hold you in my arms Kiss your neck And see the moonlight Reflect in your eyes.
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Jul 15, 2011
Jul 15, 2011 at 2:03 PM UTC
Infatuation
People say I'm bitter and jaded. This may be true but it is not without good cause. This attitude resonates out from me because as good as life is, I find myself lacking the one thing I need to be satisfied with anything. You I see you around with your boy and I try to contain myself try to pretend that I don't care but it's all I can do not to turn and slam the first random smiling soul into the floor or spit venom in the face of whomever dares question me. People may think its silly that I should want you so badly when I could have my pick from so many willing others because lets face it people pay to look this good and it doesn't cost me a thing. But other people are only fun for a little while, when there's something fun to do with them. You are always fun during the little time I manage to steal from the rest of the world, time we can spend in our own way just you and me. Because in these stolen hours we do something different, and as much as I go around with my mask on and my claws out, you inspire an end to the storm, your hair shining like the sun your eyes as clear as the sky and like that post storm still, I feel calm, safe, and refreshed. But there can be only one sun one sky and so I will wait though I may not want to until I can steal more time and feel normal once again.
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Mar 8, 2011
Mar 8, 2011 at 8:48 PM UTC
Theft and Salvation
You may wonder why I wait so long to write, when it has long since been knows that I would every day. I assure you it is not because I am lazy, although I can be, but rather because I am waiting to milk every ounce of life out of the day. If I wrote you in the morning my words would always be be bold speaking of how comfortable my bed is so early and how I wish you were here with me. If I wrote you in the afternoon far too often I would write in a more traditional fashion of how I see so many people and you are greater to me than any of them. If I wrote you in the evening I would without meaning subtly convey my weariness towards the world and that I long for your vibrant energy to give me strength to start again. But when I write you in the middle of the night, when I feel alive of my own accord, I can share with you the spirit of this small fraction of life and how it is always shifting, constantly draggin me down and pushing me back up and how despite all of it, you are the last thing I think of so that I may ensure pleasant dreams.
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Mar 3, 2011
Mar 3, 2011 at 8:32 PM UTC
Sweet Dreams
I walk outside and see no sign of the wilderness I grew up in. No sign of open fields and wild game. Though many marvel at the world we live in, I know it is not the life meant for me. My soul yearns to breath open air. I can no longer bear this civilization so consumed with greed and capital. I long to feel the earth beneath my feet. I want a reason to wipe the sweat from my brow. The road will be long and fraught with peril, but that land not yet claimed calls to me like the sun calls to the day. To deny it would be to spend life un-alive.
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Mar 3, 2011
Mar 3, 2011 at 6:16 PM UTC
Oregon
The day has been long but the road has an unusual peace about it. Lights fly past like stars and even if I was thoughtful enough to wish, these are not the sort to oblige. Home is almost upon me and I am grateful. As thoughts of sleep invade my thoughts they are interrupted. Rubber burns metal twists bones break blood spills, and the stench of whiskey stumbles away into the dark. As the cold washes over me I cannot help but to think of you and how I wish I could have held you one last time, but these stars are not the kind to oblige.
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Feb 27, 2011
Feb 27, 2011 at 8:27 PM UTC
Stars
Every time the sun comes up My mind becomes alive With thoughts of you As I try to focus On some subtle facet Of your beauty. However, sometimes The day holds for me Something that sits in my head And festers like rotting meat. I try to ignore it but the stink Is overwhelming and my mind Is consumed. I give in and try instead To simply scrub my mind clean So that I can begin anew tomorrow But as I lie in bed Ready to put today behind me A familiar restlessness fills me I toss and turn trying to find a distraction that will let me sleep. I know what I must do. With the moon glowing It comes to me like a fever dream. I pick up my pen and scratch out Today's inspiration. It isn't perfect but Compared to the muse It never is. Tomorrow will be better.
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Feb 25, 2011
Feb 25, 2011 at 6:02 PM UTC
Daily
Everyday you are different Though inherently similar You show me something each day That is completely new. Whether it is as simple As the way the light reflects In your ever-changing eyes, As subtle as a change In your alluring smile, As creative as a new thought That bursts from your mind. You keep me on my toes, My pen scratching at the page, And my adoration stronger Than the day before
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Feb 25, 2011
Feb 25, 2011 at 6:00 PM UTC
Metamorphic
I am beaten and worn too many things have come undone and it seems Fate itself is against me. But the sun is high and there is much that remains, so I struggle onward. Finally, as the last of my strength is stripped away, it is done. I come home and a stillness washes over me. I fall into bed and my head begins to sink into the cool soft of my pillow but sleep does not come easy. For tomorrow still remains and I have not the heart to face it. A delicate chirp interrupts my anxious thoughts, I turn and check my phone, what now will the world throw in my face? It is you, or rather a mere reminder of you. But this is all I need. My heart pounds briefly, a smile stretches across my face and I slip into a gentle, peaceful, sleep.
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 8:54 PM UTC
Perfect End