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May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Sharina Saad

I said he's just somebody that I used to know.
You asked me to explain it and you wouldn't stop.
I said well he's just somebody that I used to know.
You asked me once again and wouldn't let it drop.

I said it's an old story from an older time.
But then you found his name engraved upon my heart.
The main character  in a  tale of my life
been keeping it as a secret till...
I find myself and yourself standing far apart.
I tried to make it better but it didn't work,
and promises once broken can't be made again.
The end of our relationship came with a ****.
The end of something special brings a special pain.
And still the worst part of this sorry tale of woe -
is that he's just somebody that I used to know.
meet and met
like and  liked
know and knew
love and  loved
He ain't somebody you know
He is just somebody that I used to know...

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Beauty

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

CharlesC

Beauty

This illusive
name..
may be serving
in these our
turbulent times..
digging beneath
we find that
real perceiving
must look twice
to locate truth..
flowers and forms
are just anchors
are not alone..
glowing edges
come from our
Eye co-creating
consciousness
elevating..
Beauty discovered
just in time...!

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

First Taste.

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

DieingEmbers

First Taste.

Pheonix grows wings
borne up
upon the scent of coffee bean
trailing heat
born fresh
from rising steam
her beauty
captured
in half open eyes
as morning
calls her
once more arise

Coffee and kisses the only things mornings should be full of

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

In Bed

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Ankit J Chheda

In Bed

I wanted to write about my bed,
Of how I wanted to sleep in it always,
All inspired I fell asleep instead.

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

The vow

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Amelie

The vow

I promise to be kind every day that follows today,
I promise to stay by your side no matter what happens,
I promise to take you to dance every friday night,
I promise to sing the songs I wrote for you,
I promise I'll do anything to make you stay,
I promise to give you all the love you need,
I promise that you'll always be able to cry on my shoulder,
I promise to fall asleep in your arms,
I promise to kiss your cheek, your nose and your neck,
I promise to warm you up if your cold,
I promise to kiss you in your sleep,
I promise to make you smile all day, every day
I promise to kiss you under the rain,
I promise to write poems about how much I care for you,
I promise to travel everywhere with you by my side,
I promise to slowly carress your cheek,
I promise to bring you to the top of the Eiffel tower,
I promise to share everything I own,
I promise to tell you you're beautiful every day,
I promise to hold you in my arms and close my eyes,
I promise to make you laugh if you're feeling low,
I promise to believe in our love,
I promise to fight for it,
I promise I'll be the best girlfriend you've ever had,

I promise you happiness for the rest of your life.

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Never ending sea

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Ironatmosphere

Never ending sea

Sometimes you make me feel
Like I’m the sun in your universe
And I’m happy
But then I realize
The sun
It’s just
Another
Star
However brightly
I might shine
I’m just
One
In
A
Sea
Of
Never ending
Beautifully twinkling stars

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Little knife

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Ironatmosphere

Little knife

And I try to ignore
The little knife
Digging into my heart
When I see you
Holding back tears
That only exist
Because of her

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

of fire; Reborn, in petals.

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Tilly

of fire; Reborn, in petals.

                                                                            "... Come,
                                                                              catch her."

                                                Rising;
                                                         anew
                          from glowing
                     ashes.

                 Buffeted;
               by the hollow
                   of her
                             shoulders.

                                    Swirling;
                              amidst sweet
                           handfuls,
                          gently
                               blown,
                                from the
                       cherries
                    pinkest
              boughs.

                                    Wings spread;

                                   "Do you see them?"

                     Flying
                            again...

                                           Off
                                                  grid
                                                             without
                                                                    a course.

                                                           Wild
                                                          sparks,
                                                              follow her tail
                                       across an
                                                  ever brightening
                           sky.

                    Let
her fire
     burn
your eyes.

                             Watch,

                          as her tears
                                                 heal your
                                    pain.

                                                    Reach out,

                                                  &
                                                                          touch
                                                            each
                                                               silver lining
                                              as
                                                                   she
                                                              takes
                                                                You
                                                       dancing
                                              freely
                   on a
                                   breeze...

                                   Floating
                                deliciously,
                     with
                   nimble
        fae;

Spun,
                   in the
                   wisps of
               tiptoeing
                  spiders.

                              Dizzy
                                        together
                                 (now)
                                             with the sound
                                               of their sweet
                                                    laughter.

                        ~Open~

                      in
                                              a sky of
                                                  blossom &
                                                                       sparks.

                                      ~At One~

                                as
                                               All
                                      around,
                          she hears, quite
                          ... unmistakeably ...
                                                                          ~for the sake of mischief~
                                         whispered softly, with
                                             each bluster.

                                                           *"Do you hear it too?"

...the start... is an echo from our much-missed poet JP

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

The Boy

May 2013 Artemesia Blastside

Justyce Regular

The Boy

Four years ago I kissed your eyelids
and told you that when we grew old
I would tell them to bury my dead body right next to yours
so we'd never have to sleep apart
A part of me always knew you wouldn't last that long
You reached your rough hands to the clasp of my bra
and danced naked with me in our livingroom
I met you when you thought needles were magic
and you thought God was found in a cloud of smoke

I was 17 and the curls in my hair were designed by mother
I had my "father's eyes"
and my "sister's cheekbones:
but you liked my hips and the heart shaped freckle on my lower back
the way my brow furrowed before I fell asleep
You liked the parts of me no one could whisper "were passed down through the gene pool"
You were 20, you had track marks like sleeves up your arms
and your frail frame was a byproduct of your mother's addictions
and your father's love was formed on the thick skin he made you wear
Your lips tasted like peppermint
but I loved your heart.

When we got older you got down on one knee
and promised a lifetime of yourself to me
No one understood that I would have given a lifetime of fighting for you
if it meant there was even a small chance that I could mend those wounds
Even if I had to suffer every evening tear
every glistening moonlight
that you begged for more
because even though the needle   in your arm made you weak
I saw the strength you held me up with
and I saw the lips that craved for better
and I wished a lifetime of happy endings
because you'd had a lifetime of sorrows
I wanted to capture you in a  musicbox
because you always made my heart sing
and there was kitestring on your finger
that you promised you'd never forget
and I thought beyond everything  else someone must understand
so I wrote this poem to show the world the beauty I saw
despite the flaw
and my parents dreams for "better for me"
They didn't know the things you'd seen but they were right
I never said you were perfect
but when that hot July sun came
and you married me under that sycamore tree
and promised that you'd spend your life quitting
but never on me

So now I'm collecting red roses
for all the petals you left on my bed sheets
and I'm cleaning out the shirts in your closet
because I tried for years but you never wore them
You didn't get it
I loved you with a fire so deep in the ground
I swore I'd never let it burn out
and it hasn't
but in the end time couldn't let me keep you
Time wouldn't let you keep yourself
so now they're digging a hole in the ground
and I have to leave you there without help
because there was a boy with a needle in his arm
that couldn't face the past
and he cast a long shadow down a forever path
and even though he promised forever
he had given me the best that he had
So I kept his kitestring for another lifetime
when we get to sleep together again