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Dec 2019 · 374
Houses
kain Dec 2019
How long did it take
To scrub the taste of you
Off of my mouth?
My gums were bleeding by the end
My bed was a mess
Sheets torn, this way and that
A futile attempt
To make them reek
Of anything other than you
Are you ever afraid?
Dec 2019 · 287
Summertime
kain Dec 2019
Sometimes
I wish one of us would die
Just to end this mess
To let my hair grow out
To become someone else
Again
Well. Things are. Happening. I guess.
Dec 2019 · 649
Drained
kain Dec 2019
I'm so drained
I can barely lift my fingers
To press these keys
Yet it's key
That I get this message out
A message about
How tired I am
**** went down and now I'm physically and emotionally drained.
Dec 2019 · 393
To Be Alone
kain Dec 2019
It's raining outside
Somewhere in the depths
I feel the vibrations
Of raindrops
The plip plop
Of nature's tears

And with them
Come ghost hands
Fingers trailing
Up my sides
Scaling my skin
And then they're gone

Oh, to be alone
Somewhere beneath the surface, my heart must not be so cold.
Dec 2019 · 471
Umber Eyes
kain Dec 2019
I'm so glad to know
That I'm not the only one
With stupid dreams
And social anxiety
It could be you and me
With your umber eyes
And that'd be alright
Yes, I did google "other words for brown" to get that title. Fight me.
Nov 2019 · 683
Nighttime
kain Nov 2019
Nighttime
Is not moonlit cheeks
And starry eyes

It is a silent island
A private pillar
In the mists
Of lost sleep
A single bleary eye
Fuzzy and clouded
Picking out the patches
Of pixelated sky
Deadened by darkness
Alone again
It's really too late for me to be up right now. Or is it early? I'm not really sure anymore.
Nov 2019 · 187
A Dream, A Spark
kain Nov 2019
I know things are bad when I start dreaming about someone.
Not even good dreams,
Just dreams.
Dreams spark things.
Dreams start things.
Oh boy.
Nov 2019 · 200
Yikes
kain Nov 2019
Was it too much
To think of myself
As beyond physical attraction?
I guess it was.
I'm not in love.
yikes.
Nov 2019 · 234
Blue Monday
kain Nov 2019
How did it feel
When you turned around
Rain chafing off your umbrella
Shiny shoes tapping on wet pavement

How did it feel
When you turned and walked away
Did it feel like cinema
Did you feel like a masterpiece
Never looking back on me
How does it feel to be an actor in your own life's production?  How does it feel to have the world as your stage? How does it feel when the curtains close and you're all alone and you realize that nothing you have is real? Do you ever get tired of playing pretend?
Nov 2019 · 285
Stealing
kain Nov 2019
I still love you
In all of my indifference
And the time that I have spent floating
When you don't so much
As cross my mind
You're still alive
Living in my lungs
Stealing all my
Oxygen
part one
Nov 2019 · 249
I'm Tired
kain Nov 2019
Old times
Sting like
Fresh wounds
What would happen
If I cut until I bled
Then watched my life trickle out
A flood from within my veins
Staining my sheets
Ruining my bed
I really need to get off the internet.
Nov 2019 · 298
Honeysuckle & Vinegar
kain Nov 2019
Honeysuckle and vinegar
Sweet and scalding
Heady in my throat
Staining your aftertaste
On the inside of my cheek

I can't stop thinking
Resting my head
Against your side
As you stand
Drinking in my scent

We're like honeysuckle and vinegar
Like the first stanza infinitely more, but it's surprisingly coherent for once, so that's nice.
Nov 2019 · 248
From The Top of Our Lungs
kain Nov 2019
It's too late
For me to be awake
But I am
And I'm still thinking about you

I'm intrigued
Honestly
I want to see more
I want to dive deep
I'm standing at your edge
Watching my own
Rippling reflection

Will you let me in?
I think you will.
I can't stop wondering.
Nov 2019 · 101
Not Today
kain Nov 2019
This isn't war
There are no bullets
Just blood
Seeping from the holes
And fueled by the heaving
Of broken breaths
Ripping through my sides

And this isn't hell
There is no fire
Only scars
Charred into my skin
Traced by the fingertips
Of those who loved me
Of those I left behind
Maybe sometime I;ll find a place that I belong.
Nov 2019 · 218
Arion
kain Nov 2019
Can I be your star system?
So blissfully unaware
Of your awed gaze
Glittering in the heavens
An interstellar display
Laid out before you
All raw and vulnerable
Solar flares and star dust
Can I be your muse?
Your inspiration
Every time you turn to the sky
Can I be the one
Who strikes your heart
And resonates
With your soul
To a level that you
That you've never felt before
Can I be your everything?
Can I be your everything?
This is all so new.
Nov 2019 · 121
Attempt
kain Nov 2019
They're funny
With that strange edge of sincere
I'm basking in their shadows
They're looking in my mirror
rllly don't like this but whatever
Nov 2019 · 207
Chills
kain Nov 2019
How have I never
Felt so alone
Bel
Nov 2019 · 295
Just Wait
kain Nov 2019
Drowning
Even before the floodgates
Break
Pulled to the bottom
By an infinite weight
I'll never be able to lift it
All I can do
All any of us can do
Is wait

Because someday
These clouds will fade
The sky will clear
I'll feel the sun on my face
And it will be more
Than worth the wait

I'll hold my breath
Until the end of time
If it means that I
Will witness the stars
I'll fall apart
A thousands times
Just so I
Can someday be whole
And I will be
We will be
Just wait

Because someday
When the sun comes through
And the light breaks our bodies
We will rise
We will soar
Higher than birds
Seeing it all
For the first time
We'll finally fly

All it takes
Is the will to survive
And we will
Just wait
Yeah, this *****. God, it *****. It hurts so much and all we can do is wait and wait and wait. But we'll do it. We are going to survive and thrive and get out of this town and learn what it means to truly live life.
Nov 2019 · 100
Stepping Onwards
kain Nov 2019
I'm over him
But how can I be
When my hearts still skips a beat
Every time I pick up my phone

But my mind's moved on
And so has my soul
I'm done writing letters
On the margins of every
Biology paper
In blotted ink
Overlapping
Until they don't mean anything

For now, it is forwards
Until I find someone
To truly give me
A reason to pause
I'm not done. The wishing, the hoping, the pining. But I'm done waiting. Onwards.
Nov 2019 · 111
Letting Go
kain Nov 2019
In another world, I picked up.
In another world, I still feel you all around me.
And when we look at the moon, we are side by side, laying in a bed, somehow, somewhere.
In another world, I’ve felt your breath on my neck. I know what it’s like when you touch me. I probably memorized the trails that your fingertips trace.
In another world, I know your kiss. We stretched out and intertwined our fingers, held hands instead of holding back. We knew each other.
In another world, we were more than passing glances. We were fireworks, tangled in the sheets, my hand wrapped around your length, your fingers tumbling over me. We were sunlit, in the grass, with your dog licking our faces and the places that our bodies met. We were so much more.
In another world, I got to hear your breathing, not muffled by a wall. Harsh breaths, before your ******, and softer, longer breaths after you came, levelling out into a smooth rhythm that I feel under the head that I laid on your chest. The breath of your laughter, choking and unbound, no longer limited to the small smile that you used to save only for me. Maybe that’s all I’ll ever get to see in this life, but somewhere else… I see more.
We were comfortable in a way that I never knew. In another world, we’re still comfortable, safe in each other’s arms, soothed by the words we exchange through the phone.
In another world, maybe we got married.
I feel it, the choking in my chest. It’s the feeling of constriction that comes when you meet the one that could’ve been your soulmate. And you are my soulmate, in another world.
I wish I was her. I wish I was in another world. I want your touch, your kiss, the feeling of your heartbeat fluttering under my lips. I want you. Almost.
Goodbye.
"I see it" // "I see the colour that they all saw"
From "Colour" by The Dangerous Summer.
Nov 2019 · 357
Squid
kain Nov 2019
i met many people
big and not so big
all different size
and evrytiem
i cri
until i met squid
he was so squid
i went splid
while evry1 else amde me go
wubba
and to this day
he is the only one
who make me go
yeehaw
dont ask questioons not fcking worth it
Nov 2019 · 108
Crooked Teeth
kain Nov 2019
I always see them.

Laughing with their friends,
Head thrown back
Sunlight spilling down their throat
Lighting up their crooked teeth.

I want that to be me.
Don't really like this but ok.
Nov 2019 · 254
Beauty & A Beat
kain Nov 2019
Drawn back
Into stagnant memories
A beat that drives me
To the brink of the edge
The chasm of insanity
Flashing lights
Behind my eyes
Lips silently moving
Tumbling over words
I haven't tasted
Since I was six years old
Listening to old songs. Also yes, I know the title is a JB song. I hate him. Elementary school me didn't.
Nov 2019 · 284
The Woods
kain Nov 2019
I want to lay down
In a bed of flowers
Walk into the woods
Dig into the earth, barefoot
I want to lay down
And see the trees
Reaching out their arms
Sheltering me
Let my body still
Blossoms tickling my cheeks
Foxglove. Lavender. Buttercups. Wild roses.
Nov 2019 · 61
Untitled
kain Nov 2019
the disconnect between the world as it is and the world as i wish it was is so harsh sometimes.
my head hurts.
my hands tremble.
i can feel a lump in my throat and whether it's tears or puke doesn't really matter anymore.
i want to fade out of existence again.
i'm shaking so badly that i think i might fall apart.
shake out the pins and nails that hold this shoddy framework together.
this shouldn't be a big deal.
this isn't new.
Nov 2019 · 82
somewhere
kain Nov 2019
somewhere deep in my skin
i'm shaking
trembling
lost beneath the surface
drowning in my dreams

somewhere in my head
hazed with caffeine
i'm losing
i'm dying
Nov 2019 · 177
How Long Will We Last
kain Nov 2019
I don't want to watch
Your blush fade
It's like watching the sunrise
While your friends die
And the palettes
With all your paints
Will eventually stain
Like blood in earth
On forgotten battle fields
Where we kissed
While the sun rose
And I overdosed
Not really sure what's going on here.
kain Nov 2019
And we are all
Paper weight pangolins
Endangered
In our own ways
Just a fragment.
Nov 2019 · 205
Traffick
kain Nov 2019
I don't mind
Traffick in the morning
Raindrops blurring
The stop lights
Into technicolour beads
The paper touch
Of the air conditioning
A butterfly kiss
Landing on my cheek
Hey. :)
Oct 2019 · 232
Linens
kain Oct 2019
Mind's a whirlwind
Of needles and pins
Scrapped up
From the crafting station
Down in the basement
A homely mix
Of cotton fabrics
Flowing in the wind
Of imagination
Oct 2019 · 205
Mal Blum
kain Oct 2019
Wind whips me
Sharp blades against my skin
Maybe I'm a *******
I don't mind
This icy thrill

Cold air
Sleek against my lungs
Filling me up
With a frost
I can't get enough of
Yes, there are innuendos. No, that is not an invitation for creepy or ****** comments. If you leave something weird, I'll block you.
Inspired by "Robert Frost" by Mal Blum.
Oct 2019 · 91
Blackbirds
kain Oct 2019
I'm not in love.
Not yet, at least.
But someday, I will be.
With these covers
Pulled up to my chest,
I can feel my teeth move
When I breathe.
It's honestly bleak.
But there's a soft beat
That lights up my lungs.
Guitar strings strumming
Like blackbirds
Pecking.
Oct 2019 · 847
Beach People
kain Oct 2019
Can't stop
Won't stop
Feeling things
Buried in emotions
Like wet sand
At that beach
I never asked to be here
Oct 2019 · 257
One Of Those Days
kain Oct 2019
Clear blue skies so wide
They might suffocate me
Sunlight like knives
Piercing my skin
Making me wonder
Why I should even try
It's just one of those days.
Oct 2019 · 312
Holy II
kain Oct 2019
The reddish tinge in your eyes
Betrays your mouth
Overflowing with words
Like bitter sweet champagne
I now your name
Now
That I'm awake
Woken from a dream
Where you were perfect
And I was weak
Part two.
Oct 2019 · 153
Holy
kain Oct 2019
I used to think
You were so blessed
Now I think
I was obsessed

But I'm not anymore
I've opened my eyes
Looking at you now
You're just another guy
Part one. Don't really like it but oh well.
Oct 2019 · 222
Give Up // Dig Up The Dead
kain Oct 2019
Sometimes
I have to remind myself
That I made a promise
That I am not
In the business of giving up
I made myself a promise and nowhere in that promise does it say "Adrian".
Oct 2019 · 60
Snowfall
kain Oct 2019
And just like that
I'm alone again
The truth is so bitter
Beating against my face
The wings of a battered dove
Singing for escape
They say that I am not worthy
That I put all my faith
In one face

And even as I spoke
I felt my defeat
Seeping into me
Through the cracks
I swore I sealed up
Last year when
I passed this
Same problem
For the hundredth time

And now as I sit
Plagued by chills
The spiders that skitter
Up and down my spine
Reaping lumps
In my flesh
I feel nothing
But the same thing
I've been pretending
For so many years
It's so simple. There's no click, no sound of everything falling in place. It's just opening up my eyes after a dream, opening up my eyes to snowfall.
I haven't moved at all.
Oct 2019 · 61
Noon
kain Oct 2019
With one breath
Caught in my chest
Whoever knew
That noon
Would be my darkest hour?

And the best part is
This isn't that bad
I've suffered worse
I've cried myself to sleep
Now I'm not numb
Just stunned
By what I was
Too blind to see
Oct 2019 · 78
Untitled
kain Oct 2019
Heavy cloud cover
The veil over your eyes
Am I your wedding
Or your funeral
Wrote this a while ago while hp was down, and now that it's back up, it doesn't mean anything anymore.
Oct 2019 · 81
Untitled
kain Oct 2019
Deep breaths
In and out
Pushing away
Just about everything
Forget myself
My precious memories
It's better than this
It's better than this
Oct 2019 · 248
Crush(ed)
kain Oct 2019
All this "love"
Is crushing me
Was supposed to post two days ago but this website is a disaster.
Oct 2019 · 159
Diet Ginger Ale
kain Oct 2019
Swing sets
And black top
Cryptids lurking
In elementary
Play grounds
Your ice eyes
Matched with mine
Rich red stain
A pool of maroon
On your jacket
Coat pockets
Covered in pins
I met them in the middle of nowhere.
Oct 2019 · 76
Shapeshifting
kain Oct 2019
I'm so tired
So, so tired
So I'm going back to this style
One long sentence
Way too messy
To truly be
Much of anything
It's all I have
Right now

I don't know
What to do
About you
As much as I want you
I know
Oh how I know
That there's nothing out there
There's nothing for us
There's nothing in me
That matches up
To your missing
Puzzle piece

Maybe that's it
You aren't missing anything
Well I'm missing lots
Missing someone
With whom
I can truly talk
I've never truly had someone
I haven't even
Really come close
But I can dream
And I do
Just not of you

It's our music tastes
I suppose
I spend way too much time
Searching Spotify
For new music
A new playlist
Every week
And you're happy
Right where you are
Sixteen artists
You didn't get very far
But you're happy
Or, at least
Content enough to stay
Where you are
Maybe you're too scared to move
I get that too
Just not with music

I'm never done searching
For who I could be
Maybe I'll never finish
I'll just roam forever
Growing and changing
Shapeshifting
Never the same
From day to day
There'll be
No sense of consistency
Maybe that's what you need

I can't read minds
But I can read
And from what
I can see
We're different

What is too much?
Oct 2019 · 210
Stare
kain Oct 2019
I spend too long
Staring into the sun
The flicking tongues
Of radiation
Spilling into space
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Oct 2019 · 249
Right Before You Crash
kain Oct 2019
My favorite kind of song
Is not the lazy love ballads
It's the crashing ones
The catastrophic ones
The ones with the voices
Crooning gently
To whispered guitar
Before the solo hits
And you drive off the bridge
And crash your car
It's the kind of song you commit suicide to. It's the last thing you hear before you slip away.
Oct 2019 · 56
Sleep
kain Oct 2019
Sleep
I wish I could sleep
Sew my eyelids shut
And never seen the stain
Of the world
Reflected in my retinas

Tossing and turning
Strangled by all my sheets
All the things
I don't know how to forget
I regret
Just about everything
These days

Melt myself
To fit the mold
Crafted of pillows
Liquify
All my insides
To drain into this place
Never look out again
Someone once told me none of their feelings were new. I think I understand that.
Oct 2019 · 105
We Talked About Death Note
kain Oct 2019
You're so serious
I can barely read your lips
Never laughing and never ending
Contemplation of everything
I wonder
When you'll laugh
And if it will light
The whole world on fire
He's just a little bit of everything.
Oct 2019 · 134
The World Is Ugly
kain Oct 2019
And everything will crumble
In the walls of my mind
In the halls of my inner eye
As we bleed out
Perhaps you'll see
How beautiful you are
Compared to everything
You're beautiful to me, and that is the least important part.
Oct 2019 · 93
Second Day In A Row
kain Oct 2019
I want to go home
I wish I was
As sick as you
I'm just ******* tired and disappointed, mostly in myself for ever believing things could go well.
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