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Jun 2015 John F McCullagh

Relentless

Jun 2015 John F McCullagh

Luke

No remorse.
This lack of guilt. This lack of regret.
I’ve seen it before. That same look in her eyes.
She will leave me again and I will ask for more.

I don’t know if I’m a glutton for her punishment
or just pavlovian to the pain,
because I still find comfort in all of her beauty
and even in the ugliness she left when she went away.

But I’ve grown tired of her ghost,
and how it rings in our past with the shake of relentless chains,
haunting the space between who I wish to be and who I am today.
I can’t be with her and for the life of me,
I just can’t seem to push her away,
So I resign, lonely in love and hopeful upon this road
that she’ll relieve me of her ghost somewhere along the way

#love #heartbreak #pain #loss #relationship #ghost #defeat #lament

Jun 2015 John F McCullagh

Out of sand (pantoum poem)

Jun 2015 John F McCullagh

martin

Out of sand (pantoum poem)

When the glass runs out of sand
Gently guide me through the night
Sit by me and hold my hand
Be my comfort and my light

Gently guide me through the night
Let us chase the shadows down
Be my comfort and my light
Let me see you smile not frown

Let us chase the shadows down
Though I see your eyes do weep
Let me see you smile not frown
Until such time as we may sleep

Though I see your eyes do weep
Sit by me and hold my hand
Until such time as we may sleep
When the glass runs out of sand

Apr 2015 John F McCullagh

ETERNALLY YOURS

Apr 2015 John F McCullagh

Olivia Kent

ETERNALLY YOURS

You had perfect teeth.
White ivory.
You smiled at me.
You kissed me .
I became your vampire.
Impure.
Imperfect.
Stealer of souls.
Eternally beautiful.
(c) Livvi

Apr 2015 John F McCullagh

A Flower Refusing to Die.

Apr 2015 John F McCullagh

SJ

A Flower Refusing to Die.

The sky is clear,
No cloud in sight.
Yet the mind is Dark,
Chaotic,
Turbulent.
Cronos in a rage.
Adrenaline peaks
And the heart stops.
The sky is clear,
No cloud in sight.
Your breath,
Shallow.
The wind blows strong.
Under currents drag,
And the light is too bright.
The sky is clear,
No cloud in sight.
Sounds swells.
There's a ringing in your ear.
A gunshot too close,
There's no violence,
Except for what rages within.
The sky is clear,
No cloud in sight.
And I reach out,
A flower,
refusing to Die.

I have been off kilter the last few weeks, and i am about to reach my breaking point...

#fear #anger #anxiety #panic #breakdown #emotional