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368 · Oct 2016
Rust
Aliya Brown Oct 2016
I have a rusty brain.
And a rusty body.
Formed from disuse.
I laid my head to rest.
Never to pick it up again.
Oxidized and flaking.
My hands no longer shaking.
I am rust.
I am rest.
294 · Oct 2016
Bad Wolf
Aliya Brown Oct 2016
The rains are drowning
The winds are thrashing
My walls are plunging down
For no sticks
nor straw
nor brick
Could keep me safe
From the impetuous storm
I’ve found
Aliya Brown Mar 2017
Young
A field in my mind
In the distance, a golden sunrise
Along the horizon, they dance

Wings so delicate
They float on the breeze
Racing and gliding, they follow whispers from the trees

A variety of colors, all of them once so vivid
Now slowly fading away
knowing I cannot long stay
I reach and I reach
but they’re not mine to keep
In my hands, there are only moths

My clock it keeps ticking
The sand it keeps rolling
The farther they’re going away

No anticipation
aspiration
motivation too
my imagination took them and flew
leaving me thoughtlessly tied to the ground

I stare now at grey surroundings
day after day after day
they say this is nothing new
This is something I will get used to

Old
I belong to the monotony
But in my gut, there’s a mutiny
I just can’t ignore
The butterflies don’t visit me anymore.
250 · Mar 2017
Too Much
Aliya Brown Mar 2017
Too much too much
Many many questions
Identity crisis
I stay silent
Too much too much
Now she's crying
I don't know what I want
Too much too much
The clock is ticking
What if I can't do this
Too much too much
The clouds get darker
The day stands still
Too much too much
Stop
Free
You can't see
My brain unstrapped
I'm free
223 · Mar 2017
Luna
Aliya Brown Mar 2017
Reliably she rises
Her glow so radiant yet
Her mood so cool
Her power raise the tide
Her power close the eyes
Vast and mysterious is she

Gaze upon her beauty
View every crater
In awe of every valley
Her shadow carves triumphant curves

She so close yet she still so far
Here for us here for all
One small step; a step too many
Giant leap; she needs no feet
Do not force upon your flag

She is not to be owned
She is free to roam
In circles round
The gravity holds
Like a guiding hand

She is beauty
She is grace
I want to make out with the moon’s face
i just really ******* love the moon
190 · Mar 2017
This Is It
Aliya Brown Mar 2017
It started when the moon shone bright
Our feet floating through the wet glistening grass
It started when the moon shone bright
Feeling the wind chill then pass

It started when the notes fell from your fingertips
Moving through me and burning into my core
It started when the notes fell from your fingertips
Every note getting sweeter, making me crave more

It started when the rain kept falling
Missing us with every drop
It started when the rain kept falling
Time around us seeming to stop

It started when the stars shimmered over
Finding souls and knowing soft lips
It started when the stars shimmered over
Memorizing soft smiles and curves of hips

It started when time first began
Breathing our air and sharing this earth
It started when time first began
I wouldn’t trade it for all it’s worth

— The End —