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Eden Jun 22
I used to think that love was forever,
I’d meet the one meant just for me.
But I was blind to the expiration date,
Stamped somewhere I couldn’t see.

Like milk left out a day too long,
It turns before I taste the rot.
Moments that once felt sweet and safe
Now curdle into what I’m not.

They say that love should feel like home
But all of mine collapse…
How can I build a foundation
With love that never lasts?

I trace the blame across my skin,
Regret like ink I can’t erase.
Was I too much? Too soft? Too loud?
Still chasing distance I couldn’t face.

This temporary love leaves me hollow.
The tethered knots between our hearts
Disintegrate and all I’m left with
Is sorrow and unraveling parts.
Don’t close your eyes on your dreams—
you’ll lose sight of what you believe.
The will of your work is measured by
the work you’re willing to put in.
As I live in a house of emotions,
courting words to plead my case—
bleeding through a see-through face.
A quiet ache, always on trial.

Knowing that the high-and-mighty
Christian is the easiest target to bring down.
Careers cut short— because in short, they
never really knew the Lord.

And me?

I live like the world’s greatest plot twist,
my mind a tornado of thoughts—
every turn unexpected,
every breeze loud with questions.
I’ve known the chill of a cold finger turned
trigger. And felt the weight of a sharp tongue
used as a silencer. As it’s easy to shoot yourself
down the same way you shoot others—whether
whispered or screamed out loud.

But those who follow their worth,
instead of searching for it in the crowd—
those are the ones who stand out.
Aloud.
their eyes are a deep coffee brown
rich like Mother Earth's soil
captivating like a siren
leading a sailor to certain death
******* me in like mud on a
rainy day
pleonasm
pleonasm: the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning
Cira Jun 22
Death is the purest form for a soul to meet it's end
But some don't expire, they get ruthlessly silenced.
It wasn't just a grave, it had a backstory
A mortal with foresight couldn't roam the streets free.

Weapons unleashing as a force of nature,
Coming like a hurricane with sharp armour
It bled in vanity across the lanes left misunderstood,
Knowing it wasn't meant for this shrewd.

Tulips in the field, lotus in the pond
Here I swam in rivers creating the purest bond
Soft, tender winds that kissed the shadows,
Heels stood hard espousing the meadows.

A mentality with a storm inside waiting to unleash the candour,
But before the storm reached the clouds, it perished at the altar of betrayal.
The dress worn in the market was paper,
And here this corporeal wore layers of vapour.

Snakes hissing in the midnight grass,
Fake jewellery worn made of metal brass.
Words with meanings left the air,
Stories and memories unfold in care.

Boulders on the shoulders, the cracks left open,
Speech put to suppress, hidden drought unbroken.
Caged in boxes, unsheathed traces,
Known secrets belong to shattering my cases.

Body on stilts, hands caressing the bare face
Scars left untouched building the soft embrace.
Tight shape wear exist in types
Ice ate the morphing lives.

The grenade was an autopsy of my lie,
When I took matters afar left was the awry sky.
Under the rebel of rocks and old fossil bones,
Metaphors unfolding rows of straight shooting missile drones.
"Read with whatever in mind and decept whatever meaning you find."
JLGM Jun 22
Turning Point
I've been stuck in this cycle, going around.
Every day feels the same, I'm losing ground.

Searching for a sign, a reason to fight, Wishing for a change, dreaming of the light.
When will the dawn break through the night? When will my life turn around, I plead?
Longing for hope, for a heart that’s free.
Echoes in my mind, they never die, Waiting for the moment when I can fly.

Thoughts in my head, they haunt me still, Chasing shadows, it’s a test of will.

Every road I take seems to lead me back, To the same dark place where I feel so sad.

I can't seem to find my way out of this maze. When will my life turn around, I plead? Longing for hope, for a heart that’s free.

Echoes in my mind, they never die, Waiting for the moment when I can fly.

Someday I’ll find my way, I’ll break free, Waiting for the sun to shine on me.
Created by
JoAnne Gugliemotto
Kenny B Lewis
10/18/2024
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Created by
10/18/2024
Joann Gugliemotto
Kenny B Lewis
you were so lovely
yet in a tremendous amount of pain
the pain went away
but so did your life
it was a pyrrhic victory
I'm glad you aren't in pain
any longer
but the feeling is bittersweet
it was a pyrrhic victory
as you crossed
the rainbow bridge
rest easy buddy
pyrrhic: (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor
kevin Jun 22
Jackie and Kevin carried on taunting sevens
In oysters as shots sounded English haunts
I didn't marry his burdens
Gentle steeps of wonder
Daytime in the feins
Whistless ****** sheed rather
Jackie and Kevin down that pint

But only half an English burden
Half the English burden Kevin
I am Jackie downd them fein

For u2 Scott's Irish pub connor

To the ballads with Jackie's half wits

Claire
Protect yourself
Lomaxes pints
Jackie and Kevin carried on taunting sevens
In oysters as shots sounded English haunts
I didn't marry his burdens
Gentle steeps of wonder
Daytime in the feins
Whistless ****** sheed rather
Jackie and Kevin down that pint

But only half an English burden
Half the English burden Kevin
I am Jackie downd them fein

For u2 Scott's Irish pub connor

To the ballads with Jackie's half wits

Claire married an English hog Paris

Emma? Marry an Irish stanza?

— The End —