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 Jan 2015 atlas
Kate Irons
my eyes are still stained red
from every moment you weren't
there for me when I was lost
in my own head
 Jan 2015 atlas
epictails
Defiled
 Jan 2015 atlas
epictails
You bit your lips,
All bloodied and damp
From the despair
That consumed your teeth

Your eyes
weary and lifeless
From the silent nights that fueled
Your torment

Your body,
A testament to the
Musings of a wrecked ship
That is yourself

Your words eager to blow forth
From the mouth
That has rolled with
The bitterness of dark solitude

Your mind
a mere shell
of madness and escape

Your life
An empty message
That the world is a hopeless clash
Of selfish souls
Thirsty of imprinting their kind
With the demons
They themselves have reared
 Jan 2015 atlas
Dean Eastmond
Ribs
 Jan 2015 atlas
Dean Eastmond
My fingertips bruise
Whenever I touch him,
Ribcages tighten and confine
Me to what I am to be;
Pavement cracked and crippled
Under the weight of word.
Lungs expand to accommodate him,
But he just complains about
The noise of my heartbeat.
I am sanctioned under a law of silence,
Forbidden by growth and loss,
Entrusted in splinters and expected
To heal
Just on time
And without hesitation
In a stable heartbeat
And a well calculated thesis
If you allow me.
I will write in your life
The best of story
In the best of ink
Using my well knit handwriting,
I will use my best pen
To praise and raise
Whatever and wherever
I am ready but...
my best pen pours ink!
A case of excuse in a promise,has a failing end
 Jan 2015 atlas
Rae Slager
Lovesick
 Jan 2015 atlas
Rae Slager
I'm kept up at night
Thinking about you
And I wonder if thinking of me
Makes you restless too
 Jan 2015 atlas
Hayleigh
Untitled
 Jan 2015 atlas
Hayleigh
Etch your name into
The delicate walls of my beating heart
Time shall not erase you.
 Jan 2015 atlas
Nichelles Eye
She
 Jan 2015 atlas
Nichelles Eye
She
She…

Is...


Constantly searching for answers. Constantly questioning surroundings…..places…things.

Always curious.

Always distracted.

Mind bobbling and rattling with ideas. Ideas that come and go. But ones that never really stick.

She desires attention.

She’s not sure what kind. Just any kind.

She reaches out to people for validation of herself without knowing. For comfort.

Beautiful.

Wandering, sparkling brown eyes. Full lips. Bright smile. Lights up her face.

Upbeat.

In small ways and big ways.

Talented.

That’s scattered in different things. Poetic in certain emotions that are expressed.

Anxious.

For everything. Anything.

Aching for change. But changing nothing.

Excitement.

She shows. She likes.

Naive.

Her eyes light up to new things. Growing more curious. Unaware of consequences.

Unknown.
To others. Herself.

Stuck.

In her mind. In her expectations. In her demons. In her betrayal. In her regret.

She.

Is……

Yearning.

For self assurance. Accomplishments.

Guidance.

I…
Want to…


Show her realization. Reality. Art.

Beauty.

In herself. In her talent. In her aspirations.

Patience.

In her skills. In her growth. With her mind. With her future.

Peace.

Within herself. With her past. With her doubts.

Show her that….


She…
Is….

A Diamond in the Rough.

That she has to fall down. To get back up.

To brush herself off. To want to keep going.

On one path at a time…with one foot at a time.

To stop running.

In her mind. With her thoughts. With her feelings. With her analysis of herself.


That it is ok…

to move slow. To take her time. To perfect her craft. With one desire at a time.

She…

Is…

A work of Art that requires time.


She….

is….

Beautiful.
Self doubt exists due to insecurity due to comparing yourself to how you think you should be. Find beauty in yourself despite your self doubt. Tell that voice in your head to ****.
 Jan 2015 atlas
epictails
Untitled
 Jan 2015 atlas
epictails
I refuse to leave a life of innocence
A world of freedom and spontaneity
The future looks like a grim possibility
With myself as both the hero and the villain
Who can make or break reality
Into a story or a tragedy
 Jan 2015 atlas
Kate Nagle
Untitled
 Jan 2015 atlas
Kate Nagle
we went together like
chapped lips and midnight skies
daydreams and stop lights
cheap champagne and empty space.
but now you've shattered my heart,
and I'm choking on air.
we've gone from a magnificent love
to a declining grace.
we were two nothings and in a sea of infinity
we were together and we were magic
but now we.'re apart and I'm broken,
and the truth is
i don't know how to exist in this world
without you,

i don't know how to exist in a world
where you don't.
 Dec 2014 atlas
Red Bergan
Heart song
Lyrically inclined to sing.
Newly gone,
Into the ****** spring.
Ironic no?
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