lydia-4 - Hello Poetry

as I cling to this fragile shore broken pieces of driftwood will surface hollowed out by the effort of travel and softened by the harsh truth that when I think of you at four in the morning eyes tired lungs heaving you will be asleep unaware of the chaos your existence causes within me as oceans overlap the land.

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May 30, 2013

May 30, 2013 at 10:38 PM UTC

lydia-4

drowning

as I cling to this fragile shore broken pieces of driftwood will surface hollowed out by the effort of travel and softened by the harsh truth that when I think of you at four in the morning eyes tired lungs heaving you will be asleep unaware of the chaos your existence causes within me as oceans overlap the land.

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your heart will not break when it impacts your frail chest your skeletal frame shatters fragments upon fragments they will litter your surrounding organs drawing blood and aching your skin will lose its warmth the glow of your cheeks no longer there every inch of your body will sob your heart will remain whole regardless of tragedy it is the rest of you that will decay.

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May 22, 2013

May 22, 2013 at 5:11 PM UTC

lydia-4

hollow point

your heart will not break when it impacts your frail chest your skeletal frame shatters fragments upon fragments they will litter your surrounding organs drawing blood and aching your skin will lose its warmth the glow of your cheeks no longer there every inch of your body will sob your heart will remain whole regardless of tragedy it is the rest of you that will decay.

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my stomach flutters not with butterflies with shimmering translucent wings but with damp maggots feasting on my bitterness and unwanted ambivalence my hands shake not with eagerness or excitement but with nervous tears a hurricane threatening to drown me my thighs ache not from exercising the thought of you out of me but from writing red verses poetic and sad stinging with every imprint.

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May 20, 2013

May 20, 2013 at 12:48 PM UTC

lydia-4

for you

my stomach flutters not with butterflies with shimmering translucent wings but with damp maggots feasting on my bitterness and unwanted ambivalence my hands shake not with eagerness or excitement but with nervous tears a hurricane threatening to drown me my thighs ache not from exercising the thought of you out of me but from writing red verses poetic and sad stinging with every imprint.

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the transcontinental railroads embedded with barbed wire on my skin I hope you travel it one day and cut the noose around my neck and caress my persistent demons into hibernation before my body decomposes into nothing but meaningless flesh and scarred bone I want to spend a night beside you in the burning of an embrace that is your reluctant arms and jaded smile severing life lines strangling your ability to breathe suffocating yourself with tainted air and choking on your words you will spill hopefully beside me.

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May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM UTC

lydia-4

if I wrote you a poem this would be it

the transcontinental railroads embedded with barbed wire on my skin I hope you travel it one day and cut the noose around my neck and caress my persistent demons into hibernation before my body decomposes into nothing but meaningless flesh and scarred bone I want to spend a night beside you in the burning of an embrace that is your reluctant arms and jaded smile severing life lines strangling your ability to breathe suffocating yourself with tainted air and choking on your words you will spill hopefully beside me.

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when you look like that you cause even the calmest waves to become a tsunami enveloping this skeletal city destroying the strongest walls drowning me in your silence only to resuscitate me with lips pressed against mine briefly transcending breath and nerve endings.

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May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013 at 1:28 PM UTC

lydia-4

transcending breath

when you look like that you cause even the calmest waves to become a tsunami enveloping this skeletal city destroying the strongest walls drowning me in your silence only to resuscitate me with lips pressed against mine briefly transcending breath and nerve endings.

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