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Alvin Montagnani Sep 2024
I'm staying awake for the night.
Hanging my heart on the bedside table.
Airing it out.

Gloom had caught me in a loop.
It was time.

I breathe easy knowing that even if I'll be exhausted in the morning-
I still get to see your face once more.
Alvin Montagnani Sep 2024
Jag längtar redan.
Tills du återigen blir endast ett minne.
Så att jag kan tappa min mask.
Och falla för dig i min egna takt...

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I'm already longing-
For the moment you once again become a memory.
So that I can drop my mask.
And fall for you at my own pace...
Swedish notes with a touch of familiarity.

Written to the song "Love On The Ground" by Cannons.
Alvin Montagnani Sep 2024
In the future will I be able to say:
"I no longer cry like I used to"?
To do it more often, but for a different reason other than grieving.
To cry in the presence of a woman.
Such an unpleasant feeling.

Being vulnerable as a man.
Alvin Montagnani Sep 2024
The best that I can be always seems just out of reach.
But I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of giving, yet never receiving anything in return.
Despite this, it's the one thing I wish I could do forever.

Giving.

My whole being to someone else.
To break their fall when they stumble.
To guide their hands when they fumble.
To light the way in the darkest of night.

I want to give-

More than I want to live.
Alvin Montagnani Jul 2024
Flea-ridden canvas.
Itching and swollen.
Driving me into insanity.

Abjection.

Murky waters down below.
I see my reflection upon the surface, but he won't look me in the eyes.
I glare into his.

Dead.
Hateful.

Is this what it's come to?
Is this who I am?

I just wanted love.
As did we all.
Now I don't deserve it.
Alvin Montagnani Jul 2024
They are dropping like flies.
One after the other.
Like blots of oil on pristine attire.
Yet, I do not feel a thing.

Or more accurately, I feel at ease.

Decay.
When Evil rots in the ground.
I do feel a slight sense of relief.
Alvin Montagnani May 2024
My mind is slipping.
Dripping in ink-like substance.
Feeding the rot.
Metastasizing throughout.
Loss of control.
Subjugated by chemical agents in conjunction with brain activity.

The real me.
You don't know.
And never will.
For I am still.
When you draw near.

Bittersweet addiction.
Sometimes I am sweet on you.

To my dismay...
It comes and goes.
I cannot change.
We are who we are.
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