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madeleine2q
I feel a vague sense of ***** In my near future, which is funny Because I could have sworn I was fine With out having to lie lie lie Just a second ago
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 4:21 PM UTC
44 out of 70
I like to climb trees when it rains There’s an old tree in my yard With fungus sporadically coagulating on The piney smooth bark And when I feel a storm coming I strip off my shoes, when it is hot or cold And I climb up to the very top Wind shakes the branches that my feet dangle over In my mind, I plummet over the edge Like a baby bird or piece of fallen divinity But sitting in a tree while I lose sensation of my skin With my lips blue And hair whipped by gusts and gales Seeing only the lightning in ****** wars With rapidly healing wounds of instantaneous radiance And the growlcrashscreamROAR of cracks in air Is the closest I will ever get to flying --or falling
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:16 PM UTC
Escape
She is a willow tree, slight and swaying Her voice comforting like the wind Cool like the spring at dawn But crisper, Crystal that is not fogged up or weigh down By the muggy droplets in the air. Cool and blissful and serene. She laughs and says nonsense That you absolutely agree with
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:13 PM UTC
Autumn
The decision is never really a choice The low numbness and lack of feeling is fine It can be contained and dealt with (Hidden) Feeling is what triggers it The sudden need to gasp, the jump in your heart That believes it is hunted, haunted by the future past present The hand in your gut, poking and prodding your intestines Subtly and gently pulling your stomach Feeling is what is unbearable I have nothing to hit No wounds to heal Nothing to show for my inner turmoil Except for the marks that I make On the crook of my arm That I hide only until they close Because they never heal
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:11 PM UTC
Sharp
I want glyphs inked into my skin A needle to caress and stab Crying stains as an apology for the pain Leaving behind a mark But not a scar Never a scar A reminder, a promise, proclamation All the sigils that ever were Etched into our coverings Leeching into bone Changing and reminding I want something permanent Even if I change
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:08 PM UTC
Tattoo, Taboo, Kapu
A little weakness I can stand A small tear A soft cry A reaching hand to steady shaky knees and tired feet I can be a rock But you must know Sorrow like the sea Will weather me away And I will not let myself be broken Not even for you
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:06 PM UTC
I am Selfish, But I am I
What would blood taste like to new born undead? Like full plump cherries Their stone hearts torn out Their carcasses left shredded down the middle Obscene and tempting to any eye that notices Rotting on their own sweet tears Staining and branding the world Even after they are devoured Like rich tingling honey Stolen from a colony just before winter Condemning them to starve without a care While closing their eyes and scraping One last flavor off the back of their teeth Do the blood-starved spare a thought? As to whether workers of futility truly know despair? Like chocolate. Freely given from a lover to another Dulcet and sinful as bringing lips together Like promises whispered back and forth That lost their meaning, eroded by life And were made to completely disappear by their demise “Until death do we part?” They scoff. When could anything ever last that long?
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 12:27 PM UTC
What Sin Must Taste Like
You asked for spring and I gave it to you I grew leaves bright in my hair And paled my skin to soft morning sky blue And lavished the world with words of a new leaf With earth under my nails and honeydew sprouting from my throat You said “I love you, don’t ever change” But seasons come and go And I grew too hot for you I rose up like redwood and reached deeper into parched soil My skin browned and sweat dripped down my back Only to be coated with dust I spat forest fires and blazed brighter than what you dared to look at And I was too great for you I grew too much I was no longer a sprout of sweet baby’s breath Shy and fairy-tale whimsy I am now capricious like the drought and following flood and the rolling thunder that bombards the earth, that refuses to be silenced, roaring, flashing passion that leaves scars I am the summer, and you say “You’ve changed” I am the summer, and I say “I have.”
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 12:25 PM UTC
Change is Terrifying
Wrath is something to fear for all parties involved Really, wrath is a separate entity that is unaffiliated With the situation entirely It drops by when clever words drip and splatter And whimsically decides that there is far too much violence For the air to be so blue And whispers encouragement lightheartedly That red is a much better color for this aesthetic anyway
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 12:18 PM UTC
The Passerby