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Fireflies dot the skies as
we dance in the moonlit night
unaware, without a care for
the rest of the world.
Your hands brush my face
filled with gentle grace
as we claim this place
as our own,
and with you I don't
need a home.
The willow sets the scene
so calm, serene
as the moon beams
keep time, getting lost
in the rhymes that
we sing and the
joy that they bring
to my soul.
You awakened me from
a sleep so deep I
couldn't tell I was
dreaming
or screaming for help,
who knew a stranger
could know me so well.
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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Scars
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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My nails marked constellations,
rosé stars glistening on the yellow sky.

The deepest mark guides my frail bones,
weeping cherry wine across the heavens.

Let the crimson moons dangle on my skin,
painting my body with that scarlet lipstick.

Accent my amber stomach with shadows of my ribs,
lined up like the stormy clouds above my teeth.

I hold these flaws in my callused hands,
bury them deep in the veins that strangle my heart...

They keep my rusty lungs singing.
sorta unfinished (but oh well)
she's
a liar and
a foolish woman
​too full of herself or
​frightened to
admit

​she's lost without you


the
sun is gone
​blue skies have faded and
clouds hover above
​her


Sunrays
​only reflect upon lovers
and she suffers at each glimpse of
​their togetherness


Loneliness
​has entombed her
she's chilly whether indoors or out
​day and night even when temperatures
​reach record breaking, hot

​she

​is

​f r e e z i n g


Her
​tears fall like
​rainfall whenever she
​encounters lingering scent of you
​and her spent in the bedroom, bathroom, living room

​in

​every

​single

​room
christened
​in the name of a
​soul deep love

​and like a shrine she enters each 
​kneeling, inhaling and worshiping EVERY **** image
​that daily ritual brings

​and

​when
​compelled to step
​outside amongst scrutinizing eyes

​she
​prances in her
​prefabricated glow trying
​to convince those
​around her

​she
​hasn't
​missed
​a
step
​without 
​you


all
​awhile
​­inside

​she's tripping

​and

​crying out in
​agony


since you

the
sun's
​been
​gone


and

​she's cold

​soul

​cold

 

©cj
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
Jay
feminine
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
Jay
i will be a woman
in every land i enter

and when i return
i will be whomever your lips
have made me into

i have never been able to own
my story
my future
myself

i have always belonged
to someone else

like you said
in green agony
'you were mine first'

but don't you see?

i was never yours

how could i?
when i have always been mine

first
and foremost

day by day
the revolution approaches
day by day
we rise
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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Poetry
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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I never really liked poetry.

I never really liked the crimson roses
that spilled from my fingertips.
I never really liked holding hands
with cosmos made of truth.

I didn't want the pearls
behind my eyelids to sing.
I didn't want to hear the screeches
that danced on my tongue.

I never really liked the ruby strings
that strangled my coarse throat.
I never really liked the charcoal fingers
that itched my ivory wrists.

I never really liked anything.

Until stars fell and galaxies
succumbed to my eroded feet.

I liked the way the burning skies
lived in the veins of my heart.
I liked the way my eyes bled
endless oceans alive with emotions.

I liked the sugar coated lips
perching on the branches of my head.
I liked the blossoms blooming
from the tip of my voice.

But still,
I don’t really like poetry.
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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Nail Marks
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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Tiny crescents lined
on my pale pink skin;
rosy moons hanging
above shaky lips.
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
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"A one-way ticket to space, please."

"These coins can’t get you anywhere"

I poured my silver lined heart
on the desk

"Ma’am this is all I have"

“I am afraid that is not enough"

I plucked my crystal tears
drew the rubies in my veins

I picked out my pearly eyes
they rolled like silk into her hands

"Enjoy your trip"



But

As I stood on the observation deck

Before the inky canvas
freckled with glistening stars

I realised

I had no

Eyes to see
hearts to please

Not even a tear to weep

Just a vessel
With a metaphoric soul

And a one-way ticket to space.
 Jun 2017 Emma Faith
honey
your hands hold mine gentle but firm
kisses softly placed on my neck
hushed whispers and silent smiles
i want to tell the world about you
but in this moment
i am content
with quiet love
my first happy poem!!!!!!!!!
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