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Q. Sobering Up From All That Darkness

Certain rhythms will provoke ghosts in old attics reeking with romance. That eternal prayer found in complete silence, begs sinners to break purity. Mortal breathes begin to dance between lips, creating poetry in sacred space. The momentary awareness of another, who craves the absorption of your soul. Suck me into your lungs darling. I'll translate centuries of painful wisdom stirring in the temple of my bones. These truths begin a home in our late night dialogues circling around dangerous pasts, all those golden, fatal blades. As we make our way back to the red light of sleep, the attic leans in to touch our skulls. We respond with agony and laughter. I slide into sleep, forgetting all I need to find in your mind. Accepting the fingerprints as you press my identity upon your tongue. The restless goddess within my nature swallows the mortality in tonight's poetry. But this never lasts. Love is a distraction, an intoxication meant to entertain that ego who loves deficiency, a selfish voice who finds herself every morning in front of a decaying mirror and blames the lack of other. Learn to leave the fear behind. You alone are whole. There is poetry sewn into your veins. Underneath that sacred silence there is an original symphony waiting to find the medium of your complex truth.
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katy-laurel
American
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Jan 9, 2014
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