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Jan 2016 · 1.1k
Just Not the Same
PrttyBrd Jan 2016
Like minds
Open hearts
A world in words alone
Kindness, pain, compassion
Who's a poet to throw a stone
Sanctuary
Kinship
Share a thought or two
Running lies
It's fun and games
'Til no one's left
But you
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Jan 2016 · 614
Miles
PrttyBrd Jan 2016
Here we are
Dead of winter
Dead of night
Alone
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Jan 2016 · 1.0k
Reminisence
PrttyBrd Jan 2016
A scent on the wind
A moment in time
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Dec 2015 · 1.2k
In you, I am me
PrttyBrd Dec 2015
In the silence of your breathing
My heart heals
My tears dry
My soul is at peace
In the purring of your slumber
My stress dissipates
My fears are quelled
My broken spirit fuses
In the comfort of your aura
I am who I am meant to be
I am someone I always dreamed of
I am... whole
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I love you so very much
You are such a blessing
Dec 2015 · 2.0k
Enlightenment
PrttyBrd Dec 2015
There is a light
In that light, there is clarity
With clarity, one can see
The error of their ways
The truth of who they are
Their deepest desires
With clarity
One can become
Who they were always meant to be
One only has to open their eyes
To see
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Dec 2015 · 1.6k
In All Things
PrttyBrd Dec 2015
I
AM
beautiful
and
so are you...

always have been
121215
Dec 2015 · 836
Aequora Tuta
PrttyBrd Dec 2015
In the rush of the waves
There is stillness
While she dances
Her laughter;
A symphony of souls
The warm water
Cradles him
As he lies mesmerized
Entranced by Her
120315
Something to aspire to
Nov 2015 · 1.4k
With You at a Distance
PrttyBrd Nov 2015
In the comfort of shadows
The warmth of the blankets
Lying next to me
Could be you my love, so far away

In the comfort of shadows
The world with you out of reach
Closes in tight
And you feel closer than you were

In the comfort of shadows
Alone in the dark
My tears silently rust the armor
Trying, in vain, to shield my heart

In the comfort of darkness
My loneliness fades
As I feel your soul dance with mine
And a smile escapes my tears

In the comfort of shadows
It's yesterday, my love
My life was whole
When you gazed into my eyes
In the light of the sun
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Nov 2015 · 743
My Dichotomous Truth
PrttyBrd Nov 2015
I am
The
Very fence
On which
I
Walk
111315
Nov 2015 · 1000
Acclamation
PrttyBrd Nov 2015
I am
Blessed
And
Honored
To be
Loved
By
You
111215
I love you
10w
Nov 2015 · 1.7k
PERCEPTION
PrttyBrd Nov 2015
In pain
There is beauty
In healing
There is art
110615
Oct 2015 · 854
Tsu.co (not a poem)
PrttyBrd Oct 2015
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PrttyBrd Oct 2015
Souls reaching out
Passing in the night unseen
Wrapping each other in love
Warming the algid distance
I feel you course through me
It brings me peace
While my presence brings you comfort
In the lives we lead alone,
We are but half of who we could be
Less than what we should be
A piece of you is here with me
As my heart resides in you
Half a life
Barely connected to each day
Both lost and found within one another
There is no joy not tempered with pain
The only pure emotion, our love
'Tis all that sustains us
As we die breathing stagnant air
In the absence of ourselves
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Dying a little more
Each breath I take without you
Oct 2015 · 930
a pause before kindness
PrttyBrd Oct 2015
One only needs to gather thoughts when searching for something nice to say
10815
one-stroke senryu
Oct 2015 · 1.6k
the birth of disappointment
PrttyBrd Oct 2015
it lies in wait
in the sighs after a statement
in the pause between words
hanging in the air
it looms overhead
thickening with each passing second
coating the lungs with heavy silence
yea, the silence
'tis wear dreams go to die
for when exposed to another
it's the silence
that is coagulated disillusionment
and it is in that place
that the silver in the clouds
begins to tarnish
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PrttyBrd Sep 2015
Will you find me faster next time
Before perception binds me to duty
To a life I was never meant to lead

Will you search relentlessly
Until we are joined once again
Before fairytales fall from reality

Will you remember that we are bonded and bound
And be compelled to feel whole
On loves crusade until we meet again

Will you know me as you always have
Through millennia to eternity
Never resting until we are one

Will the road to me be found more quickly
Wasting no time building a life united
Sharing all we are meant to share

Should the slumber of darkness find me
Will you find me faster next time
83115
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Aug 2015 · 865
The Charmer
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
Armed with empty sentiment and kindness
Sharing just enough to weaken defenses
A whiff of insecurity
And trust disintegrates
With one swift blow
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Aug 2015 · 1.2k
Eternally Until Next Time
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
Words blur
Eyes burn
Thoughts implode
Melting under molten memories
The day I stopped being Her
82615
Nothing has changed for me
Nothing is the same for you

Waiting to be told how much less I will ever be.

But my forever rings true.
Never again to share to the depths of myself
For it was spied once and I became mortal
Dying more with each breath
Tortured worse by each moment
Knowing I am just another girl
And you are the best part of who I am
Aug 2015 · 900
Once Upon A Time
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
He loved me once
With exuberance and joy
He loved me once
And saw my flaws as perfection
He loved me once
And helped me to love myself
He loved me once
With all that he is
He loved me once
With an honest soul much like my own
He loved me once
And made me believe in forever
He loved me once
With neither question nor doubt
He loved me once
And in a flash of perception
All I can say is...
He loved me once
82515
Nothing changed
Yet all is altered
I ruin joy
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
The if and then
Of now and again
Has waged a war in words
Of joy and pain
The sadness reigns
Though nothing has occurred
To beg and plead
Yet not succeed
Can break the strongest heart
Though they tease
The subtleties
Enhance the miles apart
82315
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
And I knew the moment my eyes beheld it,
"A love like this can know no death."*


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PrttyBrd Aug 2015
My mouth was filled
With the taste of bad dreams
8915
10w
Aug 2015 · 9.1k
Life In The Shade
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
Your beautiful soul deserves
so much more
than my shadows
8815
10w
Aug 2015 · 1.1k
Welcome Insipid Prose
PrttyBrd Aug 2015
The well runneth dry
Words like sludge
Are painfully excreted
Through thickened and broken skin
Gone is the peace from this place
All semblance of sanctuary
Eradicated by derisive battles
Of witless wonders
Still, words try to flow
The beauty in freedom gone
The art in emotion
Hindered by fear of judgment
Joy erased to distant memory
Gone are the days of unbound expression
Missed are the times of universal acceptance
Words seeking approval are skewed
Honesty is painful
Truth is rare
Their union is all I know
And it is a  punishable offense
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Jul 2015 · 1.1k
Illuminatus
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
Enlightenment
Through darkened shadows
Clear visions
Reflections of stone
A heart in glorious shades of smoke
Master of illusion
Precise and unyielding
Cool breath and a steady heart
Poised within a mind
In constant dissension
Complex and beautiful
Determined to test limits
Hoping, against hope
To be enlightened
Through darkened shadows
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Jul 2015 · 1.6k
Glaciated
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
Sheets of ice
Like shards of glass
Cut through
Severing emotion from life
Saving a soul from pain
Rebelling against warmth
With negative degrees
Safety in solitude
Blissful ice-olation
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Jul 2015 · 1.3k
Tyrany of Life
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
The paths that lay ahead call
Singing harmoniously to the soul
A chorus of whispers like flitting wings
Opinions, unsolicited and unwelcome
The future is seen in logical deduction
Two steps down this road
Five steps down that
Some are well lit
While others sit in the darkness of the unknown
Eenie, meenie, miney, and moe
Life is ruled by a despot
Every choice, each minute decision
Made by one
There is no team in, I
Take a deep breath
One foot in front of the other
The options are limitless
Final say and fate accepted
There is no one to blame
When responsibility lies within
Change direction at will
Enjoy the unexpected
Each life a maze
Each with its own tyrant
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Jul 2015 · 2.7k
To Lie and Waste
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
The air smelled sweet of promises
The quill wet and ready
The seat sat empty
The page lay bare
Sweet promises turn decayed expectations
Rotting delusions
Spill through quill
From self-inflicted gaping wounds
The worms seem happy
Dancing in the meat of yesterday's dreams
7215
expectation is the birthplace of disappointment
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
The lush green leaves
Fall
One
By
One
Burned by the heat of the Sun
Scorched by her tirades
The dewy green turned steam
Replaced by shriveled brown
Devoid of life
Under her heated gaze
The beauty she craved
Nay, nurtured
Destroyed by the fire of who she is
The trunk lies bare
Sticks into earthen crust
Reminders
Of what once was
What was pure
What was perfection
What will never be
7215
searching around corners, looking at the stagnant walls, feeling the absence in my sanctuary, perhaps I too shall flee, to fly into infinity ad finem
Jul 2015 · 11.1k
Rules of Engagement
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
Crossing the room in slow motion
She watches his muscles move in the moonlight
Oh how they glisten in anticipation
Sit my pet, in a whisper
At her feet he waits with bated breath
So pleased at his obedience
Proceed
Such a simple command
He inches closer
His eagerness evident in his silence
In his omission of a proper response
An outfaced palm and he stops short
Sitting back on his feet, hands in lap, eyes to the floor
I'm sorry Ma'am, he says
That is evident by his failure to respond
He knows what is coming
Grabbing the back of his hair she forces his eyes to hers
Position, she says disgustedly
She leans back in the armchair as he pulls her hips to the edge
He lifts one leg and gently places it over the arm
Then he positions the other in the same manner
Sitting back on his feet, facing the floor
His arousal is evident, as is his moist anticipation
Respire.
The word is grunted through gritted teeth
He leans into heaven
Hovering an inch away
Slow deep breaths
He breathes in her essence wanting nothing more
Than to bridge the gap with his tongue
White satin and peekaboo lace
She runs down the rules of his punishment
Will you touch the Goddess
No Ma'am
Will you drool on the Goddess
No Ma'am
Will you move without permission
No Ma'am
How long will you hold your position
As long as my Goddess sees fit...Ma'am
Good boy
His breath is slow, deliberate, and heavy
The heat of it permeates the thin fabric
She runs her hand over the object of desire
Accentuating the outlines of what lies beneath
An accidental whimper
Silence!
A gruff command
Followed implicitly
In a slow and graceful motion
A hand slips under the fabric
Opening her flower releasing a hint of nectar
The scent grows exponentially upon the unfurling of petals
A glistening finger touches him just above his lip
Is that what you want?
It's a rhetorical question
Yes please
What will you do to get it
Such a simple question with but one answer
Anything you please, Goddess
Stick out your tongue
He does so in silence, careful that he does not touch her
She uses his wet flesh to wipe her finger clean
Closer she whispers
Now, within a half inch he breathes her in deeply
Mesmerized by the dewy goodness held behind the smooth satin
Watching desire grow in painfully slow motion
He blows out on the growing dampness
As he waits for her next command
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Jul 2015 · 1.7k
Sunrise to Sunset
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
If I have been in the morning of your love
The stormy skies seem cornflower blue
Obstacles turn to vaporous haze
Warmth envelopes any sadness
In your gaze my life force blooms
If I have been in the morning of your love

If I have been in the dusk of your passion
The night's shadows disappear
The darkness takes a sultry turn
Sated slumber surrounds me
Blanketed in love divine
If I have been in the dusk of your passion

Through days and nights in lover's hands
Kept safe in love sublime
Fear naught what life unfolds our path
Guardian of heart and soul
This earth is full of whimsy and wonder
If I have been in the morning of your love
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as you requested, my dear
Jul 2015 · 803
Jagged Eggshells of Wonder
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
Spiteful absence
Torrents of pain
Purposeful
Deliberate
Invading, fading  
Truths
7115
10w
Jul 2015 · 886
multifarious
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
corners catching yesterday's blended lies
you become
who I am
7115
10w
Jul 2015 · 886
Adickted
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
I look for you in the corners of each ethereal electronic glow
Crossing paths and catching glimpses
Cold trails and residual warmth
Time-stamped yesterdays
And real-time vacuums
Blended truths and planes of exisistence
Realizing, my truth, lies with you
Wondering who I have become
While knowing who I am
Missing words
Losing time
Feeling the very life in my veins
A ******
Tweaking bad for a hit
I look for you
In the corners
Of each ethereal electronic glow
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Hmmm, think I'll pull out that ten word to stand alone.
Jul 2015 · 976
Antithetic
PrttyBrd Jul 2015
As you wish
So shall it be
Silent
Obedient
Altered
7115
10w
Jun 2015 · 1.4k
Ab Intus (from within)
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Birthed at the center of my soul
You are my very heart
You are the seed of compassion
And the water with which it blooms

Birthed at the center of my soul
You open the window of joy
And close the doors tinged blue
A teacher of spirits, of freedom

Birthed at the center of my soul
Your kindness bleeds into me
Saturating my casing
Rendering me tender, despite myself

Birthed at the center of my soul
We became...as intended
Entire beings
Flowing between a unified spirit
Connected now as then

Birthed at the center of my soul
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Jun 2015 · 603
From Shadows Shared
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
***** sheets
On a ***** bed
The room smells of sweat and ***
Shame in sunlight
Love in shadows
A broken soul no one respects
Blurry eyes
And morning dew
Remnants of what has been shared
Used up
Borrowed human touch
Never thinking someone cared
In the rays
Of blaring light
The shadows can no longer hide
The truth that birthed
Within the night
The two are one though side by side
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Jun 2015 · 911
Rewritable
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Yesterday's tomorrow breeds hope
Timeless chances for renewal
Endless choices
10w
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Jun 2015 · 1.1k
Starry Starry Night
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Dust on the keyboard
Shines like stardust in dim light
10w
Jun 2015 · 713
It's All I Ask
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Take me
Hold me close to you
Love me always
61615
10w
Jun 2015 · 835
Left Hanging
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Cut off abruptly
Painfully denied closure
Wounded in distance
61615
Senryu
Jun 2015 · 776
Morning Brds Sing Lullabies
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Awakened at dawn
Finding emptiness beside
Lingering in dreams
61615
Senryu
Jun 2015 · 1.7k
Letters to My Lover.....XII
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
I do believe
Tonight, more than all others
The distance pierces my soul
A deeper depth
For each mile apart
A thousand punctures through
Still, after the red gums black
What is left
To course through my emptied veins
Is nought but you
The very life within me
The very beat of my heart
Your sweet breath
My only air
'Tis love that bridges the distance
But pain flows in rapids beneath
With you souls soar with angels
Anticipation of your return
Leads each day
As my smile is painted
With the memory of your own
Traversing the bridge
A tricky feat on stormy nights
The rain sparkles like diamonds
The moonlight never more beautiful
As in their reflection
Feeding the river
Yet, somehow, fortifying the bridge
Love is rooted deeply
Bound in eternal light
To a world tinged in darkness
A beacon within
Home is always in sight
If just out of reach
With eyes closed in slumber
United in bliss
Wrapped in the last time
Living for the next time
As much as it can be called living
Being stabbed by each
Of a thousand miles
61615
Missing you painfully
Jun 2015 · 1.1k
Antique Farm Equipment
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Rough hands
Long days
Honest work
Hand tools
And sustainability
61015
10w
Jun 2015 · 1.1k
Consumptive Reimagined
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
No we can't have it all
But we can have nothing
Nothing in common
But the weight of the world
Watching in awe as beside me you fall

And the embers, they smolder
For an hour or a day
As the breath Ignites once again
Consuming the smile
Before it is ever born

So, to the flaming death of joy we toast
Taking in the screams
On the descent of all who falter
I watch you fall in silence
Sharing a pain that consumes everything

You are focused on nothing
I am focused on you, oblivious to all
My loneliness beaten back by your own
If only momentarily we glance past each other
The air too heavy to revive all that is dying

One cannot follow what is right beside
Bathing in the aftermath of despair
Weight of the world, of lost souls,
Of the intangible yearning to feel
There is only loneliness for fear of sharing

Afraid of loosening the grip on the comfort of stagnant pain
or facing the nothingness of the unknown
We look but do not see anything save our own pain
No, one cannot follow what is right beside
I'll hold your pain if you'll hold mine
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Jun 2015 · 1.0k
Calliope
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Oh My Darling
My life, my love
You are all that I am
Everything that I can be
Without you
I am naught
At times we are at odds
Though my love remains
I long for you,
When you seem distant
I am wholly lost
Left to fester in my head
With you at my side
I am whole
I have sacrificed my sanity for my emotions
To feed my dearest love
61015
greek mythology, muse of epic poetry
Jun 2015 · 1.5k
Beholden
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
In all honesty,
The best part of me
...is you*




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10w
Jun 2015 · 983
Now, As It Was Meant To Be
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
Wasted
Alone in a land of wishes
Wanting to be wanted
Needing to be loved
Never realizing
It is in the very air
Taken in with every breathe
Waiting
In a world of half truths
And make believe
For a fairytale dream
Afraid to be dreamt
Longing
For what was deemed undeserved
In a life suffering in settlement
Searching
Through nightmares
For a pinpoint of light
For an alternate reality
For some semblance of home
Finding
What has always existed
What was birthed side by side
Created from the very same dust
Before time
Through time
Knowing
Loneliness no longer exists
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Always and Forever
Jun 2015 · 525
As I Am or Not At All
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
I am untamed
You are unwelcome
Tongue biting is not an option
You cannot harness my hurricane heart
I resent the attempt
I will not change
I am not your perfect misguided perception
You are just another stranger
For which I, as I am, will never suffice
And it is you who is unworthy
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Jun 2015 · 569
Should, should not exist
PrttyBrd Jun 2015
A tattered patchwork quilt of pain
An image of what should be
Neither are perfect
Just partial perceptions
A faulty reality
Yet, truth just the same
6615
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