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Jul 2015 David Hall

Bleed

Jul 2015 David Hall

Samik Bhattacharya

Bleed

I wrote with black ink that day
It was the middle of the night...
It was wet and sticky, the ink felt
When I accidentally smeared it
It was red when I saw in the dim light
It bled like I was bleeding
Bleeding without a single clot
No way to stop it but to keep bleeding away
I didn't know I had that much blood
I didn't know myself at all, it appeared
I bled and bled till I had nothing else to bleed
I bled for a thousand years
I have to bleed for a thousand more
Before I am at peace...

Jul 2015 David Hall

DETOX

Jul 2015 David Hall

Bobby Ray Bagley

DETOX

TinMan asked a question,
Lynda didn't even know.
OZ was the answer,
The Wizard didn't even slow.

*****, *****, detox in the blend,,
Scratching, retching, loathing, mashing.
Crawling out of her skin....
4 days, 5 days,
When would the pain ever end!!!

Mindless, braless, hating to the end
The disease trying, fighting,
The TinMan never giving in.
Listening praying writing reading,
Mona Lisa bathing, breathing, eating,
Smiling

Jul 2015 David Hall

PROGNOSIS - A haiku

Jul 2015 David Hall

Joseph Sinclair

PROGNOSIS - A haiku

Oven's just been cleaned
Next week's my operation
I too will sparkle

Jul 2015 David Hall

Faded

Jul 2015 David Hall

Mallow

Faded

The room swallows my particles as I lie down to breathe
The lights turn on and my ghost disappears
Safe from harm on my island of feathered pillows
where i detach from my backpack of weighted fears

Drink me into the dust
remember, i MUST, i MUST

Grand chairs and lavish bed quilts
surround me as i disappear into sun beams
Weightless, i float around my ideal retreat
where i can fold my dreams into origami shapes

Find me in the dust
remember, I MUST, I MUST

Chills feel like electric screams
running back and forth through faulty synapses
The lights are on but the ghost reappears
I stand up shivering between the boxes and breeze

Swallowed into the dust
*forgotten by the world

#addiction #depression #drugs #lost #high

Jul 2015 David Hall

Dancing Headlights

Jul 2015 David Hall

Mallow

Dancing Headlights

Sliding down your barrel once again
instead of climbing out I’m examining the insides with great precision.
A smile covers my face as my head drops back
silk scarves are running past my neck

Faces glow with glittering shine,
sequins twinkle in kind eyes
hands are held out to hold tight.
My city is my friend and plays with me all night.

Water carries all the weight
as feet glide past each other with a slight pressuring touch.
Enigmatic shivers stand in line to go up the spine,
the order in which they fire is ecstasy.

Everything seems in s l o w m o t i o n
as if a flip book had folds in each page.
Voices turn into sweet music
that i only imagine heaven would play.

Faces glow with glittering shine,
sequins twinkle in kind eyes
hands are held out to hold tight.
My city is my friend and plays with me all night.

This barrel that is held over my head
is you needing me more my great
Whenever you need me to come,
please just say!

I am here waiting for you always

#love #drugs #ecstacy

Jul 2015 David Hall

dreamland

Jul 2015 David Hall

Kelley A Vinal

dreamland

I fell
I slept
And wished
Upon an astral projection
My state was not that of lucidity
But rather, it was that of harmony
Connectivity
Intertwining with the weaves and sinews and basket-like patterns
That are the universe
Our minds
Forming a collective soul
A collective consciousness
One
Everyone seeing the same projection
In completely different realities
I fell
I slept
I saw
One

Jul 2015 David Hall

Nightingale

Jul 2015 David Hall

MereCat

Nightingale

She’s yours for a song
So little to ask
She’ll offer you smiles made
Of paper and glass
She’s yours for a song
Too perfect to miss
All she is charging is
Two bars of one kiss