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joanlostwoods
33/Neither/Lost Woods Welcome, beautiful stranger. Be careful — the Woods are unforgiving. / About me? Another warning: I write worlds — not to be confused with words. / Proceed with care.
Too many graves the corpses, gone. I counted wrong. Too many knives, the wounds, done. I healed wrong. Carving a waterfall in that trap door you call a soul. Craving to become a river to pour in you this madness you call my soul. Too many shadows the faces, gone. I thought wrong. Too much on my mouth the promises, done. I spoke wrong. Carving a crack in that wrecked beauty you call a heart. Craving to sneak and pour in you this virus I call love. Too much good heaven, gone. Too much joy disguises, done. I promised, never again. The fingers, crossed. Carving doodles in the ruins of who you were. Craving eternity as I pour this madness into the ocean you call us. [Another recurrence of the Devotion Rot habit—spilled as art. Writings about a consuming love we would love to hate.]
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Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM UTC
Craving, wrong
Fishing at the edge of this abyss murky waters swallow my feet always wondering, wondering always what lurks underneath? Setting a beautiful net shiny fabric swallowed by haze always fooled fooled always what will I trap? Fishing at the verge of this abyss mucky waters stain my skin always hoping hoping always it will be worth it. Fisher, you should have known only foul critters crave beauty. Fisher, you should have known only atrocious jaws devour love. Setting a beautiful net worn out golden fabric always loving loving always the teeth sinking in my hands. Setting a tender net sewn back with hair always knowing knowing always who would adore you if it is not me? [Another recurrence of the Devotion Rot habit—spilled as art. Writings about a consuming love we would love to hate.]
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Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM UTC
Those Who Crave Beauty
Come back to the moment. Which one? Yesterday, the day before— the sun was always brighter, remember? Come back to the moment. When? Years ago, I don’t even know. The grass is greener in memory than in the soil. Come back to the moment when my mind saw a world pristine and unraveled, ready to be walked. Please, come back, little boy I once was. Come back to the summer scent on your skin, and the raspberry taste on your lips. Yes—then. Come back, but don’t stay. [Another recurrence of The Unwritten—spilled as art. Raw expressions from an overwhelmed mind, and a trickster heart.]
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Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM UTC
But Don't Stay
Only the ******* of the vilest of muses. Made of clay, sculpted by pain and grief. Hope paints faint strokes of colour here and there. Made of mud, moulded by fear and memories. Love draws childish details no one else could see. Only the ******* of a crooked muse. Made of dry sand, we are destined to be destroyed by our own very essence. Only the ******* of a sadistic muse. Like the breeze that begins in a butterfly’s wings, turns into zephyrs. The absent words of yesterday turn into clay. Only the ******* of a cruel muse, and the foolishest of poets. With souls craving water, love drowns us in an oasis— yet pain forgot to sculpt a throat. With hearts craving answers, hope drowns us in a crowd— yet fear forgot to mould ears. Only the ******* of the evilest muse, and a poet too much in love. [Another recurrence of The Unwritten—spilled as art. Raw expressions from an overwhelmed mind, and a trickster heart.]
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Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM UTC
The Curse of The Poet
Midnight makes no sound when it arrives. Silently deadly you sneak into my bones, sweetly deadly you nest inside. With no time to escape and too scared to play dead. Night craves for no light and my only shelter is my own flesh but oh wait, you are already inside. Silently deadly like a virus, sweetly deadly like love. Every day at dusk, I hide. But oh wolf, you have to find me only once. Loudly blatantly you munch my bones, delightfully blatantly you nest inside. [Another recurrence of the Devotion Rot habit—spilled as art.]
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM UTC
Sweetly Deadly
I rest your head on my lap and I promise everything is alright. I caress your hair— and it's myself who I deceive when I say I will heal all that aches. Playing peek-a-boo with your demons I grant each and every desire. Gasping lullabies to your ear, do you rest when they sleep? Playing hide and seek with your demons they feed me all your whims. Gasping bedtime stories to your ear until you fall asleep and they come with me. [Another recurrence of the Devotion Rot habit—spilled as art.]
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Jul 1, 2025
Jul 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM UTC
Bed Time