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Paula Kramer Jun 2019
find me
between reality and un-reality
at the edge of spider's web
about to snap

hold me
my wings are getting tired
the air is about to
run out

catch me
as I drive myself insane
trying to hold onto
your arm

save me
no escape route in sight
I feel just the beat
of my heart
Paula Kramer Jun 2019
Night falls; in the chariot of moon goddess
Draped in shadow silk and encrusted with stars
She sits; crimson staining her unearthly bodice
A deadly wound among thousand golden scars

He drops his silver sword, scream dies in his throat
The blackness of her eyes slowly turning white
He sheds tears; it is by a song he himself rewrote;
A mere mortal who has slayed the Queen of the Night

The crown is his; he won the castle and the throne of dust
He sees his family, all as one looking at the sky
He reaches out, but the night is eternal, and the space is vast
All alone, he listens to their prayers but he can't reply

He waits patiently, for years, until another appears
As was he; the hero with no regard for what it would require
Until then, he watches from the universe's frontiers
And remembers his world, missing the warm touch of fire
Paula Kramer Jun 2019
the words i wish i could’ve said burn the most
how sweet it is
to slip into the embrace of indifference
replace anger with guilt
drown slowly
Paula Kramer Jun 2019
my best friend
is metaphorically two-dimensional
not of a very talkative sort

instead
it whispers in my ears and whipes off my face
tears that were never shed

it demands attention
wrapping around my arms and legs
like an ivy

jostling between my lungs
making for itself
a nice, empty space
Paula Kramer Jun 2019
Push your dagger ‘till it breaks
Listen to the cries of crows
When your broken body aches
Leave the corpse to decompose

Start, do you see where it ends?
Scream, but who is left to hear?
Like your mind, the dream just bends
Born with hope, you die with fear

Only dogs are left to beg
Only loved ones left to starve
Just a cracked shell of an egg;
No more meat for you to carve
Paula Kramer Jun 2019
On the third day of spring
In Hakone, Japan
A heavy snow fell

It was a bit of a sensation
Between the store clerks
And visiting tourists

I walked along the dark street
Letting it melt
In my hair

Like I was feeling it
For the first time again
And again
And again
And again

— The End —