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73 · Jan 2019
purple vacation
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
I haven't felt a feeling too long
I often don't love too hard
a protective system put in place for a self-destruct personality
unravel my intuitions until they're laid to rest
rest on me, breathe on me
place your hands on me, it won't be for long

a man's gentle endeavors
to handle a fragile little lady

home is changing, a home without walls
the clock's ticking with no time left at all
there's an infinite life, an infinite time
for us to conform to each other's resiliency

an intimate friend too old to call lover
too dangerous to feel any bit safe
but tonight, as I live out my ambitions, with you in the back seat of the car I just stole, we'll drive and we'll run . . .
to another lonely town full of poisonous fun
go-kart catalysts and vulnerability
with freedom galore
and a lightning-shock sun

...
01-17-19
73 · Jun 2018
Ow, don't hurt me
Ruby Nemo Jun 2018
funny how it changes
how once, feet hurried past
minds thought no thoughts
about one another
and my sister would marvel and tell me about it
and all I saw
was the product of a stable past
and many girls I knew.
how, now, this face has been paired with a name for you
and the rumors you might have heard are true
and we know what it feels like to give
some loving attention to an otherwise dreary relationship.
as I sit outside in my chair in the sun
it's slightly funny how this thing was begun.
06-16-18
Ruby Nemo Mar 2019
I wish I could say
I wasn't obsessed
but my life is too old to be mine
wither and worn, each day feels
like I've already lived it
years and years ago

this body of mine
like a shell made of wire
a sheet of remiss
over indifferent bliss

I can notice the blood
running from his lips
he was biting his tongue
for the silent dismiss
03-22-19
70 · Dec 2024
Untitled
Ruby Nemo Dec 2024
breath looms in an airless space

the possible trace of us

i spin in whirling cycles, trying not to let my thoughts overtake me / wishing the sadness could last a little longer / trying to sleep.

it has been so long since i have experienced debilitating pain

even when his whispers linger in threatening taunts
even when i forget my own name

let this happiness be eternal
like an elixir of life, fueling
like i always used to feel
where did the misery come from?

romantic projections. idealizing self-harm. keeping balloons here with me, on the ground, instead of letting them float away. i am not who i always was. i stagger and side-step on tops of beams of certainties. keep things too close to me. document every feeling. hold on to the pain. nurture the sadness

i am getting quite bored now, goodbye
wednesday, december fourth, two thousand and twenty four, seven p.m., in bed
67 · Aug 2018
Sluts
Ruby Nemo Aug 2018
ashamed for an irritable disposition
your queen has her hand high
and you don't know what it's like
to be condemned
08-30-18
66 · Jan 2019
Until I Dream of You
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
and I'll stay asleep until I dream of you
or until you decide to
speak to me like you used to
I don't want to lose you
so I'll stay asleep until reality bends
and we'll make amends
among the clouds

I'll blame myself repeatedly
until you show me how to be
more like you
I'd like to be more like you

I'll hate myself for things I've done
but baby, believe me
you are the only one
the only one

I'll force myself to sleep all day
until the pain goes away
the sun and the moon interchange
not really, for me, it's all the same
everyday, everything's all the same
you made me complete
I tore us apart
I'll slip into darkness to fight my heart.
12-30-18

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