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We are all beautiful,  
we may not be everybody's beautiful...
but we are always somebody's beautiful.

(SW)
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
marina
i'm scared of falling in                
love again (because i don't                                    
want to be more fragile than)
i already am
"nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you"
okay, the history of love by nicole krauss is a beautiful, beautiful book. i just finished it yesterday and i'm seriously considering picking it up again.  
also, hi.  i'm back from camp.  lots of things happened, and i have a lot of emotions.  most of them are good.  read this with or without the parenthesis.  it's all the same.
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
marina
icarus
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
marina
(when i was little i used to
stare at the sun)

(i would outstretch my arms
until i swore i could touch it)

(the one time i got burned,
no one was there to catch me)

(and now)
i refuse to be
icarus.
i don't know if this makes any sense. butyeah- i'm really scared of becoming icarus.
kara made me realize i should probably explain icarus (thank you).  so in short, it's a myth- daedalus and icarus were father and son.  daedalus built his son a pair of wings so that he could escape the labyrinth he had built.  the wings were held together with glue; icarus was told that if he flew too close the sea the feathers would become wet and the wax would harden and he wouldn't be able to move the wings, and if he flew too close to the sun, the wax would melt and the wings would fall apart.  when icarus started to fly away, he became overwhelmed with excitement and in his joy continued to fly higher and higher in an attempt to conquer the skies.
but in the end, his father's warning rang true- the wax melted, the wings fell apart, and because of his inability to keep himself grounded, icarus fell.
"Escribe con los pies, poeta de la calle"
"Write with your feet, poet of the street"


days of no inspiration,
nights of emptiness irritation,
labor strife strives to divide,
the desire, the greedy needy,
to unburden, touch lips to tablet,
unsatisfied, muse departed
for foreign lads in foreign lands,
where dark eyed ladies sing
put the load right right on me

where once I saw poetry,
now I see lessons of less,
trees blowing whipped me frenzied,
saw cappuccino foaming,
revisited, now, see but tired dancers,
de-auditioned, sent home to wonder,
poets with paper cuts but no bleeding,
so eager so desirous of conceiving, thinking,
will I ever......................................again

once, every step a poem,
every sidewalk crack,
a smack down of nuance,
eye recorded,
mind disordered,
run home, to dance
each vision into words,
gloria, glorious just to walk
my city streets

once upon a time,
a traffic light rainbow,
stopped n' go, was a word design,
demarcated visions of spun sugar,
bodegas sold me
magic beans by the pound,
masterminded into cups of delight,
treasury's bounty overflowed,
now, dregs drain, sink stained,
as are my writing utensils,
my ink stained, us-less, fingers

come visit me, unknown stranger,
let us exchange fluidity, barbs,
a contest of kissing, eye lashing
wit ands shared vision stashing,
and together, once more,
write with our feet,
while holding hands,
becoming once more
poets of the street.

Only, come quickly,
Oct 13th, 2012
1:36 pm
Tinkered with July 2nd, 2013
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
Tatiana
Fire
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
Tatiana
Harsh, bright lights,
rise into the smokey night sky.
The red is so bright,
and no one knows why.
Fire

The flames explode,
and there is an earsplitting scream.
You feel yourself implode,
as the pressure trickles in like a stream.
Fire

A wall of heat and you're pained,
it blocks your way out.
It can not be contained,
and you're starting to doubt.
Fire

There is no escape,
the water is trying to cut through the raging wall.
But it can not scrape,
enough flame away at all.
Fire

Could words even describe,
the ashy, smoke-filled sky.
It penetrates you like a jibe,
that shoots you down when you fly.
Fire

Now you're surrounded,
being saved is no longer an option.
And oddly, you feel calmed,
by the flames that threaten to make you a part of their concoction.
Fire

As you prepare to die,
you lay down to rest your head.
The fumes make you close your eyes,
and you pass out before you're dead.
Fire

As enchanting as it is,
it could **** you brutally.
The flames and fumes are dangerous,
and you won't pass silently.
*Fire
 Jul 2013 DieingEmbers
Tatiana
Forget
Everything
And
Run.

Let fear take control of your emotions.

Forget
Everyone
And
Run.

Let fear make you blind to others.

Forever
Escape
A
Reality.

Let fear make you escape from Reality.

Forgive
Everything
And
Reach.

Forget fear, reach out for help.

Fly
Everywhere
And
Rise.

Fear can't control you, you can rise from it.

But yet,
you could still,
Forget
Everything
And
Run.
You should share, more
We must learn from your experiences
You are an example
Share, ******!

We like you.  See?
We use your words.
Imitate your dress & style
Learn all your songs.

Give us more
Show me how to think like you?
Be my guru
*I'll be right back
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