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Apr 2020 · 142
Spiral
Ayn Apr 2020
Embracing the colors
As they spin off the spiral,
Reaching out to touch my desires
And bring each little spectrum
Onto my monochromatic planet.

Spinning through my world
Like a brilliant top atop a table.
The spiral brings a blinding light
And preaches words of color like a fable.
I’m still tired. Wrote what came to mind. I didn’t edit this at all and I haven’t reread it yet. How is it?
Apr 2020 · 139
Reflect
Ayn Apr 2020
When you gaze into
The darkness inside your soul,
It stares back in you.
I’m tired. About looking into yourself and how when you question the morality of your actions, your actions question your morals or something. I’m too tired to explain it well, sorry.
Apr 2020 · 29
Spring
Ayn Apr 2020
There’s only so much time
For the petals fly by,
And the thorns
Are always quick to follow.
About anything that seems good at first, especially this break from school due to the 2019-nCoV epidemic.
Apr 2020 · 73
Gaze
Ayn Apr 2020
Why do we insist
To wear a plastic visage
Even in front of that one person
Who’s eyes are the daggers
That crack the defenseless mask
And reveal the real you.
There’s always that one person.
Apr 2020 · 143
Bridges and Walls
Ayn Apr 2020
It is always the walls
that come crashing down
to suspend a new dawn.

Built to illuminate power
and show integrity,
but where does integrity lie
in a structure soon to die?

Yet it is the bridges
that hold a higher power
than mere stone walls can shower.

Bridges are never blown
for a new empire to be grown,
but bridges are commonly built
to support an empire's tang and hilt.
Have you ever noticed that? bridges tend to never be destroyed by humans in offense, but they have been in defense, for example, the British destroyed bridges in Belgium during WWI to stop the German advance. It was also a sole Belgian fort that was captured by the Germans and was used to destroy many of the other forts around it (there was a big gun). In case you are unfamiliar with the symbolism, bridges represent connections and relations. Walls represent isolation and integrity on one's own (in my mind).
Apr 2020 · 40
Fall
Ayn Apr 2020
I wake up in the morning
Feeling oh so ******* fine
Wanting to carve my soul out with a knife.

Everyone sits dark and empty,
But I’m still light and so **** full of strife.

In an endless battle between my ungrateful heart and soul
I’m starting to lose sight of this god forsaken life.
Written and tuned to a happy acoustic song. I can’t sing for the life of me, but it’s done in a happy voice.
Apr 2020 · 43
Dusting
Ayn Apr 2020
A film of dust delicately cakes
The oaken shelf,
Reflecting a soft filtered ray
Onto the dim ceiling.

Deep olive curtains
Dye the slightly stale air
To a sluggishly pine-like hue
That resides ever so prominent
On the ambiguous rays’ edges.

The silent air sleeps
And with its vexing stillness,
The slight tinge of a curse
Resonates through
These mahogany walls,
And even down
Those sharply shadowed halls.
It’s an attempt.
Apr 2020 · 176
Piqued Interest
Ayn Apr 2020
Why is it always others
That find requited love?

And why do I
Still enjoy listening to their boasting?
It irritates my interest (that’s basically what “piques my interest” means), and irritates me, but I really do enjoy listening to others talk about their relationship, good or bad times. Is it a bit creepy, or do others feel that way too?
Apr 2020 · 34
Vermillion
Ayn Apr 2020
As the dust and sand
Sweeps up into a cyclone,
The air cracks up
Like a dried out salt flat.

The clouds run dark,
And the crops bend down.
An invisible roar appears,
Rushing this dry landscape
And catching it unawares.

Branches and brambles fly,
But there’s no water here;
Not enough for the sky to cry.

The landscape sits,
A dusted vermillion;
Cracked any dry
With skin so reptilian.
Apr 2020 · 28
Lost
Ayn Apr 2020
When what is lost
Has not yet become found,
Why do we miss it’s presence
And dream it was still around?
When the sun finally sets
The sky will turn black,
But morning is just ahead.
And the sun should come back.
Apr 2020 · 37
I
Ayn Apr 2020
I
I sit here
I lay here
I feel here
I see here
I live here
But
I am not here.

I never was here.
Am I really alive or not? What should I be questioning besides me, the only thing in which I have a right to question?
Apr 2020 · 158
Roof
Ayn Apr 2020
The morning dawn
Begins to light a darkened sky,
Painting colors onto the black.
Like a how printing press makes stories,
The sky paints it’s morning glories.
A child watches this transformation
As it whisks away his trepidation.
A warm sunny light
Shines through these
Once gnarled trees,
And the child finds it
A fine replacement
To the icy blue moonlight
That pervaded the night.
Standing up after a long night,
The boy gingerly steps off the roof
And through his ajar window.
Within seconds of touching his bed,
He’s entrapped, from toe to head.
Slumber takes its firm hold
As punishment for the stunt he pulled.
If I had a window that could let me get to my roof, I’d be up there a lot. I think we’ve all had a fear of the dark’s unknowns.

I’ve never been great at narrative writing, but I thought I’d try my hand at it once more.
Apr 2020 · 32
walls
Ayn Apr 2020
When the walls finally fall
and the mask finally splits,
it can be seen by all
that your castle's in bits.

A pressure can and will always push down,
you can't push back and keep your crown.
Apr 2020 · 112
Numerical
Ayn Apr 2020
How many blades
Do I need
To sever these connections?

Or are they just too strong
To accept severance
By mortal blades?
What kind of connection might I be talking of? People, emotions, life, or etc?? And how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?? The world may never know.
Apr 2020 · 38
Lost
Ayn Apr 2020
What’s lost
Shall be missed,
Held dear,
And close.

But remember:

The lost
Can be found,
The broken
Can be repaired.

The only true dead
Are the ones lost
From heart,
And mind.
Apr 2020 · 39
Psychopath
Ayn Apr 2020
I mean it’s a possible reason
For those years of a facade.

Feeling nothing;
No connection,
No emotion.

Just blank.
Only old morals
Kept me from
Arming myself
With intent to harm.
I’m not sure if you can come out of that though. All I know is that I felt a need to retaliate. I thought of bringing death to those who left me forsaken. No guilt, just righting wrongs. Only a brief remembrance of how harming others has repercussions stopped me.
Apr 2020 · 42
without intent
Ayn Apr 2020
It always seems to me
that the closer I get,
the more I dull.

A dull blade
is more dangerous
than a sharp one.
It always seems that it's my **** insensitivity that hurts others. After not being able to connect with any emotion from others or even feel any within myself for 4 years, I still find it hard to ascertain what others feel, so I end up taking up the wrong tendencies, saying the wrong words. All of these little things hurt people and the closer I get, the less I notice it, the less sharp I become to their pain, and I hurt them even more. Sometimes I wish I could drop this entire connection to people once more. It would make things much easier. I could then fake everything because I don't feel anything and that would be fine because I wouldn't feel any guilt. But I can't.
Apr 2020 · 219
stream
Ayn Apr 2020
A fire rages atop crumbling walls.
there is none left to stop
the smoke that fills these halls.

Shackles burn off of those
thrown through unjust pain
this inferno shall burn
the last of some God's bane

flaming strings
searing skin
lashes wrought
to their cold sin.

The icen emperor has fallen gravely ill,
so the smiling flame still burns on,
the final reminder of his will.
icen, like icy but en. I find it odd to have an adjective ending in "Y" to be in the middle of a line. It does not sound right or proper to me. I feel it belongs more at the end of lines.

If you want to figure out what it's about, don't read this. It's about a sickly king dealing with a "god" whether it was an actual God, Devil, or coincidence, and a fire burns through the city, freeing slaves and righting all of his other misdeeds as emperor.
Apr 2020 · 102
Minutes
Ayn Apr 2020
The glistening tide
Flowing in
From the sunset’s side.

A splashing red surf
The flow of a molten ocean.
But the red turns to black
As the sun finally turns it’s back.

A million stars to light the dusk,
A million lights to paint the mire.

Now I’ve found what I desire.
**** it. I’m gonna write what I want to read, not what I think others want to read (this is not what that last line was about, that last line’s about smth else)

The sunset does indeed happen in mere minutes.
Apr 2020 · 79
Grass
Ayn Apr 2020
Swimming fields of grass
Set to lay in the setting sun.

The day shall soon pass,
Yet the night has just begun!
A little lighthearted poem from my heavyhearted mind.
Apr 2020 · 62
Dude
Ayn Apr 2020
Ya know,
It wasn’t so bad
Being rejected by a dude,
It never is.

Because in the end
They’re still cute!
He said I couldn’t hit on him tho. Which kinda ***** because that’s my form of humor.
Apr 2020 · 51
Verde
Ayn Apr 2020
Running through the soft breeze
The wind resonates among the leaves.
A green shade encloses me.

I could never see this forest
Because you ditched me among the trees.
A mix of me denying being gay and just being lost in a stagnant world.
Apr 2020 · 34
Question
Ayn Apr 2020
Why do they smile back
When they know my grin
Does not make it to my eyes?

Is it to mock
My pained eyes,
Which shouldn’t exist?

Or because...
They don’t notice;
And never bothered to look?
I’m glad they don’t bother to worry about me. Saves them time an emotion as well as saves me from excessive guilt.
Apr 2020 · 35
Gay
Ayn Apr 2020
Gay
It used to mean happy

But what is it now?

A homosexual slur.
Apr 2020 · 33
Untitled
Ayn Apr 2020
The persistence
Of silence
Resides
Inside
A web of individuality.
Apr 2020 · 56
hourglass
Ayn Apr 2020
Looking at you through this glass
as forever drifts to the past
An eternity of sliding sands block my path,
and a glassen wall stands at full mast.

were bittersweet memories
ever meant to last?

In this desert, another flower blooms.
Siftless sands begin to sift once more;
time always resumes.
glassen is not a word (duh) but I made it a word. It means glass-like, as the narrator cannot define something so large and smooth as a wall of glass, it wouldn't make sense to him.
siftless: (adjective) without sift (another made up word)
Apr 2020 · 240
Foundry
Ayn Apr 2020
The spiders glide in night by night,
Following a trail, light by light.

On top of the webs stand the spiders,
Ready to attack all threats with lighters.

A schism of venom to fill the cracks
Of the pieces that have always fit
And a wall is lifted upon their backs;
A webbed foundation of grit.
I know it means a metalworks, but foundry also sounds like a place where foundations are made.
Mar 2020 · 47
Soft
Ayn Mar 2020
The cooling air
Calls in a darkened sky.
A soft rain hits with flair
And the clouds continue to cry.

A step of light,
A touch of flame.
A world so bright
Yet a world so tame.
Mar 2020 · 33
Words
Ayn Mar 2020
Words needed by those in doubt
Are words gifted without drought.
Mar 2020 · 114
Airspeed
Ayn Mar 2020
As long as the arrow is still airborne,
The sky shall be vehemently torn.

There are shockwaves you have yet to create,
And a life to live without you degrading hate.

Carried by the wind far flown
You are the phantasmal flying kite;
Your path shall not be blown,
And I will hold your string tight.

Dauntlessly, night after night.
Written for someone who needs these words, by someone who can give those words. Don’t give up!
Mar 2020 · 33
New
Ayn Mar 2020
New
All I want to do
Is something new

Rather than stay inside
And gaze out at the tide.
Mar 2020 · 81
Balance
Ayn Mar 2020
A slice cuts at what’s free,
But now all is balanced.

As all things should be.
Mar 2020 · 40
Winter hands
Ayn Mar 2020
If close hearts really do warm the cold,
May I steal your summery heart of gold?
Mar 2020 · 398
Sunlight
Ayn Mar 2020
Following a radiant gaze,
And bringing light to the second phase.

Tracing the path of the scorching light,
Yet drooping it’s head in the mild night.

Clouds shall darken the sun dried sky,
But the trooper keeps it’s head held high

In the tempest of winds screeching loud,
The sunflower still stands, tall and proud.
I’m not dead (well obviously), I’ve just been stuck at home and not seeing much new or doing anything wild, so my words are lacking their “power.”
Mar 2020 · 75
Little Red Cook Books
Ayn Mar 2020
The cook books lie
In the realm of bakers,
Those who pass are to die
And meet their makers.

The time draws out
And the sweets stop arriving.
We will cry and pout,
But the bakers keep on thriving.

The shops have closed doors,
So we skip the baker forts.
The acidly cold rain pours,
But neither side makes retort.

In times like these our town begins to drop,
We can only hope for the demise
Of the dreaded baker shop.
An efficient leader had a “cook book” of his quotes which supported his ideals, and brainwashed the population into getting inspired and “cooking” a masterful industrialized workforce. I mean he was the worst dictator ever to exist (but not the most famous), Mao Zedong.
Mar 2020 · 220
Strings
Ayn Mar 2020
Broken handshakes
Come after whispers.

Silently soft doubts
Summon severed strings
To pluck feathered wings.

A foundation built of stone
Left to crumble alone.
Stay in touch with those you hold dear, they may fall away from you if you lose contact. I already see this happening to others. Stay strong everyone.
Mar 2020 · 135
Untitled
Ayn Mar 2020
Icy lakes
Freezing until tame.
Ashen snowflakes
Glimmering in flame.

Steadfast ice,
Atmospheric lights.
Blocks frozen twice
Into towering heights.

Aqueous infernos
Casting a flaming rapid.
A burning soul grows
A seed so trepid.

Water to grow the ice,
And quench the inferno.
The aqueous paradise,
Sitting among this rapid flow
I think the ending’s a bit weak...
Mar 2020 · 81
Shade
Ayn Mar 2020
The shadows drape their silky cloak
Upon a sleeping shoulder.
They’ll take their child’s arm
And drag him to the beholder.

The light grows brighter,
But his shoulders grow colder.
Mar 2020 · 108
StarStrucken
Ayn Mar 2020
Imagine
Milky white swirls

Sifting through worldly lights.
Opaque obelisks,
Rummaging through the starry sky.
Rifts are opening
Yet again.
A poem of repentance to someone I never want to meet again. I’m afraid of what they’ll say. The words have meaning to them as well, it contributes to my reason of grief all of what happened.
Mar 2020 · 40
Stars
Ayn Mar 2020
Above my eyes,
Yet sitting right inside
Lie the midnight stars
Flowing like the tide.

They twinkle without bitter,
And giggle and titter.
Floating flippantly and freely
Through the night so dreamy.

Watching us from above
Just as we watch from below.
The stars signal a guiding dove,
And we follow it’s tidal flow.

The stars are there to guide us right,
So why is the night now void of their light?

Where have the stars gone?
Where has the light gone?
Mar 2020 · 131
Firebugs
Ayn Mar 2020
Little firebugs
Rise like dandelions,
And float like feathers
Into this nightly silence.
A poem can be short or long. As we learned from Hemingway, stories can even be as short as 6 words. All that matters is that you get your point across.
Mar 2020 · 41
LampLit
Ayn Mar 2020
Broken street lamps
Scattering luminous dust
Along the chalky sidewalk.

The particles fly
And the phantoms fall.

The light summons radiance
And the darkness casts its shadows.
I have no idea where the idea came from.
Mar 2020 · 155
Handheld
Ayn Mar 2020
When I threw out my hand,
And everyone else pulled theirs,
You stayed open
And grabbed onto mine.
Through dawn and dusk,
Through wind and time,
You held on,
Without question,
Without a faltering will.

Through the glacial mountains
And the phantasmic ravines,
Your hand gave mine warmth,
And I held on,
No longer wanting to let go.

For those who held on
Even when I screamed
To let go,
I thank you for your hands
And giving me a reason
To hold my life close.
It’s to close friends that this poem will never reach, its too embarrassing to send. But I appreciate their willingness to hold on, and held me back from “the final solution.”
Mar 2020 · 157
Unforgotten
Ayn Mar 2020
The fruit is to the earth
As is the fruit to the forbidden
I came alive from the tree,
The grace was but to flee.
The truly unforgivable one

Is me.

I became what I ate
And I am now forbidden
And forsaken.
Adamy type story I guess. ‘Bout falling for dudes. Bible says **** gays so I say “**** bible” (yes there are passages that say things against gays.) believe in what you will, I won’t judge, but I chose the option that would accept me even just slightly better.
Mar 2020 · 100
Million Mile
Ayn Mar 2020
Among the trees,
And through the sky
Flying fast
And flying high
The million mile lightning
Will never die.
Mar 2020 · 90
Losing Sight of Paradise
Ayn Mar 2020
The cliff looms over like a monolith,
Radiating a ghastly aura.

I can’t bring myself to cut ties
Even if I know that their eyes
Hold a different light than before.

There’s no way I can leave now.

The monolith stands above
And I need to find the top.

Paradise is just over this precipice,
So why can I no longer see it?
You can’t see the top because it’s blocked by the cliff’s edge. If I had learned this earlier, I’d have given up less.
Mar 2020 · 115
Arrival
Ayn Mar 2020
A crisp ashen smell
Waves in greeting,
And the hotpot bubbles
It’s spicily warm curtsey.

A sliding, wafting heat
Caresses your skin
With it’s cottage comfort,
And the small light
Finally reaches your sight.

Too long have these lonesome winds blown,
But now your company dashes in.
So, welcome home.
Tried to get that ***** feel that’s nice to think of.
Mar 2020 · 252
Airtime
Ayn Mar 2020
You can throw me
Right into the wall,
But I’ll still walk
Right down the hall

Your scratching stick,
And that scarring stone
Every day you’ve thrown.
I was always on my own,
Now those scars are my throne.

Swimming through the ocean,
I’m a duck, sleeping in the open.
But the teeth will soon bear,
You’re not the only one to rip and tear.

I’ve also got subtle flair.
I wish I could’ve fought back. Then I wouldn’t have been beaten up as much. The name calling was fine, but it wasn’t fun when I’d get beat up day after day.
Mar 2020 · 86
Bones
Ayn Mar 2020
Sticks and stones
May break these bones,
But the pain will find the past.
This is but a life lived fast,
Nothing’s meant to last.

When the crow flies,
Lost feathers fill a ream.
When the dreamer dies,
So dies their dream.
Mar 2020 · 220
Penned Arms
Ayn Mar 2020
In a paperless world,
The mind will never thrive.
So hold your imperial strive,
And anger our inken hive.

You can burn the book,
But the pages still survive.
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