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 Apr 2018 Red
Alice Ellen
Closed
 Apr 2018 Red
Alice Ellen
You'd prefer each part of me open
With only one exception, my mouth
Unless moaning and gasping from your touch
Or intending to gratify and satisfy you
But I do not owe you my body just because
You'd like to have your hands all over it
Well you should go and find a person who
Sees life in a similar way that your eyes do

You'd like me a lot better without closed legs
I'd like you a lot better without a closed mind.
 Apr 2018 Red
Madeline
the air
 Apr 2018 Red
Madeline
he said,
(this boy
who is not who i love
but could have been
in a life
where i didn't love
someone else already),

"i would kiss you now,
if i could."

i said,

"i know. i feel it."

i said,

"it's in the air."

i said,

"it feels thick, between us."

i said,

"the air

feels

tremulous."

"tremulous," he repeated. "that's good."

and so we sat
in the tremulous air,
me and this boy i could love,
but don't,
but don't,
but maybe.

we sat in the tremulous air
and we didn't act on it
and i'm glad,

but now

i can't

sleep.
 Apr 2018 Red
Lora Lee
sea change
 Apr 2018 Red
Lora Lee
architectural mollusks
    are falloping through
                              my brain
                        squeezing past the
                         instincts that
        have kept me down
My instincts,
              once brittle sea stars
                          that splintered
                                    into cracked
                                 peppercorns,
                 are now mixed with
           the breathy liquid
        of squid,
lubrication for
the spiny paths ahead
They blow their ink
between my
inverted vertebrae
      injecting Jello into bone
                           busting through
                        fiber and tissue like
                          fresh-skimmed
                    lavacream
and all my muck
rises to the top
in a neon rawness
that I find beautiful

Soon
my burning crevices
will be cooled
fossils will turn to flesh
and, as sure as knowledge
springs into action
I will make
for the shoreline
like a cephalopod rocket
silky smooth
my fins spun into wings
touching magic
as they glide
It is time
 Apr 2018 Red
Cné
Art and Harmony
 Apr 2018 Red
Cné

I wander throught the works of art
upon a gorgeous but cool day,
Bewildered by the beauty
(and the price they ask to pay).

Paintings hang in canvas booths
in styles of every kind.
Statues, crafts and metalwork
aesthetically designed

Food and drink and music too
a rousing, festive place.
But oh my friends, the greatest art
was smiles on every face.

So many strangers mingling
with a common goal to share
To wit: a friendly greeting
and goodwill enough to spare.

Indeed, the day was perfect
with weather cool and fine.
But nothing tops a friendly smile
in harmony with mine.

 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
Hurt
 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
IT HURTS.

IT HURTS SO MUCH I CAN'T HANDLE IT.

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?

I just wanted you

but I can't make you want me

if you don't want to
I think he just broke my heart without even knowing it.
 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
equilibrium
 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
I now know that dark
balances light, and without
dark, we would be blind
and we'd probably die too but yknow, try and keep it cheerful
 Apr 2018 Red
Nyx
Bonfire
 Apr 2018 Red
Nyx
Staring into the fire
As the flames crackle and pop
The elegant dance of light
That seems unable to stop

Unleash your deepest secrets
As you sit around the flames
For those who shall surround you
Will soon forget your name

Alcohol and spirits
Fill your body and mind
Though around the bonfire
You will feel yourself unwind

The people here will listen
Strangely they will care
And for some odd reason
Everybody else will share

A peculiar bonding moment
With strangers you just met
What is it about this fire
That makes nobody seem like a threat

No faces to be matched
With the words that they pour out
No contact info exchanged
For this moment will be blacked out

So come sit around the bonfire
And begin to pour out your soul
Because for this fragile moment
Your story can finally be told
What is about bonfire that makes people have such deep talks and feel so calm?
 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
XVI
 Apr 2018 Red
Dev
XVI
Sing me a sweet lullaby
a tune that will reverberate through my head
as you softly whisper goodbye
 Apr 2018 Red
Nyx
A ring that was once hers
Has now become mine
You gifted it to her
She gifted it to me
To her its such a small insignificant thing
But to me it means the world and so to it, I cling

Its small and dainty
With a silver flower upon it
A small pink gem
Glistening from the center
Worn down by time
Its lost its bright glow
But till now I still wear it
Where ever i may go

Its quite odd and strange
that I love it so dearly
A bond of a ring
that wasn't destined to me
It was a promise
That sealed your love to her
Yet holding it now
I can only wish
It were meant for me

This small feeble thing
That no longer holds meaning
Shall remains in my possession
An insignificant ring
Idk where i was going with this one ahah
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