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Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
Purple and blue and black
fade to yellow and green.
Sickly marks marring
pale as moonlight skin.
There are so many bruises,
I fear that even a golden soul
has been blackened beyond healing.
I guess you didn't understand that when you hit me, it left marks that weren't just skin deep.
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
When there are storms,
and the rains beats relentless
against the cool glass panes,
and the rumbles of thunder
shake the walls i've built;
I curl up in bed
with a favorite book
and a steaming,
fragrant cup of tea
and think, perhaps,
*It is almost a good life.
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
I was so convinced
that angels didn't exist
*but then I met you.
I thought you were here to save me.
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
I'm trying so hard to
keep my head above water.
Everything is closing in
and the darkness is settling.
The very process of drowning
makes it harder and harder
not to drown.
He wrapped his hand
around my ankle
and told me that he would
never go down alone.
Recycled lines
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
Who decides what we deserve?
Did he deserve her?
Did she deserve you?
Did I deserve that?
What do I deserve?
because I don't think
anyone deserves to
feel afraid every day.
It isn't fair that one person
gets to intimidate and hurt us.
I don't know.
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
I'm very aware that my writing is... lacking.
But so am I.
So keep your thoughts to yourself.

....please.
Liz And Lilacs Apr 2015
The way you say my name...
You make a single syllable
sound as if it means everything.
Three letters become three words,
my name echoes your feelings.
I love the way my name
tastes when you whisper it
into the space between our lips.
I don't know the first thing about love. I'm not one who should be writing love poems.
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