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Crestfall Mar 2019
Sparrow, delight of my girl,
with whom she is accustomed to play,
whom she is accustomed to hold in the fold of her dress,
for whom, seeking rapaciously, she is accustomed to give her fingertip and to urge sharp bites,
when it is pleasing for me to make some loving joke for my shining desire,
and a solace of her sorrow,
I believe, so that her so heavy passion may grow quiet.
If only I were able to play with you yourself,
and to lift the doleful woes of your soul!

It is as pleasing to me as they say that the golden apple was to the swift girl,
which unbound her girdle, having been fastened for a long time.
(C) Crestfall
My translation of Catullus' Carmen 2, A and B
Crestfall May 2018
Hello.

S'been a while, huh?

I've been missing that,
Those letters you wrote,
The lipstick stains stretching across the paper.

Red was never your colour, love.

You'd never wear anything but black,
Unless they'd make a darker colour.

You and your punk rock.

It wouldn't be wrong to say I miss it.

But does missing you make a difference,
In you and I?

Do we change from who we are,
To miss the person we once had?

The light to our dark?

Does the coin suddenly have two sides,
When it's been polished again?

You never liked my cryptic words,
And I hated your honeyed poison.

But I could never turn away,
From the part of you,
That did not speak.

I could never stop looking,
At your black and blue,
At your simple formula,
At your sun-kissed smile,
Nor at your cut-up honour,
Your tragic vanity,
And your stomped-upon pride.

And you could not forget about my words,
Because even the ones you don't understand,
They ring true,
And they ring loud.

You do not lie in words,
But I live in words.
(c) Crestfall
Crestfall Dec 2017
The one who holds the most power is they who have learned not to be swayed by words; but to sway words themselves.
©Crestfall
Crestfall Dec 2017
People do not begin to fear the dark until they know what it holds.
©Crestfall
Crestfall Nov 2017
The pages are empty. And so am I.
©Crestfall
Crestfall Nov 2017
If I were to flip the world on its head, would the snow fall up?
©Crestfall
Crestfall Oct 2017
You
When the entire world seems to descend into darkness, it is your smile, your laugh, your rare joy that lights a candle before my eyes.
©Crestfall
For my dearest friend, I Barker. You are enough.
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