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Sep 2016 · 1.3k
she arrived with the thunder
Justine Muriel Sep 2016
Like a summer storm,
she lights up my bones.  
Her electrical touch making my body her own.
It feels something like lightning striking my veins,
her hands trace my body
Like droplets of rain.
Jun 2016 · 1.9k
i love you like the leaves
Justine Muriel Jun 2016
I miss your embrace
the same way the trees miss their leaves

when the long months of winter sweep their bright beautiful colors

onto the frozen earth.
Justine Muriel Jun 2016
I long for the ocean just asI long for the opportunity to wipe the tears that fell from your face.

Your eyes and the sea, perhaps one in the same,

for both are salt water mixed with air.
Mar 2016 · 2.6k
not just the color blue
Justine Muriel Mar 2016
I was once told I have nice eyes, and perhaps that’s true.

Not necessarily because they are pretty, but because through them I’ve seen the night sky filled with stars, the sunset brushing the ocean, and dogs walking in the park.

I’ve seen smiles that warm my whole body, and people I hope to never forget.

I’ve been told I have nice eyes, and just maybe it’s because I’ve been given the opportunity to see nice things through them.
Justine Muriel Feb 2016
At times
I long for a world that is black and white

Crimson sunsets would no longer make me believe that love is anything but painful

and the oceans would stop summoning for me to come home with their sapphire tides

I could be content with where I reside, for all colors would be the same
and your eyes would stop calling my name

and perhaps, it's because a world filled with grey

is merely and unapologetically mundane.
Feb 2016 · 477
whatever is past the moon
Justine Muriel Feb 2016
Maybe you'll be mine
someday when the stars align.

Our hands- one cold, one hot, both intertwined.
Yeah, just maybe when the stars align.
Justine Muriel Feb 2016
there's this girl, she lights up my world.
her glow illuminates what we were, what we are, and what I want us to be

and it shines for miles and miles.

there's this girl, she lights up my world.
but haven't you heard?

with one cold breath

**she blew out the candle.
Jan 2016 · 780
I never pressed send
Justine Muriel Jan 2016
What are you up to?
Are you looking at the sky, too?
Am I on your mind?
Jan 2016 · 507
11:17 and you're on my mind
Justine Muriel Jan 2016
Christmas lights and somber eyes
Cold hands and wandering minds

The silence has never felt so loud.
Jan 2016 · 544
Schatzi
Justine Muriel Jan 2016
So we meet again (my dearest love)
It's been awhile since you have taken over my thoughts.

My heart welcomes you,
but my brain rejects you (my familiar addiction)
I can now see why they call love a drug.

Time without you brings heartbreak, loneliness,
and eventually happiness.

Whereas time with you brings heartbreak and loneliness
(disguised as happiness)

You crawl under my skin (my dearest love)
and I can't control it.
I can't escape.
love drug happiness loneliness addiction
Jan 2016 · 470
Resplendent
Justine Muriel Jan 2016
You're like looking into the sun-
Beautiful and painful at the same time.

Your rays shine over me,
A mesmerizing scene that inevitably blinds me
With every glance.

I'll never learn.
Dec 2015 · 1.3k
Limerence
Justine Muriel Dec 2015
She's mysterious but familiar
and somehow sinful but innocent
in the best way.
She's a new age old soul
and in one way or another
she is an adventurous introvert.
Shy, but strong
Young, but wise beyond her years.
Without falter, and without hesitation,
the only way to describe her
is as a *beautiful contradiction.
Nov 2015 · 376
Lassitude
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
I don't even know how to articulate
this type of pain
It's a pain that not only floods my
heart
but latches itself onto every quivering bone
in my body
Perhaps it's not pain, maybe it's love
Love that disguises itself as pain every time I look at my family
and realize
for the first time in all these years
that that same people who told me they want what's best for me,
break me down into a million pieces
until I lose myself
again and again
Only to come crawling back
so they can find me
But it's funny, because the girl they keep finding,
**isn't me
Nov 2015 · 3.8k
Golden Hour
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
I love when the sun paints a golden hue on everything before it
disappears
into the obsidian night.
Its rays are like an artist's brush,
delicately covering the world's canvas with luminosity.
When its glow eventually fades, and the stars barely light up the sky,
it's like an artist shutting off the studio lights
after a long day's work.
Temporarily departed, but soon to return
to paint the canvas with incandescent light
once again.
Nov 2015 · 660
Rhapsodic
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
I hunger for the comprehension
As to why I find myself alone
Again and again.
My benevolent ties
Eventually become disconnected,
& maybe it's because my intensified design
Craves charismatic moments,
Moments that are too authentic
For those whom I have had the opportunity to encounter.
I hunger for a word
That expresses what it means
To be sad and beautiful at the same time.
For when that word becomes existent,
Our disconnected souls
Will thrive off of its essence.
Nov 2015 · 691
What Were We
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
What did it all mean?
You & me
The fading summer memories.
You told me that
I opened up your concealed emotions.
You didn't mind.
I told you about my paralyzing anxious thoughts.
You didn't mind.
You insisted until the end you'd stick by my side.
I didn't mind.
I told you I loved you.
**You didn't end up mine.
Nov 2015 · 982
Young Motives
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
Spontaneity.
Is the compelling adrenaline worth the outcome?
To wonder why it is considered
an enticing form of rebellion
to those who do not bear its weight.
My admirable means, although impulsive,
represent
what my soul desires.
Nov 2015 · 827
Eyes
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
My adoration for you is like gazing into the sky at dusk. At first, your eyes are sunsets, blazing with passion and colorful possibilities. They transform into deep colors, blush fading into vibrant purples, and I see undeniable love. Then instantaneously, eyes that were once magnificent become dark. Still beautiful, but a boundless Galaxy of stars that are far beyond my reach. A mystifying scene, an unexplored realm.
Nov 2015 · 539
*Insert Your Initials Here*
Justine Muriel Nov 2015
Maybe I loved you, maybe I didn’t. Maybe I love you, maybe I don’t. Our memories bear teardrops that plunge into my concurring smile. Our short lived affinity, whatever it was, lurks behind me like a shadow. Attached to me, but nevertheless, a stranger that only appears when everything in the world is bright.

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