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Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
Slipping, always slipping into the night
I thought I had captured the sun
But in my hands I held the reflection
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
My love my love                                        Mon amour mon amour      
You leave me blind                                    Vous me quittez aveugle    
Kept in the dark                                         Gardé dans l'obscurité
Where light doesn’t shine                          Où la lumière ne brille pas

My love my love                                        Mon amour mon amour
I am restless                                               Je suis agité
You hold me so tight                                Vous me tenez si serré
I am left breathless                                    On me quitte essoufflé

My love my love                                        Mon amour mon amour
You are cruel                                              Vous êtes cruels
You paint such sweet lies                           Vous peignez de tels mensonges doux
Taking me for a fool                                   La prise de moi pour un imbécile

My love my love                                         Mon amour mon amour
You leave me bereft                                    Vous me quittez privé
Of dignity and hate                                    De la dignité et de la haine
There is nothing left                                    Il n'y a rien

My love my love                                         Mon amour mon amour
You will leave me to die                             Vous me quitterez pour mourir
We cannot go together                              Nous ne pouvons pas aller ensemble
So I will say goodbye                                 Donc je dirai au revoir

My love my love                                      Mon amour mon amour
You gave such sweet thoughts               Vous avez donné de telles pensées douces
Nothing was ever wanting                     Rien ne voulait jamais
In you whom I sought                            Dans vous que j'ai cherchés
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
This perception I called love
what did it mean to you
who lived inside of me
knew the contours of my heart
or so I thought

This perception I called love
did you feel it too
the sweet despair, the longing
the breathless lungs
sweeping away reason

This perception I called love
was it just a game for you
letting the tears fall
our hearts, or, my heart aching
as life carried you away

This perception I called love
could it truly be called so
when time takes it all away
and only memories are left
as sweet nothings
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
Save me from the morning light
I am unwilling to give up the night
For the loss of my dreams
To face reality as it seems
I refuse to give in to sight!
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
You're wallwork. A painted face on the mural we call life. You exist for no purpose, yet you live for reasons unbeknownst to all but the scholars who breathe, speak, and dream life itself.

Who are we to tell tales of God? Of the soul residing in the hearth of our bodies, gradually decaying as time endlessly presses onward, following the path that even our ancestors couldn't conquer.

What do we truly know of Heaven and Hell but the stories of those who have travelled along the brink of life and death, visiting those realms of angels and demons; uninvited but wholly welcome if their stay were for eternity. Only to be brought back by a capricious wind, calling their wayward spirit home.

What right do we have to make assumptions about the very essence that gives us our existence? Our only right is to live. Whether as part of the wallwork that holds the very fabric of life together, or as a star that shines brightly and burns out in a fiery burst, leaving nothing but a trail of dust.
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
I saw you today
watched as your lips nervously curved into a smile
hesitating by the door

I could change everything
with one word, one movement
one kiss

Instead I smile
just as nervous, I slant my eyes toward the floor
where your shadow hovers
unconsciously I reach out my hand, not for you
for the edge of the shadow

But it disappears as the time slips away
and I find myself face to face,
with you, a stranger
Lauren Ashley Jan 2011
poor girl with a mask on her face
can you really see through those cut-out holes
or are you completely blind
to what's before you, what you are missing
what you are leaving behind
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