Julie Butler: Favorites

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

Hayleigh

I'll bring you face to face with the mirror
That your insecurities have spent years cracking, shattering
And I'll brush the shards of glass aside,
Remove the splinters from your eyes
In a way that finally shows you
You are beautiful,
You are loved,
You are enough.

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

her eyes

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

wordvango

her eyes

her eyes were blond
a breast of Valentines
awestruck, we was by
*** that stuck out into yesterday and a face that
would make you kiss her dad,
a friend of mine, stuck an elbow
into my rib and said, she's lookin'
at you. I knew she was.
But, was it because i was droolin'

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

to dust

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

BB Tyler

to dust

I takes care to stoke the flames rising,
or simply not to pat them down.
The ***** stare-at-the-wall riding
in hell
thinking
"where can I get another shot in this town?"

Down facing over our work to do
Cold cracked fingers bleed
through the gloves
the need to mend
is broken in the bend
the work for value
time trade
til no tree is left standing
to gather the dust of our
constructions...

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

The Second Year

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

Olga Valerevna

The Second Year

I've holes inside my body no one's ever even seen
My skin is made of something that is thick enough to be
A layer of confusion in the eyes of me for you
But if you want to want me there is nothing I can do

I'll separate the years and cast them out upon the sea
And watch the salted water move, collecting our debris
"There's nothing left to carry," said the wave as if it knew
That we are not each other's, time has split us both in two

two years and going wrong

#two #years

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

Paintings

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

Olga Valerevna

Paintings

If
it will I have a body, tell me where can I undress
and where can I retire to with all my loneliness
If
the time has been approaching, moves with any kind of pace
I wonder who'll endure it in an able bodied race
If
I would have seen them coming, all the ruins of today
I would've counted faster by avoiding the delay
If
a gesture of affection makes you feel unmoved at all
You've actively surrendered to the person you are called

title and inspiration taken from "Paintings," by From Indian Lakes, off their album Able Bodies

#bodies #able #paintings

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

The Insides of Monsters

Dec 2014 Julie Butler

Olga Valerevna

The Insides of Monsters

what would happen if I walked a thousand miles a day
And put myself in places where I do not have a say
It's nothing but the soil and the monsters that I see
They're crawling out of spaces somewhere deep inside of me
I want to leave them everywhere and write about it too
But know they're coming back for me the moment that I do
So if you want a story have my words fill up the page
It doesn't matter anyway, the monsters know my name

title taken from a project of the same name by Shawn Gamez
http://theinsidesofmonsters.wordpress.com

#monsters #insides