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paul-marfil
paul-marfil
Enter my stasis: hands groping in the dark Yet cannot grab nor call for help. My fingers Are meshed by frozen teardrops, my feet do not Trust the floor below. Such kingdom I have made, Enough to put their walls to shame. I have everything: Between the fortune and the fame, I stand. All the world’s Marvels come here and do not come out. You can check out Any time you like, a song once said, but you can never leave. I have everything, but the single thought of you—of not Having you—has turned them all to ice. I am married To this arctic cathedral. I sleep beneath the sheets of satin As cold as the hollow infinite you placed on your lips. I do not wish to stay, but the wrist is shy at the welcome Of a blade. At times, I would sling a sentence to the sky To shake off sunlight from a cloud. But you would come And tempt me with December’s air. Oh, my sweet despair, You are the eye in the ice, the sharp drip of a frozen spike That hangs from my ceiling. Darling, I wish to be unthawed. A frozen kiss had sealed my lips. I cannot holler for help, For in the land of the blind, the silent man is lonely.
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Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017 at 9:02 AM UTC
This Cold Place Is You
Wind kisses her hair, then Her nape would sigh A soft hello.
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 8:52 AM UTC
Nape
Droplets of rain Running down her skin. Storms in my eyes, let loose.
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 8:51 AM UTC
Storms
This morning, my hand Caught the first drop of dew. I think I just held your hand.
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 8:49 AM UTC
Morning Dew
When you Can't sleep And the night Feels like Bitter wax Slowly dripping On your morning's tongue
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Feb 3, 2017
Feb 3, 2017 at 3:36 AM UTC
Insomnia
Some nights, I would set sail To a thousand words on paper, And one by one, they would get lost Beneath the rip tides of your skin. In sentience and in sleep, Darling, you are only as real As the last verse I wrote On the crumpled walls of dusk. While the world slaughters dreamers, I watch you, begging the moon To drop pieces of itself on sea foam. I am a slave to your every step. Tucked underneath crystalline sighs, The stars would come out to put up tents In the corner of your eyes, their light Guiding the way for misguided missives. Moored to your voice, I listen As you speak in the language of waves, Your words undulating with my metaphors, But stirring holocausts for the heartbroken. But you are here, and the lines between your eyes Get tangled up with thoughts bred by midnight. Your hair, your hair, they tessellate and play With the colors of honey and amber. Perhaps, if one were to crack you open The light of a thousand adjectives Would come seeping out of your skin. I am but the shadow it will cast. And in shadows, they whisper That dreams can get lost In the vacancies of the night. Every night, with you I set sail to my words To find them And lure them back.
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Jan 31, 2017
Jan 31, 2017 at 6:58 AM UTC
In Shadows
I dream of Glasgow’s neon glow, Of splashing lights on trees and snow. I dream of Stockholm’s wintry air, The way its snowflakes kiss your hair. I dream of dinners at Amsterdam: A glass of Shiraz, some prosciutto ham. I dream of places, somewhere far Where sunlight’s kept inside a jar. Where nights are long and winters reign, And the cold, cold silence speaks your name. Speaks your name. Your name. Your Name.
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Sep 3, 2016
Sep 3, 2016 at 7:48 AM UTC
Winterbreath And Your Name
It comes out during sunset: Sky blushes orange, Moon scares the sun. It gushes out in different forms: A bit scattered at first, But then becomes one. It dabs words onto paper: Sewing syntax On fabric fantasy. But it leaves without warning: It's daylight drowning In nocturne melody.
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Aug 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 at 6:40 AM UTC
Thought Genesis
"To me, she's the entire ocean. To her, I'm just a puddle, ***** and lifeless." "You should give it a try. You know, test the waters, explore the beauty of the ocean." "The beauty of the ocean is indeed very enchanting. But if you don't know how to swim, you will drown and eventually die in the depths of its beauty."
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 9:40 AM UTC
She's An Ocean
I once had a dream Though I’m not even sure if it’s a dream I was in this forest, see It was cold, damp, and foggy With me was my Dahlia, dressed in white My oh so pretty Dahlia She was just standing right there Far from me, and we both couldn’t move As if time had died for the both of us And she was shaking her head Uncontrollably, violently, shaking her head I knew she was crying Wait, was she crying? Or was she just bleeding through her eyes? I don’t know, but there was blood all over her Then, right in front of us was a wolf Black fur, eyes drenched in vermillion It—or he?—was staring at me, growling And then, it—or he?—began to grin I looked the wolf in the eyes They were fiery, like windows to hell And the wolf kept on grinning, Its sharp teeth like demonic horns I don’t know, but it seems like The wolf is there physically in front of me But its soul—or his?—was trying to **** my Dahlia To strip her of her innocence Not to mention her clothes But of course, dreams are severed by waking up And I did wake up, to the smell of decaying flesh With dried-up blood painted all over my skin I turned around, and there she was My Dahlia, cold and lifeless Like her heart
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Jul 11, 2015
Jul 11, 2015 at 11:50 PM UTC
My Dahlia Is Red