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Claire Davis Apr 2013
I trace the curve of your spine
And write my secrets on your bones

We're surrounded by others
But your eyes say we're all alone

Is it that I'm myself with you,
Or that you're yourself with me?
Maybe it's the feeling of togetherness,
the power of we.

I don't know of it was that **** smirk
Your scent,
Your clothes
Or your jokes
All I know is you turned me inside out
My usual thought-out replies
Replaced with a measly choke

There's really no thesis to this,
No ******, no conclusion

Everything I just described so vividly
Is merely a self-made illusion

I haven't met you yet - the one that'll make flowers blossom in the corners of my mind

Who I'll crave and adore
And with whom I will spend my time

I'm not waiting for you, I have no time to seek

You're somewhere living your own life.
Each minute,
Hour,
Week.

The memories you're making now I will hear about in years to come

Along with your whispers in my ear: "This is it... you're the one."

Maybe you think you're in love now, with him or she

But the universe will make it happen

The one you love... it'll be me.
Claire Davis Apr 2013
Tell me not to hurt myself.
The cuts only bleed
But my soul stings.

Teach me to love myself.
Other's opinions are kind
But the mirror is insidious.

Tell me everything will be okay.
They promise me it will
But I know the universe has other plans.

Teach me how not to run away.
My feet don't hurt
But my heart aches.
Claire Davis Apr 2013
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Inspired by material from the musician James Taylor
Claire Davis Apr 2013
I identify as the black ink that fills your pen, as dark and wondrous as the secrets held behind your pupils

I identify as the raised skin that marks a scar, holds a memory, and refuses to go away

I identify as the rain on your window that silences your thoughts to sleep

I identify as everything you want your lover to be

The only thing
I don't identify as

Is me
Claire Davis Apr 2013
You're the arc of my spine that aligns with the moon,
my smile that beams as bright as the sun.
You're my freckles like stars in the night sky
and the sea of black that is a backdrop to it all.
Claire Davis Apr 2013
Love is both dangerous and safe;
It is the bullet and the bandage
It is the rain and the umbrella
It is the fall and the helmet
It is the life stopper - the heart starter
Love is the hurt and the heal
Love is our truth
Love
is
real.
Claire Davis Apr 2013
The ****** thing about art is that your hand can't write, draw or paint as fast as your mind can create.
The shutter of your camera cant move as fast as life does.
The ****** thing about art is that converting a product of your mind to matter is the most impossible of tasks.
Yet, your passion is to do exactly that.
I'm not satisfied with this. Suggestions and ideas would really be appreciated.
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