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dread 6d
A gorgeous vine, stood before a man,
but this is not a flower, he murmured,
overworked for many hours,

He cursed, seething his suffocating dower,
at this plant that dared mock the flowers,
to its place he should return it,

His hateful heart sought to burn it where it stood,
but he understood, to truly wound is to leave a mark,
so he gnarled his face and gathered his phlegm,

spat,
down upon this comely green being that wasn't his friend,
and watched himself drip past the superimposed grin,

and in this plant that wasn't bleeding, he was brought chagrin,
and kicked,
and kicked it's leaves over,
and over,
again,

To the midnight,
and dusk,
this song, to sing and fall over, eternally once again,
the callous man's rage, the empty man's grin,

To that, a farewell.
You don't need me
but I need you
You don't like me
but I like you

You don't know that
but what if you do
would you like me or not?
would you see me or not?
would you need me or not?

would it make a difference?
would it change your preference?
I guess probably not
nivek 6d
set sail and trust
in providence

with beauty
in abundance
When throat tightens
he runs away
Beyond that
Alfred who waits breathlessly
for this moment
tumbles over the skirt of love
that pours down a shower
He cannot see it
for three years
He cannot hear
for three years
He cannot speak
for three years
For ten years
in the name of love
he legally *****
Also the rest of her life.
I have been told
I speak too much
to be ignored.

At home,
I replay my day,
wincing
at every door my mouth opened
that maybe should've stayed shut.

Writing is the only room
where I am not wrong
for filling the air.

Today,
a someone said
I am good with words.
She doesn't usually read
other people's captions-
but she reads mine.

One small compliment
and I am lighter.

Maybe my words are wanted,
maybe they are not noise.
Maybe I am not
too much.
A day off the map
no lighthouse hikes
no ferry tickets in my pocket
just the cabin walls
the pines breathing slow outside

I roll up green quiet
let the smoke curl through
the screen door cracks
the air tastes like lakewater
and cedar

a chapter or two, maybe more
the book heavy in my lap
but light enough to drift away from
when Ethel Cain's voice
slips into my ears clean and close
like she's laying right beside me

no rush, no reason
the world can go on spinning its errands
while I stay here
in bed,
half ******, half reading,
all the way alive
in the hush of Tobermory
Penned in stillness, on a day without plans, beneath Tobermory’s skies
If I cut open my veins
will my sorrow flow out with the blood?
If I smash my skull and brain
will I find myself in the thoughts that flood?

If I carve out my eyes
will they finally stop weeping?
If I tear out my tongue
will it finally stop speaking?

If I slash my face
will I miss the beauty I never saw?
If I ****** out my heart
Will I see anything but my flaw?

If I carve out my lungs
will I finally be able to breathe?
If I slash open my stomach
will I finally be able to eat?

If I banish all my thoughts
will I finally be able to sleep?
If I get rid of all the shame
will I finally be able to weep?
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