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manicsurvival
American Sometimes I write poems on napkins or the Notes app on my phone
I've done ecstasy. No, I have not done Ecstasy, But I've done you. I've felt you baby, You're not here, But I remember Ecstasy. How it hit me quickly, Heightened my obsession With you, Stroking my leg, Telling me to cheer up, Treating me the same. I know ecstasy baby, It's in the middle of the night. Silent to everyone but me, Sirens and cellos: This music touched me And I felt it grace my arm. Goosebumps!
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Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016 at 1:20 AM UTC
Ecstasy
Florida saw a stormy weekend. Buckets of rain Poured out of the sky, We did not yet know That those pouring buckets over Our heads, Were angels. A short drive away, 49 full souls broke Into shattered pieces Of memories and Laughter. Safety and security evaporated, Into the sky, Among the ascending Spirits of cut-short lives. Treacherous storm, Florida, The sun says hello, Shortly after its short nap. The sun woke up and though its beams pressed on the earth, things were darker now. Through the rain, The sun shined an illuminating Rainbow, For 49 empty bodies To dance on, To bounce off the colors, Feel one final breath of air; Reaching freedom that humanity for so long refused to grant them.
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Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016 at 1:12 AM UTC
49- Dancing on beams
I am surrounded by white walls, they smell like cleaning supplies. An angel sits at a desk, phones ring, they sound like chaos. I have been standing here for two years. I still have not approached the angel. For two years, I swore she did not exist. Now I am ready to tell her that this cannot wait any longer that I have finally died. I am terrified at my broken self. My soul has been entering and exiting by body for days now. I need to walk up to the desk. I need to save myself from myself. I knew there was no god all along. And now, I am gone.
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Feb 28, 2016
Feb 28, 2016 at 12:52 PM UTC
End
Local government, wretched round, which everyone claims to care about. A storm. A virus. Unprovable. they call it “some sort of new device”-- it is nothing new. Facebook videos condemn the 1 percent, demand that we look up; I regret not looking up...I know this. I catch his eye. There is no complacency; he called it war. Little boy. He cries to his mother. He cannot fight the thought. Catastrophic moments like explosions on an endless row. “something that tracks us…” We are not all safe. Without guidance we crave “more”, some regret it; we were told desire is fatal. It swish swirls in the valley of trees; his last stroll. He does not know to catch the shred of a breeze. Who knew that moment would doom us all.
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Feb 23, 2016
Feb 23, 2016 at 10:04 PM UTC
"There was a time I could say no one I knew had died."
and for a brief moment i swore that the world i had once knew would never return to its complacent being the elusivity of time had made its way into my brain and suddenly, we all realized nothing had mattered in the slightest
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Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015 at 12:19 AM UTC
Untitled
They say "you can't go home again" I dismissed the thought; believed that I could return to the town that I once rode through on my beach cruiser, walked through with my friends, utilized poor construction sites as makeout spots "I've come home", he sings but if there is one thing that I believe my mother was right in saying is that this is all geography That perhaps is the scariest thought of all; that I don't yet know where by home is or who will fill rooms with music and enjoy the elusiveness of life with I've come home but not in the way he means it I have come home to my teenage broken heart--and its perpetrator I have come home to a house where I was on month-long bed rests I have come home to a structure that is seemingly not mine I suppose I wish it wasn't true; that you can't go home again and things are ever changing... that is something we must accept as we grow older When I truly think about it though, I don't know that I would want to return to my once "home" I think I just wish I had one.
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Dec 24, 2015
Dec 24, 2015 at 2:05 AM UTC
"You Can't Go Home Again"
wean me off of consumerism's cure to my chemical chaos \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ dim the lights i am still awake this ride is no longer free you are suffocating \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ i am still awake swollen eyes hidden motives and one week later i am in the same bed with the same fears in the same solitude that brought me here \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ weakness: no longer a choice seemingly the only form of vitality somehow. i am still awake \\ children:: i cannot hear you this silence is screeching your voices are lost parents: you always said you could not save me i do not remember agreeing to believe it i lay here and i believe it parents: would you have changed anything somehow. i am still awake parents: this is torture. i am still awake parents: do you care? i am paralyzed in my silhouette i do not know how i am still awake parents: you never listened. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ children: i can hear you you are liberation children: i finally woke up
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Dec 14, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 at 2:24 AM UTC
i am still
Kerouac said the only truth was music. I suppose I agree, "truth" is elusive it means zip; no one cares. the truth is like water between my fingertips, air in my grasp, a writer without a tragic backstory that you can probably sympathize with. sorry. the truth does not exist we are here how's that for elusive meet me at our place, at half past twelve. you were the truest form of contentment. the darkest form of light. the secrets that I hide. but meet me there, and I will share... whatever it is you have been wanting for all these years because isn't that the truth? we're just here
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Dec 9, 2015
Dec 9, 2015 at 11:30 PM UTC
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Wine nights are for the lonely for the lonely to gather for the lonely to ponder an alternate world in which they have a companion or apartment larger than their current residence or five year plans absent of labor I love wine nights. Wine nights are the winding ***** on a Jack-in-the-box going backward soothingly miserable my fondest type of drunk; loopy, then asleep Wine nights are for the old and wrinkly kidding. the old and wrinkly have husbands wine nights pathetic, right? **** wine nights i'm going to sleep.. SOBER
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Dec 9, 2015
Dec 9, 2015 at 4:06 PM UTC
Wine Nights
getting over him was seemingly never an option love does not disappear, love haunts you love is the source of inexplainable flashbacks to nights that were simpler us ending...we never ended in my mind, you are alive I can see the dimples reflecting the saddest smile your smell is present at bougey department stores I am never alone but our love hibernated nearly a year ago yet I am holding onto memories of simpler nights and embraces of comfort and affection moving away did not rid me of your existence you are always here I am not angry that you have not yet left my mind but I am angry that you refused to remain by my side getting over you was a stupid thought you will always be here
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Dec 9, 2015
Dec 9, 2015 at 2:20 AM UTC
getting over you