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 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
Jay G
In the beginning, it was already the end
Ash fell from the fire of creation, and covered us whole
When the ash touched the earth, we were born from mud and stone
To gaze in wonder upon gaia, before we must go

It’s a sad story, that ends before it begins.
The last page is already written, in blood soaked pulp
The rest is up to you, to define what’s bound within
To carry your own head to your personal guillotine

Grit your teeth and endure, the unendurable
The obstacles that are meant to break you
Take the lashings with a smile, hell ask for more
That last page is already written, why not enjoy it all

Even the horrid, unspeakable acts that destroy eyes
Making oaks wilt like dying flowers, bringing on drought
Smile, and take it in stride with dirt stained toes
That smile can make impossibilities arise.
Lazy days writing poetry, it's not all so bad after all.
I'll sing of all the ways I miss you
and how this sorrow came to be
the verses, lies I should have whispered
the chorus, truths in harmony.

The melody will break the silence
and call your broken heart to me
to be repaired by love unyielding
to broken hymns in minor key.
Depression lies and makes us push those we love most away, sometimes so far away that they can never return.
In my dreams
     I am a block of wood,
Lifeless and still
     misunderstood.

A gun held to my head
     an inability to run
Family that is long dead
     yet the dream is not done

A shout, a yell,
     "Where am I?!" I scream
Ignored by all,
     for I am not seen.

***** and tortured,
     still lifeless I remain,
For in my dreams I am a block of wood,
     only able to feel pain.
I want to be that thing for you
when water reflects all the scenery above it
I image cypress
to be dimensionless
that's what I want
Chris, a boy whose smile
Can make your heart melt
Like Ice cream on your face
Recipy for a great date;
-laugh so hard you snort
-shove ice cream in eachothers face
-chase eachother around a park
-Acting like you're 10 years old
 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
ryn
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A poet's heart isn't like any other...
It's the tears that trickle with radiance through words.
     It's a treasure trove that hides but longs to
     be found.
          It's a book shelved high that wants to
          be read.
               It's the freest of all birds caged but
               unbound...

A poet's heart isn't like any other...
It doesn't beat to the capable strokes of the artist.
     It doesn't pump in the most vibrant of
     colours.
          It doesn't wield a paintbrush to
          translate its thoughts.
               But it can see through the eyes of
               painters...

A poet's heart isn't like any other...
It doesn't conform to the conventional parameters of lyrics.
     It doesn't bind itself to the requirements
     of musical harmony.
          It doesn't follow the conventions of
          genres.
               But it sings its voice loud without
               restrictions of melody...

A poet's heart isn't like any other...
It's an open secret, that whispers in metaphoric codes.
     It's an exploding universe, that merges
     back into galaxies.
          It's a sought after painting, that boasts
          of unfathomable beauty.
               It's an everlasting song, that echoes
               within the poet that embodies...
.
Dedicated to all of you...

If you're reading this...
This is for you...
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 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
RC
Flammable
 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
RC
It was excruciation.
Shrunken chest
depleted lungs
perturbed mind
and a covetous heart.
He had stripped me.

In a way I became flammable.
Anything that
hurt
burned
set fire to my insides
and consumed me.

Flames fractured and ignited bone
sluiced through my veins
splintered my ribs
and I became the martyr
to every
ravenous
fire.

And to think about you
is oppressive.
How I hurt you
how I burned you
and how I fell in love with you
after
you had left.
 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
RC
Tacit
 Jan 2015 Brittle Bird
RC
I don't recall truly living the past
2 or 3
years.
I concede only to you
that I used to be found just floating by
and out the window
along with the film of smoke
folding out of my lungs.
It's strange really
how tight I've held time
viewed it and rolled it in my palms
for hours on end
and when I reminisce on the details
they make sense
but the fabric itself has stretched so far
months had passed like weeks
days like hours.
The amount accomplished
when gazing eagerly over the threads
is depressing.
I soothe myself with friends
but still stay tacit
because my thoughts are too loud
too deafening
too self absorbed.
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