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  Feb 2020 kain
Tanisha Jackland
I was knee deep

in the ferns today

searching for wandering jews

and spider plants

like my life depended on them

they are beings with

super powers

I believe in them

like I believe in the moon

silent friends

to heal the world...
kain Feb 2020
pm
We're just two lonely people
Connecting across time and space
Over something
Something
That doesn't really matter
Tis a tale as old as time
The roles of you and I

We're probably be good together
You say
From deep beneath the subtext
I sit and nod
Hundreds of miles away
Check my feed
Waiting for my own response

I encourage you
Awkwardly
Because you're the man with the deep voice
You would normally be in charge
But not here
Not today
When we're two anonymous silhouettes
Dancing in the dark

I don't love you
Lonely stranger
But maybe I'll tell myself
That I do
  Feb 2020 kain
sandra wyllie
in December? Naked and
bare. No colors at all. Stripped of
everything. No one making their home
on your branches. No one climbing
your trunk. Cutting you into logs
to warm their ranches?

Do you want to be the trees
in June? Green! Green! Green! With
babies chirping away. Providing shade
on a lazy day?

Do you want to be the trees
in October in bright, bold colors? A
work of art, raining orange, red,
and gold. Creating a delicate quilt
that unfolds?
kain Feb 2020
We're blasting tunes
From your car radio
Though this night surely
Will end in misery
I'm happy in the moment
With all of my friends
Gonna hang with the squad later.
Edit: It didn't even happen and I've had a generally bad day.
  Feb 2020 kain
TotallyNotPoisonedSoup
Warm crimson liquid drips off the golden blade of a sword held by someone you know but can't remember
  its something beautiful and poetic

As wildflowers are consumed by smoldering flames, ash and smoke rise and fall through the air
You're on the ground with burning lungs and hands that won't stop shaking
   its something alluring but agonizing

You hear angelic laughter, it sounds like your lover but it isn't so sweet this time
You know its not them
  its something lovely but sickening

Your entire body aches as you wonder why humans are so fragile
Theres a warm and metallic taste on your lips and tongue, you recognize that its blood, you can't tell if it yours
This is all beautiful and poetic in a bit of a tragic way
each little part of this has a different meaning behind it, and its up to the readers interpretation as to what the different parts mean

The main thing I was trying to do was to write about how life is really beautiful but really dark, and so I described dark things in a pretty way
kain Feb 2020
Today I'm stepping up to the plate
Look of determination on my face
I'm not giving up this time
Because all the cracks that they made
All the dents in my facade
Can't hurt me now
That the lies are all gone
I'm coming out today
With all my guns blazing
Shooting down the hate
That used to feel like home
Title obviously taken from the Kelly Clarkson song.
  Feb 2020 kain
Slightly Lovely
I like the feeling of being held.
So if i become a hostage, i do not know if i would struggle.
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