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 Jul 2013 Q
Robyn
Legacy
 Jul 2013 Q
Robyn
We drove, ever slower, past the cotton candy sunset
A million puffs of pale sugar on a blueberry and peach tongue
Painting gold on the coffee stands and farms
Wisps of revolution buried in corn fields
Efforts of industry defeated by vegetation
A million shiny, waxy leaves embracing their sweet, warm gold
What is our beauty compared to yours?
Rain compared to heat cracked earth
And the bleats, brays and bellows of creatures I can never see
Pale and pink
Compared to dark and rich
What is my beauty compared to theirs, dear captain?
I am the pallid princess of spoiled kings who cackle and beg to suffer in privilege
What am I?
I am the alabaster adolescent of a kingdom made to forget its King
What am I?
I am the chalky child of forests and deserts and seas shrinking and expanding in fear and taunting of a patience waning star
One day we'll all drown in our greed and blood
And I weep for the children that fathered me
Leaving a legacy of corpses
 Jul 2013 Q
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Trance
 Jul 2013 Q
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When I'm around you
Time stands still
I'm mesmerized.
I can't believe how
Lucky I am
To have someone as
Amazing
Beautiful
Intelligent
...
I could go on
But I won't for now.
I really want to say it
In person.
I will.
One of these times.
I can easily text it
But that *****.
I'll try.
Why?
Because you're worth it.
 Jul 2013 Q
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Cute
 Jul 2013 Q
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Why do you
Tell me to shut up
When I tell you
That you're cute?
Because I mean...
It makes you get
Even cuter.
 Jul 2013 Q
Jay
Do you know me?
 Jul 2013 Q
Jay
After two weeks and a few days he says he loves you
He says he loves the way your eyes light up when you smile
And the way your hips curve, as if ready to bear a child
He says he loves your legs, soft to the touch
He craves your lips, so perfectly plump,

After two weeks and a few days he says he needs you
He needs your love
He needs your touch
He needs you to call out his name
Give him what he needs, he'll give you fame

But does he need you?
Does he love you?
Does he know you?

Does he know that you paint
Pictures of your past, so faint
Does he know that you write
Or that you stay up all night
Does he know you love tea
And buying new books to read
Does he know you love carnivals
Or that you aren't really a carnivore
Does he know your favorite color is gold
Or that you're excited to grow old

Because if he doesn't need to know the most important things
About the one he plans to keep
The he doesn't plan to keep you, but darling don't weep,
But the next time he says he loves you, ask him,
Do you know me?
 Jul 2013 Q
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Finally
 Jul 2013 Q
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Here they come
The tears
...
Took them long enough.
 Jul 2013 Q
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Fool
 Jul 2013 Q
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I am a fool.
An idiot.
A worthless *******
At times.
I pretend to be
Deep
But I'm not.
My life is easy
I have very few worries.
And I hurt others
Easily.
Careless words
...
This *****.
 Jul 2013 Q
canyoukeepasecret
Sometimes people are in a bad place
And we keep it bottled up where no one can see it
Then at some point the bottle is just too full
And something has to spill out or the glass will shatter
My bottle is full to the brim and has been for a while
This is my spill:
Someone to believe in me
That's all I need
No matter what happens, no matter how many times I fail
No matter how much I change my mind
No matter if I'm cheerful or depressed
I used to have someone who was this to me
But in my limited experience I have learned:
That nothing is forever
This was no exception
There position is open
So far no takers.
 Jul 2013 Q
monica shomali
my name
 Jul 2013 Q
monica shomali
my name tastes of smoke and regret after a long night together.
it is the feeling you get that morning after you hadn't slept and there is nothing you want more than to have a good nights sleep.
it is everything pure, but broken.
a beautiful vase smashed into a million pieces just like your heart as the only person you've ever loved walks away and doesn't say a word.
it is the moon. always hiding away part of itself in the darkness of its sadness.
it has too many letters, yet it is still not enough.
in greek it stems from its root word meaning alone.
it is the name of a poet that doesn't succeed.
is is the name of a saint who used to sin.
it is rainforest eyes that blink too much.
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