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We write our visions in superscript
Headlining the ordinary with extra
Harvesting mystery from the visible
Coating assumptions with doubt
We live in the world of potentials
Loosed by the origin of shadows
From the trembling of the earth
We weave our melodies
Cracking the doors in the framework
Letting the universe breathe
 Apr 2015 Julie Butler
Miki
And she said
"Oh this...
This is a beautiful life.
I just dont think
Life
Is meant
For
Me."
There is no I in denial.
They kiss in bed.
They roll around.

There is no I in denial.
He bought her flowers.
She placed them in a vase.

There is no I in denial.
They hug outside of
traditional thought.

I do not know how we got here,
but I know I don't want us
to stay.

There is no I in denial.
They **** in bathrooms.
They make love in gardens.

There is no I in denial.
She blew a kiss.
He caught a tough break.

There is no I in denial.
He holds a box of his things,
after being shown out.
She says they'll manage.

I do not know how we got here,
but I know I don't want us
to stay.

There is no I in denial.
They kiss in bed,
but it's not the same.
They roll around in bed,
but it begins
to feel
like effort.

There is no I in denial.
He bought her less.
She said it didn't matter.

There is no I in denial.
He feels like his father,
imagining things
she's doing.

I do not know how we got here,
but I know I don't want us
to stay.

There Is No I In Denial.
They don't talk as much.
They sit farther apart.

There Is No I In Denial.
She asks him what's wrong.
He resents her care.

There Is No I In Denial.
He gets drunk and
breaks the vase.
The flowers lay,
covered in wet glass,
sleeping in a puddle.

I do not know how we got here,
but I know I don't want us
to stay.

THERE IS NO I IN DENIAL.
They don't talk, they yell.
They don't remember each other.

THERE IS NO I IN DENIAL.
He drinks more.
She feels less.

THERE IS NO I IN DENIAL.
They were married underneath
an oak tree,
  She said, "I do."
He smiled and said,
  "I'm so lucky."

The flowers lay on the floor,
  dying.

I do not know how we got here,
but I know I don't want us
*to stay.
My mother was right but how did she know
How did she speak of the places I'd go
With intricate detail she'd planted her words
Carried like shadows by taciturn birds
In them and their silence I quieted mine
Rested my head on the backs of their spines
Sleepy and silent I took up my wings
I flew to the outskirts of everything
Biting my tongue to the people I saw
The ones in the middle, the warmest of all
The message I harbored was meant to be shown
But only to those who are not on their own
Verbally challenged and mentally worn
Remembered my mother, of whom I was born
*Follow the patterns you see on the wind
Feather the weather to end and begin
Yudenko
oh cradle rest upon the rock that balances sustain
a back and forth reality is hiding in my brain
forever's here, i'll never go much farther than i've gone
at least when i am focusing on everything that's wrong
i walk, i talk, i sleep, repeat - substantially secure
but numb to almost anything that hasn't been a blur
i've coriander colored skin, the scent is present too
a dying shade of seeded fruit that cannot be consumed
and if you bring me where you go i'll take up all the air
i'll wait until your lungs fill up and we can go from there
with heavy breath and feet alike, my circulation slow
i enter new mentalities my body doesn't know
upon the breeze of subtleties i hold the hands of time  
i close my eyes, begin to feel myself become a *child
i saw these children in a dream
 Apr 2015 Julie Butler
Massi Lee
There's these sea of legs upon me. I've ****** my way through, lost love nights, fears stay tangled in my hair. touch my face we haven't lost it all
PUT
THE
lightbulb
in my mouth
and flip the
switch.*




My       thoughts     have
been       as    dark
as it gets
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