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cliona-calnan
cliona-calnan
Irish "Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions"---J.D Salinger
here lies a void, like an unfinished book. starting was never my intent. the cover was bright and beautiful. each page was a revelation, a new hope. somewhere towards the middle, i began to feel uneasy. like it had become part of me. everything before it was lost in a haze of obsession. it was everything I wanted and everything i didn't. i tried to cease. it didn't work. I would reach for it in my sleep. it stopped me, without my consent. although i felt a relief, I was not relieved. it knew better than to let me finish i was the poison in the bloodstream. now i am left with the ill feeling of loss while it remains unchanged, unscarred and unfinished.
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Jul 18, 2016
Jul 18, 2016 at 8:58 AM UTC
The Void
A rabid dog lies sleeping on the porch, it has not moved for days but i see it breathing. the darkness spreads in thick and heavy taking my sight, but i feel it, grabbing me and pushing me down. Now I hear it breathing. first louder then faster. i begin to choke on the blackness, the fear of the unknown. i crumble to the ground, melt, and disappear. it is no longer asleep, i smell its poison breath around me like fog. it's dense and fills my lungs. i become a cloud of undefinable mass, drowning those beneath me. once i have purged, i am empty. (i tell myself) nothing has happened. the dog falls into slumber again. dormant but breathing, slow and heavy.
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Jul 18, 2016
Jul 18, 2016 at 7:22 AM UTC
Nothing Happened
Towards me walks a beautiful light, But i ignore it with all my might It burns me, my eyes are a flame But my light could never shine the same My head is pounding, my heart is screaming From my eyes water is streaming Have i no soul? My light is so dim, But this light is not it, it is him His eyes have no sight, his mind no shape, Cover me with your glistening cape, Immerse me in purity, drown me in grace Show me remorse in your blinding face My head is a jungle, full of hazardous vermin, If i preech, you wont like my sermon, I'll drain your soul like a blood ******* leech And leave the whole world right out of your reach
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM UTC
Light
Could i be the only inhabitant of the middle? I've come halfway; Im nearly there, But I'll never reach it. The cool of ignorance is all too alluring, The truth like a valley of flames, Water, essence of my life, Fill me, satisfy me, save me. So I sit in limbo; equal in emotion, Half-hearted in my attempts, Essence, fill my other half, Make the middle the centre: Centre of my heart
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM UTC
Middle
the day is kind so it seems because the night is haunted by dreams. flashing images of things to come and things gone by. sub conscious. no control. no way out. you don't choose it chooses you it has more power than you ever will. it can control you make you see things that are not there that shouldn't be there. you think things here you have never thought or will think. its not you but its not someone else. its not your mind its not even your soul. it has you where it wants you and you will never be free
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM UTC
Dreams
She didn't expect it to hit like raining bricks, She waited for an enemy in the dark, Lurking, waiting, threatening Denial was her umbrella, the day it rained on her hope parade, A smile will lie more than words. So she'll retain the beaming glow, The hammers of help pounding at her skull Will have to wait. She had a flicker, I took her hope, But as long as she's smiling, She's winning. My eyes are glazing with green, She knows, She knows. She'll win, I'll die, I'll meet her there
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:31 PM UTC
Expectation
I've seen your hand held murderess Making note of its cool, sleek body, Twisting and turning Around your fingers, Leech like. Producing when in need of reassurance, Its silent but deadly At the best of times. A strange puppet it does form; For my entertainment Or yours? I wait, dumb, for the sudden **** I'll wait But eventually she'll slip From your drenched palm.
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:28 PM UTC
Weapon
My Heart must be one cold, hard thing to think such a beast a beauty. Dusting the land in a icy glitter, its aim to redden the noses and bite the cheeks of all who pass. But i let it in, aware of animals need for warmth, and trees need for light. I am selfish. I want to capture the scene with a click of my eyelids and store behind beautiful. I feel dark, a guilty pleasure to myself. Heart; rigid and stubborn as a broken clock. But thoughts of Who What Where you are trickle syrupy into my heart, releasing the icy grip of the elements. I feel loveable, normal, like i could see good in anything. I am scared of your power, but in awe of your skill
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Aug 18, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM UTC
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