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shanice-a-louis
shanice-a-louis
Brooklyn NY It doesn't matter who I am today because each new day brings a new me
I'm finding replicas of you in my insomnia Smoke pouring from my nose A manifestation of self destruction The fear of death playing my lover Sleeping on my bed sheets in my place There is no shelf for my carousel thoughts Heart of alternating magnetic poles The quiet and the noise of night Condradictons becoming rule of life Forgetting how to breathe But still remebring you in this insomnia
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Sep 6, 2016
Sep 6, 2016 at 10:12 AM UTC
Only I know This part of Myself
Tear burning eyes Pain aching heart Trouble tasting tongue My senses falling apart Ghost under my bed You wish to see me dead Up all night Haunting about my mistakes Laughing at my sadness Calling to my tears Filling my mind with fears Pulling at my leg Let me go I beg Dry burning eyes Solid rock heart Mind telling tongue My senses getting smart Ghost under my bed Because of you inside I'm dead Up all night I look for you Don't you leave me too Calling for your jokes Depending on our yokes Pulling on your leg For your peace you beg Ghost under my bed Why do you hide Come lay by my side Why be afraid now you ghoul You are my kindred soul Away from me you blew For now I'm more of a monster than you
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Sep 5, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 at 8:50 AM UTC
Ghost under my bed
A heart of stone Has no fear Pain and Joy Have no place here One cant feel If it is near A silent, calm Ship I steer Needing not To shed a tear Or anguished cries Of yours to hear The outside of it Almost sheer The silence if it almost queer With robotic Response to fear But Joy in solitude found here Letting no one else Draw near Away from friendship It will steer Scoffing at a Lonely tear Sadness will It never hear Its rocky ledges Are quite sheer With great, deep caverns Just as queer
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Sep 5, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 at 7:54 AM UTC
Heart of stone
snorting burned toast too late in the day to call it a complete and nutritious breakfast *(i have my heroes but i also know that i will never be a hero to someone like me)* i'm not going to make it that far. *(call me defeatist but i guess you're right)* that's what i haven't been saying is that i'm not making plans for the fall or the spring or the rest of my life because i'm afraid or maybe convinced that i'm not going to make it that far because before the snow covers the lawn in quiet white layers i will be sprinkled over top of the grass in the form of a grayish powder and misplaced hymns *(i doubt that all of us were born to live)* nosedive into a sandwich smothered in over-sweetened jelly regrets and forget about the haunting sweat that you can't wash off of the back of your neck *(the nice thing about dying young is that you'll have the rest of your life to forget me)* headfirst slam into the midnight sky i cracked my skull open on the moon the milky way poured out from behind my eyes and galaxies came up out of my throat bits and pieces of me have died here and there along the way like ripped out pieces of that hateful lawn *(the reason i want to be forgotten is because i was never worth remembering)* but really it's just that death and darkness are such nice peaceful calm and reasonable topics to discuss at length.
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Sep 5, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 at 7:50 AM UTC
reasonable topics
That's the way I'm meant to be I suppose Being a little thorny black rose None comes to this garden looking to pick me But rejected and misunderstood is how I manage to be free I stand in my spot as others are loved and picked because of their glow But better for me! Now I have more space to grow I'm not red and smooth so they think something is wrong But to be the same and mingle with the crowd.. there I don't belong Sometimes it makes me sad But maybe it's a hidden blessing so I'll shake it off and be glad The longer I stay ...the larger my petals The larger my thorns ... the safer my sepals For when they're all picked and rotting Here I'll be... the last rose standing
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Aug 24, 2016
Aug 24, 2016 at 11:31 AM UTC
This black rose
The daylight grows dim The sun goes down I've passed through the day But another journey awaits I lay my body to rest I say my prayers I close my eyes There the transition begins .... My spine expands as my body lengthens Taller I've grown in my worries A million hairs of anxiety Spring out of my toughened body My ears grow longer in fear Eyes red in anger Sadness deep within my stomach Rising out of my throat as a loud howl All I sense is danger Claws growing out of my soft little hands Fangs emerge from my once harmless teeth Into the mirror I glance Only to see myself for the beast I am Why would they care for me? If I give them the chance They'll light their torches and ready their guns I have no choice I have to run Memories of the wounds with which they inflicted me Made me nothing but blood thirsty Now I must hunt But as I leap towards the streets The sight touched me deep down I've lost my appetite Most in their comfortable homes Tucked into their beds Everyone else... laughing with their loved ones Standing firm on my hind legs I groan in envy as i observe their peace It's almost the beginning of a new day I just want to go home All this trouble tired me away Inner comfort emerges It's ok you'll be alright How I wish someone could pat my furry ears But of course... who would comfort a monster like me? Turning on my side Pulling my sheet I'm too tired for worries Now I'm ready to sleep The beast locked away neatly in this body of mine Waiting for tomorrow night a little past nine A new day begins Here's the chance to prove the monster wrong Who knows.... maybe today she wins
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Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016 at 10:38 AM UTC
The late night monster
The daylight grows dim The sun goes down I've passed through the day But another journey awaits I lay my body to rest I say my prayers I close my eyes There the transition begins .... My spine expands as my body lengthens Taller I've grown in my worries A million hairs of anxiety Spring out of my toughened body My ears grow longer in fear Eyes red in anger Sadness deep within my stomach Rising out of my throat as a loud howl All I sense is danger Claws growing out of my soft little hands Fangs emerge from my once harmless teeth Into the mirror I glance Only to see myself for the beast I am Why would they care for me? If I give them the chance They'll light their torches and ready their guns I have no choice I have to run Memories of the wounds with which they inflicted me Made me nothing but blood thirsty Now I must hunt But as I leap towards the streets The sight touched me deep down I've lost my appetite Most in their comfortable homes Tucked into their beds Everyone else... laughing with their loved ones Standing firm on my hind legs I groan in envy as i observe their peace It's almost the beginning of a new day I just want to go home All this trouble tired me away Inner comfort emerges It's ok you'll be alright How I wish someone could pat my furry ears But of course... who would comfort a monster like me? Turning on my side Pulling my sheet I'm too tired for worries Now I'm ready to sleep The beast locked away neatly in this body of mine Waiting for tomorrow night a little past nine A new day begins Here's the chance to prove the monster wrong Who knows.... maybe today she wins
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