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... I like to convince myself that she's a walking solar system.                                               (One)                                                           (It will never be enough;)         She has the sunken cheek bones of Mercury; ~filthy shadows, caked in crimes~ they forge her face, oh so well, and engrave her smile in stone; the sun laughs sourly, and then, he spits on her.                               (Two)                                        (Because sorrow is a sweet thing.)          She reminds me of Venus the most.          Her hair is the murmur of violet,          her beauty, it lingers,          ~like cigarettes beyond the boundary~          the cosmos, the constellations, and the milky way.          She is my dragon princess,          draped in stars and wounds.          She bleeds          the somber color of night.          She is royal, yet alas          *"The queen didn't come          without a crumbling castle.*                                                                   (Three)                                             (So take it in, don't hold your breath)                                                          Beneath the arc of her spine;                                                          Is where Earth plays                                                          poker with her bones.                                                          It's such a shame,                                                          that her ace is her 'unkempt heart,'                                                          and she lost it to a pitiful bet,                                                          with a certain ghost I once knew.                (Four)                                (The bottom's all I've found.)             Her fingers gouge through time's fabric, and her hands             remind me of Mars;             Powerful and ******             Oblivious to what she's created;             I'm afraid             the phantom             she wishes so dearly to see,             is only getting hungrier. (Five)                (Diamond wings were meant to be torn) Jupiter is the core of her anxiety, and she basks in it every day, never by choice, never by desire. Muscles and skin of iron and goldenrod, they carve out our very own Aphrodite, which is you, it's always been you. A rabid angel, a calamity of chaos, frothing with  blackened fear.                                                                (Six)                               (Spill every flower from your garden of thoughts)                                              Subtle depression lurks between the                                              the crooked sea of her ribcage,                                              it's Saturn smoking rings,                                              brewin' up the cinders.                                              ~I reminiscence in the white lace~                                              of the cobwebs that hold her                                              heart together.                                              I've plucked them,                                              those strings play a mournful                                              sonata, with her name written all over it.         (Seven)                           (Promises bend at every funeral we attend)               In the graces of her palms we found Uranus,               like teal teeth               and whimsical witchcraft,               I watched her thread magic into this world.               Her hopes shift-shape into 'nocturnal fairies',               and 'grim reapers' with broken music boxes.               She is naïve, but that is               a trait she needs to survive               in our world of               metallic dreams and navy nightmares.                                                     (Eight)                                        (Rejection is a survivable heartache)                                                      And so what if her heart reminded me                                                       of Neptune the most?                                                       The royal vastness                                                       of blue and ivory;                                                       ~riptides on the walls of her soul~                                                       I want her to know that ambitions                                                       leave more scars and                                                       tear more crystal flesh;                                                       than her polished wishes ever will.         (Nine)                        (Have you ever seen blood and water in love?) And her lungs, they remind me of the honesty of Pluto. So small, and docile, like an elliptical smile of grey fire. Would you lay with me a while, count your unconditional lovers; like our burnt stars in mason jars? Struggle is the birth of the void and the 'rapture' ~Your king and poet will wait for you, in the radiant abyss of our ink-hearts~ *I will guide you to his open arms,               a hug awaits my dragon princess.*                                                                         *He wears the stars for clothes,                                                       like an outlaw, among the banks of the universe.                Where disease can't reach him, or she,                                           Cancer can't harm you anymore,*                                                                  "Not anymore, Belle." ...
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 11:54 PM UTC
Dear Aries,
... I like to convince myself that she's a walking solar system.                                               (One)                                                           (It will never be enough;)         She has the sunken cheek bones of Mercury; ~filthy shadows, caked in crimes~ they forge her face, oh so well, and engrave her smile in stone; the sun laughs sourly, and then, he spits on her.                               (Two)                                        (Because sorrow is a sweet thing.)          She reminds me of Venus the most.          Her hair is the murmur of violet,          her beauty, it lingers,          ~like cigarettes beyond the boundary~          the cosmos, the constellations, and the milky way.          She is my dragon princess,          draped in stars and wounds.          She bleeds          the somber color of night.          She is royal, yet alas          *"The queen didn't come          without a crumbling castle.*                                                                   (Three)                                             (So take it in, don't hold your breath)                                                          Beneath the arc of her spine;                                                          Is where Earth plays                                                          poker with her bones.                                                          It's such a shame,                                                          that her ace is her 'unkempt heart,'                                                          and she lost it to a pitiful bet,                                                          with a certain ghost I once knew.                (Four)                                (The bottom's all I've found.)             Her fingers gouge through time's fabric, and her hands             remind me of Mars;             Powerful and ******             Oblivious to what she's created;             I'm afraid             the phantom             she wishes so dearly to see,             is only getting hungrier. (Five)                (Diamond wings were meant to be torn) Jupiter is the core of her anxiety, and she basks in it every day, never by choice, never by desire. Muscles and skin of iron and goldenrod, they carve out our very own Aphrodite, which is you, it's always been you. A rabid angel, a calamity of chaos, frothing with  blackened fear.                                                                (Six)                               (Spill every flower from your garden of thoughts)                                              Subtle depression lurks between the                                              the crooked sea of her ribcage,                                              it's Saturn smoking rings,                                              brewin' up the cinders.                                              ~I reminiscence in the white lace~                                              of the cobwebs that hold her                                              heart together.                                              I've plucked them,                                              those strings play a mournful                                              sonata, with her name written all over it.         (Seven)                           (Promises bend at every funeral we attend)               In the graces of her palms we found Uranus,               like teal teeth               and whimsical witchcraft,               I watched her thread magic into this world.               Her hopes shift-shape into 'nocturnal fairies',               and 'grim reapers' with broken music boxes.               She is naïve, but that is               a trait she needs to survive               in our world of               metallic dreams and navy nightmares.                                                     (Eight)                                        (Rejection is a survivable heartache)                                                      And so what if her heart reminded me                                                       of Neptune the most?                                                       The royal vastness                                                       of blue and ivory;                                                       ~riptides on the walls of her soul~                                                       I want her to know that ambitions                                                       leave more scars and                                                       tear more crystal flesh;                                                       than her polished wishes ever will.         (Nine)                        (Have you ever seen blood and water in love?) And her lungs, they remind me of the honesty of Pluto. So small, and docile, like an elliptical smile of grey fire. Would you lay with me a while, count your unconditional lovers; like our burnt stars in mason jars? Struggle is the birth of the void and the 'rapture' ~Your king and poet will wait for you, in the radiant abyss of our ink-hearts~ *I will guide you to his open arms,               a hug awaits my dragon princess.*                                                                         *He wears the stars for clothes,                                                       like an outlaw, among the banks of the universe.                Where disease can't reach him, or she,                                           Cancer can't harm you anymore,*                                                                  "Not anymore, Belle." ...
Sincerely, Capricorn. © Copywrite Skaidrum
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 11:54 PM UTC
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