Jae Elle: Favorites

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Emma

.
.

i have no things to say
for you to hear

right now
i just want a corner
i just want keys compressing

it's the only music i know how to make
it's the only thing that responds to my touch
the only thing i want to share my feelings with

i'm tired of feelings
i'm tired of my body
i'm tired of myself
i'm tired of reaching out
i don't reach out
i need help
i hate ...

sometimes there is a music i can make
song birthed from death
a lullaby to remind myself of hope

but there are times where there is no light
there is no music
there is no one to share
anything i'd like to share
my soul
is bare
for no
thing
but the

air

the spaces
i strain to
find an
echo

the length of
open my
eyes to things that hurt

the times i'd
like to
shrivel away

.

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Driving Solo

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Emma

Driving Solo

music roared in my ears
the light blinded me
ahead
dust was rising
it clouded the air like smoke
the dust blinded me
the road, and the sun, and the music,
and the dust
it tasted like freedom

and
for a moment in between
all the things
there was a beautiful silence

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

a haiku

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Kiagen McGinnis

a haiku

Mormons are boring
with their magic underwear
that covers too much.

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

I don't cry in front of people

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Odi

I don't cry in front of people

I heard my brittle bones breaking in your hands
As I collapsed
collapsed
I thought I was made of steel
Or rubber
something that bends.
But never
breaks
Your hands were not comforting they
seemed all too steady
and your voice
was too robotic
When asking me to
Breathe
How could you ask me such a thing?
At a time like that?
have you no heart?

I don't cry in-front of people
You could've had the decency to leave me broken
On the kitchen floor,
So I could carry on saying that
"I never really cry..."
as a testament to my strength

But you had to grab my bruised wrist's
and push denial away
"Shhh..its okay."
I could've held on a little longer
Had I known
You weren't here to
stay

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Filthy Rich Nothin' to live for

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

JL

Filthy Rich Nothin' to live for

You went

La

La

******

We were going mad-

I heard you laugh

Like planets spinning

Gentleman Jack ****** my head

I felt ok, sally

Like I'm sailing on a boat

The eggs you made were runny

So you rang my bell

I'm just a chipped-tooth liar

Running around the town

I smell the beer on your breath

I feel your tongue in my ear

Run run run run

To the river

I feel the flames at my heels

Right on kitty kitty

You have a hole in your tights

The peppermint on your skin

made

Made my lips fill with blood

Like a ride on an elephant

Take a walk with a giraffe

We dug for dinner with the ant eater

Naked feet in the dirt

With your hands and your smile

You make the big world feel alright

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

You just can't dance

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

JL

You just can't dance

You think-
Too much
Into (things)
When all in all
You are moment
In a million years of time
The difference between you and the earth
Is when her needle stops
Someone turns the record over
But after you only a hum_
Stop trying to beat against
Fall into the river
Let it breathe around your skin
Stop trying to remeber
Stop trying to forget
Let it all come to you
Let the dream take its course
Tommorow he will love
Today he is a ****

35
36
37

Don't listen to heaven
Don't listen to the sound
The song that is coming
Is your lungs
The belly of your hurt

Let go Jessica
Let go Tim
Let go Daniel
Let go Kim

No one really needs you
You're your only friend

So you might as well be the bluebird
He knows how to think
When everyone is dying
He flys
Through cloudy dreams
Up towards rainbow sunlight
Down to grassy ground
Its you who whistles sweetly
While others make no sound

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Blue Popsicle

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

JL

Blue Popsicle

Feeling fine
Like a paper cup full of ice
An inter-dimensional(being)
Laughing
Or
Agreeing
Take off your disguise,
Beautiful
Let me see those pearly-eyes
Ruby lips
Diamond cheek bones
May I kiss?
May I sit?
Another cup of tea
Cross legged
And leaning
I feel like I'm dreaming
As you play your harpsicord
For no reason at all
You play with the treble
Line to line
Perfect pretty rhytm
Dancing in time
The melody of your thin dress
And the shape it reveals
May I have a kiss?
The summer of smell
On your perfume
The jump of your eyes
Are a dancing big-a-loo
The spark of your fingers
A flash electric blue
You dripped in the light
The teeth of your smile
The color of white
But no
I cannot stay
With summer here
It's time to play
If your mother says you can't come out
I'll stand outside
I'll scream
I'll shout
Over radios
And t.v screens
Shooting cap pistols
At everything
Because last night I had a dream
You called on the phone
I hear your whisper
On the reciever
You're a believer
Dream breather

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Unfiltered Lemons

Jan 2012 Jae Elle

Justin Grabenschroer

Unfiltered Lemons

I see you browsing textbooks asking yourself, “Will I be thrilled defending myself?"
Others stare while you browse facts explaining your future.

I assume you’re a gypsy.
My vinyl collection has increased after you woke me up.
Every Snapple cap is being used currently.
While you slumber I’m frightened to close my eyes.

I’m a hypocrite according to myself.
Bleach the lies and the truth because you are lost in a world you’ll never solve.

These sentences are timed therefore I’ll never dream.