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 Jan 2014 jess
MyThousandWords
We go through the cycle,
exhausting ourselves with apologies over
feelings we're not supposed to have.

We numbly pick up the sharp, jagged
pieces of our broken hearts
and mindlessly wipe up the blood.

We inhale and take in the aroma
of one another, a haunting scent
reminding us how to feel.

And we share all the torn, tattered pieces
of our disasterous days, because facing
them together reminds us it's real.

We push the boundary,
we cross the line.
We take a punch to the gut and a stab to the heart
one more time.

This masochistic charade,
a constant temptation
to get high on sensation,
forever plaguing our fragile hearts and feeble minds.
 Jan 2014 jess
Run
Exhausted
 Jan 2014 jess
Run
I cannot
Deny
Any further

I am
Getting
Tired

I am no longer
What I was
Before

But still
I cannot
Stop

No matter
What
Till the end
Question is... Till the end of what?
 Jan 2014 jess
Kyle White
Ruins
 Jan 2014 jess
Kyle White
I am made of Ruins
onion-cutting eyes, phantom limbs

I am made of odds and ends
hyena fur, elephant skin

I am made of bravery
swallowing knives, a kamikaze cause

If only I could mend all that I have torn apart
sew together every loose stitch or broken heart

but I am not made of miracles
 Jan 2014 jess
Roberta Day
In Ruins
 Jan 2014 jess
Roberta Day
My temple is in ruins
and nothing can prevent this collapse
Soon I'll be stripped of these cursed remains
and all will be left are ancient artifacts
and relics from a better time,
long lost and forgotten

An excavation to find the spark,
buried under years of repressed emotions
locked away in a tomb without an encrypted entry
I seek those brave enough to embark on this quest,
and wade through the litter and rubble
to raid this infamous lair of despair
 Jan 2014 jess
Mia
Ruined
 Jan 2014 jess
Mia
I used to love you
Then you turned it around
Made me hate myself
for loving you.
Now am traumatised
Scarred for life.
Took the only thing that mattered
and ruined it for me.
The worst part is I still do
Love you after all that.
Believing in love
is a hard thing to do
'cause once I wished
on a shooting star
and it never brought
me to back to you
 Jan 2014 jess
Topher Green
Outlet
 Jan 2014 jess
Topher Green
There were markings that we saw at dawn,
Awoken, from dreams in distant places
different melodies to wail.

Our color is blue, always thriving on
the center of a green axis.
Turning and always changing;
a cycle which we create and
pass off as mundane.

I was running, running
and not thinking
of where I'd stop.
Find a place to hide
Find a place to hide

I was hiding, hiding,
trying to run away
but I found comfort
in the dark.

Find me there
(I hope you won't)
Find me there

He's a Liar & a Thief
Grin of an angel
He made a demon out of me
He's a sinner, but a lover
A saint to some others
No, they will never see

So find a place to hide
Find a place to hide
Find a place to hide
Find a place to hide
more of a song than a poem; lyrical
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