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 Feb 2013 Caroline Stradley
mads
Maybe I'm not sick this time,
And this tomb has filled itself.
Maybe I'm not sick
And I'm just drained.
I'd like to dance,
But I've never found my feet
I sway, you kiss the street.
I have found lullabies
That have never been sung,
I have found lullabies
Glistening black in your eyes.
Bent winged butterflies
Strangle me today,
Throwing daggers in my heart,
I can't walk.

I'd really like to dance,
But I never had feet.
 Jan 2013 Caroline Stradley
mads
To write your name in my blood,
To bleed such a wonder
Would be an absolute honour.
To have you, entire,
I give you my soul.
 Jan 2013 Caroline Stradley
mads
Level head,                      Throbbing chest.


Let it get the better of you;


There was never much of that.
 Jan 2013 Caroline Stradley
mads
I died 100 times
By your side

35 ribcage wounds
My hearts not easily found.

5 stomach slashes,
I never ate your fear.

2 severed wrists,
I bled you stars.

8 ****** punctures,
I'm pretty now.

25 knives in the back,
25 shattered vertebra,
Spineless reflections, dear,
You've sculpted me,
I have become you.
 Jan 2013 Caroline Stradley
mads
drink to your teeth and sweat,
i'll drink to the bruises you built
pray to the flesh you tore
cigarette ashes settle on your eyes
You'll drown, you'll drown
this is your demise.

burns stay
and not all scars are my own.
every droplet of wine
spat in my face,
every knuckle
that broke a bone.
you let him leave.

but i made you watch,
i made you watch me walk away.
Writing doesn't come easy to me anymore, theres been a shift inside my brain and I can't seem to mend it. Enjoy I suppose.
 Dec 2012 Caroline Stradley
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 Dec 2012 Caroline Stradley
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These shadows stalk me, follow me;
They haunt me everyday.
The Darkness blocks the light
I can’t find my own way

I can hide when my light finally comes,
Is that a bad assumption?
Safe for now in his arms,
Should I jump to such a conclusion?

Darkness has failed, but somehow still remains
Within the shadows of his eyes.
A child’s love runs deeper than anything you can imagine
That’s the words I was told by so many.
The amazing smell, touch of the softest skin, like an angel so pure and fresh to the world
This baby of mine.
Love doesn’t come close to how I feel about this new life.
She is my everything, our blood is the same, we are connected, im sure we are one.
When she cries my heart is aching, when she laughs my soul is alive.
Now I know what love is, but somehow the word still isn’t enough
Yes I love her, this baby of mine.
 Nov 2012 Caroline Stradley
Cali
I lied when I told you
that I was okay, that
colors were still colors
and that my thoughts
were still pure.

you should've known better,
dear, that I am the dirtiest
form of clean, gritty smile
and the inescapable nature
of a poet.

don't look so surprised
at the words that bounce
off the roof of my mouth.
I know you shudder at
my carelessness, at my
inclination to destruction,
but don't look at me that way,
darling.

don't come around,
if you can't thrive on decay.
don't think twice about leaving,
I never promised you a martyr.
 Nov 2012 Caroline Stradley
Wuji
I can't drown in my own blood,
I won't let you push me down.
I'll pretend I can control myself,
But please stay by my side.

The story starts in the dark,
Brought me beneath a tree.
Begged me to get give in,
To see me submitted, on my knees.
I wouldn't fall,
But you begged and said please.
I dropped to the ground,
Hoping to appease.
You bit holes in my neck,
Drew lines with your nails,
Kissed my head so tenderly,
Tried to see through my stare.
After all was done,
She begged me to bite her.
Cracked my wall,
Sunk my teeth in but slowly withdrew.
Pulled her hair to hear her cry,
Caressed her neck violently but took my time.
Spoke words of madness right to her face.
My eyes trying to see through space.
Looking for that black star.

Shes laughs at my face,
Cries out at my touch.
We both scar each other,
But neither of us can get enough.
What a night...I found out so much.
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