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Oct 2020 · 79

One More Stone

Ciel Noir Oct 2020

every time you turn away from me
into my waiting hands falls one more stone

I carry them no matter where I go
now I have almost more than I can hold

and when one day it is too much to bear
I throw every last stone down in the sand

but when you give a sign to show you care
I walk right back to you

with empty hands

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Oct 2020 · 71

Second Sight

Ciel Noir Oct 2020

Second Sight

hidden knowledge
second sight

infrared
lower light

feral heat
that burns you bright

in the snake pit
of the night

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Oct 2020 · 63

Real

Ciel Noir Oct 2020

Real

every day I try to act
like I could let you go

it is tricky to retract
what you already know

I think you have seen through me
and into something real

I love you

but I'll never really tell you
how I feel

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Oct 2020 · 64

Wish

Ciel Noir Oct 2020

Wish

I will never tell a soul
I want it to come true

every dandelion
every star

I wish for you

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Sep 2020 · 69

Hurt

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Hurt

Pretending it didn't hurt
didn't sting

Did you know I would have done
anything?

I would rather feel alright
than be yours

I don't want to hurt myself
anymore

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Sep 2020 · 70

Identity

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Identity

I don't need comparison to categorize me with clarity
a singularity not predicated on duality
I don't need anybody to validate my identity
when my identity is validated by reality

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Sep 2020 · 119

Pendulum

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Pendulum

those whom we did not defend
today are the ones who attack
no matter how much we pretend
the pendulum always swings back

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Sep 2020 · 57

Unknown

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Unknown

I don't know my soul
I don't give a ****
I'd rather be happy
than know who I am

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Sep 2020 · 60

Sanctuary

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Sanctuary

this is my sanctuary
YOU cannot come in
I want to be alone
so I can be safe

I slam the door shut
in your FACE

strange shapes

shift past

                               stained glass

who is outside?
I become curious to know
I try to open the door

I am not strong enough

the door stays closed

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Sep 2020 · 55

Lock

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Lock

no one can unlock my heart
at least nobody else but me
it's been so long
I don't even remember
where I hid the key

the lock is there
because of fear
but I don't know of whom or what
it must be something
much more frightening
than these one thousand cuts

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Sep 2020 · 163

Dilemma

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Dilemma

you are shipwreck
and disaster

cursed no matter what I do

you are the maelstrom
and the monster

every storm leads back to you

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Sep 2020 · 91

Axe

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Axe

there was a time
I was connected
to myself
and to it all

my heart feels like a piece of wood
just waiting for the axe to fall

I know it will be split in two
I don't want the suspense to end

but deeper down I look within
and want to be the tree again

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Sep 2020 · 80

Tomorrow

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Tomorrow

they say
it is always today

but I can guess
what will come next

tomorrow will
be stranger still

and infinitely more complex

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Sep 2020 · 63

Fall

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Fall

every autumn
the same tree
changes shades
different leaves

tick tick tock
like a clock
each leaf falls
only once

one by one
every year
watch each leaf
disappear

and wait here
silently
different winter
the same tree

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Sep 2020 · 66

Crush

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Crush

caress my heart
and brush apart
this impervious surface
you make me nervous

hush
shut up
shush

just a crush
such a rush
so much

touch me like you deserve this

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Sep 2020 · 110

No Words

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

No Words

most of the things
that I have heard
are made of nothing more than words
and then with you
the trouble is
there are not any words for this

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Sep 2020 · 79

The Dance

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

The Dance

we have danced
a million kinds of madness
under the same Moon

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Sep 2020 · 65

What

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

What

what is my aim
what is my task
I don't even know
what questions to ask

this is no clear matter
open-and-shut
before I know how
I need to know what

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Sep 2020 · 63

Who

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Who

I see you in my shadow
in twisted memories
in certain ways
you are so
familiar to me

but still I find
myself surprised
by what you say
and do

I see your whole soul through your eyes
but
who the **** are you?

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Sep 2020 · 121

Raining

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Raining

it has been raining for so long
I still see the sky through it

how can I trust the sunshine
to be real

I shut the warmth out of my mind
remembering the grey

it will take a little longer
before I let myself feel

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Sep 2020 · 63

Close

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Close

I truly want this deep within my soul
but each time I get close
I turn and run

my fingers tremble
inches from the goal
this is the closest I have ever come

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Sep 2020 · 68

Nimbus

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Nimbus

I feel like
the sky
one moment before
the lightning strikes

knowing it will go through me

that I will be
electrified

only not knowing
what it will hit
or from which side

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Sep 2020 · 49

Words

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Words

words are not weapons
but edgeless abstractions
if you take their words
they will speak with their actions

words are just words
that's all she wrote
if you take their words
they will speak with their vote

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Sep 2020 · 60

Strength

Ciel Noir Sep 2020

Strength

my hope is not in you
it is in me
my strength is not a well
it is the sea

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Aug 2020 · 76

/

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

/

I do not need you
                                               to be me
I do not need you
                                                to belong
I do not need you
                                                  to be loved
I do not need you
                                                   to be strong

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Aug 2020 · 134

Before

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Before

I was already someone
before I knew you

I didn't always remember

when I read my old poems
I understand her

I know

I love her and
I want to meet her once again

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Aug 2020 · 60

empty

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

empty

it was all for you
now that my heart is empty
who will it be for?

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Aug 2020 · 64

Cage

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Cage

I am full of rage
I shake my mind awake

rattle it
like a cage

my footsteps are like iron
on the ground

all around
my thoughts are a prison

burn it down

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Aug 2020 · 59

Silence

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Silence

I wish that you would speak to me
I miss you every day
I want to listen to your words
no matter what you say

I'd stand by you
no matter what you do
or how you live

your silence is the only thing
that I cannot forgive

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Aug 2020 · 61

Extreme

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Extreme

if you think you're the smartest one
it's easier to be outsmarted

you go East for long enough
you'll end up West of where you started

some believe to be extreme
is what makes their position clear

but every single line we draw
is on the surface of a sphere

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Aug 2020 · 124

Echo

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Echo

somewhere
deep down
I make
a

( ( • sound • ) )

but
all you
ever hear
from me is the

• ) ) ) echo ( ( ( •

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Aug 2020 · 70

Aim

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Aim

watching arrow after arrow
fall from grace like countless sparrows
I don't know what I would do
if I should ever shoot the Moon

I would gain much greater glory
if I could chase closer quarry
but I aim beyond my range
so nothing ever has to change

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Aug 2020 · 87

...........................................*..........................................

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

...........................................*..........................................

.                                      one day you will know

                                        who you are

                                                        the right things to say
                         what to ask for

                             what you want

                                               I can only wait

                                                         one day

....................................................................*.........................................

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Aug 2020 · 112

🛑

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

🛑

a hurricane
is broad enough
to contain a calm oasis
│ ☮ │
a tornado is so narrow
it is home to no
safe places

││

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Aug 2020 · 57

"If you are not with us, you are against us"

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

"If you are not with us, you are against us"

It is to say that people are
No more than pawns in some great war
An easy way to instantly
Create a world of enemies

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Aug 2020 · 58

Electricity

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Electricity

my soul is electricity
it never stops
moving

if it did
it would fall
into the nothing
that everything is full of

and fill the void
with its

infinitely
deep emptiness

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Aug 2020 · 43

Lucky Number 7

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

who were the gods
who spun the wheel
and landed on your star
how many numbers did they draw
to make you who you are
who threw the dice
ten thousand times
to roll your run of sevens
to bring you
bright and lightning struck
what luck
and from what heaven

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Aug 2020 · 58

The Pattern

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

The Pattern

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////   by the   ///// understand  /////    already /////      and can   /////
/////   time   /////   the pattern   /////     set in    /////  be changed   /////
/////   we     /////   usually it is /////    stone     ///// only by fire...   /////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Aug 2020 · 54

Reflected

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Reflected

I look through other people's eyes
it feels like I'm watching TV
until they look at me

instinctively
I freeze

reflected in

from the outside
upside down empathy

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Aug 2020 · 70

Adrift

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Adrift

Even in the strangest sea
I know I can float
Adrift on uncertainty
I am full of hope

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Aug 2020 · 67

Castle

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Castle

I try to build
a castle
out of diamonds

flashing in the Sun

but they are smooth and sharp
and do not hold together

tzak
tzak
tzak

the castle falls apart

a dangerous sky
it is raining stars

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Aug 2020 · 56

Like Everybody

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

I am just like everybody
I will also fall

to find my way around that
I'd do anything at all

including telling this big lie
if only to myself

"I am different than the others"

just like everybody else

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Aug 2020 · 82

Listening

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Listening

love is not a thing
it is a living creature
fang and claw and wing
always listening
though it knows no words
it stirs deep in the night
to sing

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Aug 2020 · 50

Needles

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Needles

weave a letter from needles
and hope only the words will stick
I would have to be made of steel
to write a poem about this

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Aug 2020 · 73

The Great Machine

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

The Great Machine

we are all
equally
a part of the great machine
creating
destroying
all the time
everything

to destroy
to create
these are really the same thing
both of them
are to change
recombine
rearrange

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Aug 2020 · 56

(-7)

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

(-7)

What language does the Devil speak?
He whispers in my ear...
And sings to me so quietly
That no one else can hear...

His speech is so insidious
He doesn't need to shout...
Knowing the most dangerous words
Are the ones we leave out...

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Aug 2020 · 58

A Lie

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

A Lie

I'm not thinking about you

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Aug 2020 · 89

Όνειρα γλυκά

Ciel Noir Aug 2020

Όνειρα γλυκά

I fantasize about you
so often
that when I am with you
it feels like a dream

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Jul 2020 · 64

Thin Ice

Ciel Noir Jul 2020

Thin Ice

I never set
the monster free
it is still hidden
deep within
covered over in silence
thin ice on the sea
show a cold silhouette
Leviathan

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Jul 2020 · 104

****

Ciel Noir Jul 2020

****

feelings may be censored or repressed
felt but not expressed
seen but not heard
sometimes we use words and nothing else
sometimes we use everything but words

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