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briannapastor
briannapastor
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Circles of the sun If only we spoke in the language Of shapes and colors Maybe then We would speak of love Like it were endearing We choose to see love as an emotion Words are all we have to express with But love shapes us all Change your perception, Send love in all directions, Watch the world take a new form.
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Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:46 AM UTC
Color Palette
One shot down an empty stomach. The first disappointment of the night I am about to begin in attempt to keep you away. The ever-growing crowd around me is louder with each fleeting, blurry moment. But ever so quiet when my mind can't hear anything other than "I love you, I will never leave you." Second shot down an empty stomach. A question at whether this is a race against myself (or others, joining in on this heartbreak habit), or if it's becoming a routine. Each breath, getting more difficult than the last to swallow and digest; When my breaths were already cut in half when you left. Third shot down an empty stomach. I am not much of a drinker, usually, but tonight I have decided that I shall be. I can be anything I want tonight. My chronic numbness starts to stir about as I feel the crowd. It's becoming deeper; So many kind people around me (buying me shots, as my eagerness exceeds), Or are they all just like you? Fourth shot down an empty stomach. Not at all am I used to this, but I needed something different; to hold me over just for tonight. I didn't need any of this to know there's something missing. Fifth shot down an empty stomach. I get up from the spinning room to use the bathroom. Still, as I look into the mirror, My face bore that of twelve-thousand land mines; and my skin, paler than ever. And I smile. Sixth shot down an empty stomach. I realize I am destroying myself even more so. But it feels--it feels--like something, which is enough for me, for tonight, Just to pull through. Seventh shot down an empty stomach. "I think you should take it easy now, sweetheart," An old man I barely knew. "I can tell you're hurting, but this isn't the way. It isn't. Being like this won't help you out of that prison." I walk myself home. I lay in bed and remember the time I walked into the bar, with an empty stomach, enjoying it. It wasn't my initial choice to leave, but yours, was. And I remember that even harder with seven shots down a two month-long empty stomached, 91 pound, broken soul. And I still remember your face when you loved me so.
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Sep 4, 2014
Sep 4, 2014 at 7:04 PM UTC
A Little Thing I Like To Call "Trying"
One shot down an empty stomach. The first disappointment of the night I am about to begin in attempt to keep you away. The ever-growing crowd around me is louder with each fleeting, blurry moment. But ever so quiet when my mind can't hear anything other than "I love you, I will never leave you." Second shot down an empty stomach. A question at whether this is a race against myself (or others, joining in on this heartbreak habit), or if it's becoming a routine. Each breath, getting more difficult than the last to swallow and digest; When my breaths were already cut in half when you left. Third shot down an empty stomach. I am not much of a drinker, usually, but tonight I have decided that I shall be. I can be anything I want tonight. My chronic numbness starts to stir about as I feel the crowd. It's becoming deeper; So many kind people around me (buying me shots, as my eagerness exceeds), Or are they all just like you? Fourth shot down an empty stomach. Not at all am I used to this, but I needed something different; to hold me over just for tonight. I didn't need any of this to know there's something missing. Fifth shot down an empty stomach. I get up from the spinning room to use the bathroom. Still, as I look into the mirror, My face bore that of twelve-thousand land mines; and my skin, paler than ever. And I smile. Sixth shot down an empty stomach. I realize I am destroying myself even more so. But it feels--it feels--like something, which is enough for me, for tonight, Just to pull through. Seventh shot down an empty stomach. "I think you should take it easy now, sweetheart," An old man I barely knew. "I can tell you're hurting, but this isn't the way. It isn't. Being like this won't help you out of that prison." I walk myself home. I lay in bed and remember the time I walked into the bar, with an empty stomach, enjoying it. It wasn't my initial choice to leave, but yours, was. And I remember that even harder with seven shots down a two month-long empty stomached, 91 pound, broken soul. And I still remember your face when you loved me so.
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I don’t know quite how you will take this so I’ll hold my heart out for you Or write it out in such vague words; I can’t look at you without wondering how you don’t notice just how perfect you are The slightest touch from you makes my heart ******* fly I’d do anything to get close to you I know myself enough to know I’ll never have the courage to tell you That you mean more to me than just a face, than just a friend I value more than anything Please understand I am better when I am with you I don’t think about how broken I am In fact, I feel quite together.
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 9:52 AM UTC
Open Up, Your Eyes
Had I known I would come across The Universe in the small space between our lips Before you close your eyes to kiss me You loved me enough to lose my mind At your weakest point, I suddenly loved you more It's the last day on Earth The fleeting time here is just a concept And I will live every last moment Loving you, as I always do
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Jan 16, 2014
Jan 16, 2014 at 11:21 AM UTC
Soliloquy
Four cold walls have trapped me, I am stuck here even with the door wide open. There is no safe, easy escape There is no cure for the broken. Drain my entire body of this aching, Soothe my skin in the warmest water you can find. You can replenish every inch of me, And still not cure my mind. My unstable conscious has been waiting for this very moment; I am shutting down without any care. No matter how many baby steps I proceed to take, What I need to cure me just is not there. My biggest fear is to lose any bit of the world I may have thus far. But I have already lost myself.
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Jan 15, 2014
Jan 15, 2014 at 10:58 PM UTC
Cold Walls
My mind became a castle in the sky Musing together events I know could never happen Afloat in the ocean A body of a much bigger form than my own That of which I am not accustomed to coping against. But, I manage And I lay there, with no worry in the world Of who I may be Or who I may not What I can solidly remember And the pain I thought I forgot The crisp severity of the ocean on the outers of my skin A rivalry counteracting the heat my anger is ceaselessly producing An effortless breath of cold air And no endurance needed to fight against the current My head being totally consumed by waves, in intervals But enough to refresh my inner cognition. One deep inhale and I can feel you, Just before I start to slowly fade under And when I think this can't get any better, I finally hear it; the thunder. It's loud, and I've been waiting, and I am scared But not worried enough to budge The storm is growing strong above my physical, still body And with the moving body below me that I want to love so much. What I can't grasp fully, though, is the way I will not move I know I am terrified of the consequences, I'm already worrying As I have been, this entire time Time figures out that it's not my body that refuses to move It is manipulated by my mind. I am content. As long as I stay in this opposing body It reminds me of all of the things I do not have Rather than the things I do and can't accept. I am saddened, that my breaths were not voluntary They were forced by the love I can not feel. I know it's there, I know it's real. Reminded by this ocean, I am very much alive. And although, inside, I may be broken and numb. Sometimes, I can be fine.
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Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013 at 8:17 PM UTC
Opposing Bodies
My mind became a castle in the sky Musing together events I know could never happen Afloat in the ocean A body of a much bigger form than my own That of which I am not accustomed to coping against. But, I manage And I lay there, with no worry in the world Of who I may be Or who I may not What I can solidly remember And the pain I thought I forgot The crisp severity of the ocean on the outers of my skin A rivalry counteracting the heat my anger is ceaselessly producing An effortless breath of cold air And no endurance needed to fight against the current My head being totally consumed by waves, in intervals But enough to refresh my inner cognition. One deep inhale and I can feel you, Just before I start to slowly fade under And when I think this can't get any better, I finally hear it; the thunder. It's loud, and I've been waiting, and I am scared But not worried enough to budge The storm is growing strong above my physical, still body And with the moving body below me that I want to love so much. What I can't grasp fully, though, is the way I will not move I know I am terrified of the consequences, I'm already worrying As I have been, this entire time Time figures out that it's not my body that refuses to move It is manipulated by my mind. I am content. As long as I stay in this opposing body It reminds me of all of the things I do not have Rather than the things I do and can't accept. I am saddened, that my breaths were not voluntary They were forced by the love I can not feel. I know it's there, I know it's real. Reminded by this ocean, I am very much alive. And although, inside, I may be broken and numb. Sometimes, I can be fine.
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