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ringnir Jan 2016
By each callous day, waking neglects colour.
My eyes see black - pitched, vast and endless.
Every step I earn, learns a new monster.
My scabs and tears, each felt by their fingers.

The spirit I own, chafed thin breath by breath.
The air that we share - a sharp yoke on my back.
"The light's just ahead", says its voice abreast.
If not my drowning sight, my feet would have led.
ringnir Nov 2015
Hope
is a benchwarmer,
a mere spectator-
wistful as the game tarries,
useless as a goal jockey.
Why hope? Strive.
ringnir Nov 2015
who needs a home when coin is scarce,
who needs money when the path remains hazy,
who needs directions when a loved one ails,
who needs love when the roof is imaginary.
ringnir Sep 2015
Cast aside thy licentious gaze!
Lest thou chance upon my pits unshaved!
always remember to draw your blinds
ringnir Aug 2015
While your emotions may linger
Do not forget
People leave
ringnir Aug 2015
O' wick candle
I steal glimpses behind the dark
Your body pure
Inviting is your naked spark

Amber your glow
The only hue that ignites my soul
My wings respond
Mine heart whetted, manic I grow

But why thus so
While your light won't flit my way
When I draw close
My depths wantonly burn away

If not my wings
Surely my spirit suits well at least
Nary a bow
Not even a nod to put me at ease

Coaxed to linger
No vows could quell the flaming deceit
Yet I would rather
Char than be scorched skin deep

Weaker it grows
My beating bough 'neath your careless shine
O' wick candle
I still smolder inside, heedless of time
ringnir Aug 2015
Sleep is not possible
When you are already
Dreaming awake
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