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Mia Smiljanić May 2015
you froze in fear
as i came at you with a knife in hand
to cut off the hand of the one behind you
about to twist the knife into your back
Not everyone is out to get you.
Mia Smiljanić May 2015
you drop the vase
the ground wins
the vase shatters
there is no going back
without the glue
then we remain fragile
watching life on the shelf
and cannot be touched
too much
before we fall apart
again
Mia Smiljanić Apr 2015
i just want to be touched
so wholeheartedly
that my skin could never forget about you
even if i have
Hands are so important.
Mia Smiljanić Apr 2015
i tried–
i tried immeasurably
to wring any words out of you
like juicing a lemon
but my hands are left stinging
and you are dry
i cannot bring myself
to drink lemonade anymore
People are so **** difficult.
Mia Smiljanić Apr 2015
we are supposed
to find that one thing
that fits us
like the right key
in a rusty lock
to open the door
of such inspiration
even light

they are supposed to leave
then they will leave
and they will carelessly
toss that key in a big ocean

and we are supposed to
continue to live on
without each other
with a doorknob that squeaks
every time a curious someone
puts their hand on it
in attempt to turn
this door on our chest

only
they find nothing
A sad truth about love.
Mia Smiljanić Apr 2015
i bit off a piece of the sun
a little too soon
before i allowed it to cool

i was craving the light
inside of myself

but had i swallowed the entire sun
my innermost self
still, a dark room
with a lighted lonely candle
propped in the center
The sun always finds a way to shine itself onto my writings.
Mia Smiljanić Apr 2015
i shot an arrow into the sun
i don't know why i did
curiosity, i guess you can call it

but shortly
honey began to drip from the sky
and turned the sea golden

you almost wanted
the blonde waves to swallow you

imagine all of us--
together,
hair twisted with each other

like a fly preserved
in hardened amber--
a memory
Wouldn't it be easier that way?
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