frances-lee
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awake
the sunset holds no power over me / there is no solace in dreaming / for when the velvet night unfurls
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May 29, 2011
blink
i feel the cliff crumble slightly under my shoes / as the spray from the ocean thundering below / climbs on thermals blowing the hair out of my face.
20
Jul 4, 2011
crucial bubble
i want to know what it’s like to dance with you. / to move as one / allowing the music draw us closer
21
Oct 20, 2010
dance
the dance of desire is dizzying. / i spend my days, / drained and distant from waking nights spent
17
Oct 9, 2010
engulfed
i know this heartache is self inflicted. / this ache in my chest would not exist / if i did not feed it fairy tales of forever in your eyes.
16
Nov 23, 2010
everything i didn’t say
with windowed soul and beheartéd sleeve i bare my thoughts to you / and paint my face and eyes with words that you could see me through / would it be that you echoed silent longing for me too –
19
Oct 5, 2010
heart failure
exhaustion in the creases of my collar / fatigue in my carelessly tied shoes / sleeplessness in slowed speech
5
May 13, 2011
instead
quiet nights like this you should be here with me. / filling the air with your brand of hysteria. / my hands restless in the knowledge that we’re finally together again
18
Jul 6, 2011
lapse
stop. / and remember the way the world was – / when the weightless wonder of clouds
14
May 18, 2011
limelight desire
the sound is tangible, / thick in the air / pressing into every open space
21
May 24, 2011
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