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Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

Lemonade

Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

Marian

Lemonade

"**** as lemons, sweet as lemonade."

*~Marian~

Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

Comparisons

Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

MaRiahh Hodgkinson

Comparisons

I want to be like water.
Light enough to slip through finger tips,
And strong enough to hold up a ship.

I want to be like the clouds.
Thin enough to evaporate into air,
And thick enough to block out
All the light from the sun.

I want to be like air.
Simple enough to be taken for granted,
And powerful enough
To determine your life
Or your death.

Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

maybe

Jun 2013 sanguine-souls

mc

maybe

maybe if I said it
you'd say it too
but we all know
I'm not that brave
so I guess
we'll live in a world
of never knowing
if we could have been

May 2013 sanguine-souls

closure

May 2013 sanguine-souls

Djs

closure

sincerely, eye to eye
final montage
sweet goodbyes
[after] years and years
of persuading and endeavour
[all] the good memories
and [hardships] that came along
tested our patience
stayed still, together, and strong
after all we've been through
and all we fought for
but why couldn't our [destiny] just agree too
parted, disconnected
with no alternatives of fixing it
suddenly [separated]
no more you and i or [us]
stayed still but isolated
like a shattered glass
[and] now that it's come to its finale
neither of us are capable to live laugh or love
and this only thing i must but [cannot] say
eye to eye
you deserve to [be happy]
good bye.

*-djs

May 2013 sanguine-souls

to everyone i have ever loved

May 2013 sanguine-souls

Raymond Johnson

to everyone i have ever loved

to everyone I’ve ever loved

i.
you were the first
you taught me so much
i spent six years loving you
and you never loved me back
you taught me how to quit
how to give up
how to fail
my only wish is that i learned sooner

ii.
i never knew that a simple “thank you”
could hurt the same as cold steel
carving up my body

i offered you my heart
and you told me
i could keep it

iii.
i’m sorry

iv.
you’ve ruined me
to this day i still dream of you
i cry out from fitful sleep
and wake with your name upon my lips

every word I write
is a futile attempt
to relive the blissful moments
i spent in your presence

the distance between us
is an ocean of sorrow
and i
cannot
swim

May 2013 sanguine-souls

Grounded To You

May 2013 sanguine-souls

M M M

Grounded To You

I want to be
The grass beneath your feet

I want to be
The cold, wet concrete

I want to be
The sand masked in heat

I want to be
The rocks that cut you deep

I want to be
The dirt that covers your cleats

I want to be
The ground you walk on
So carefully

I always want to be this close to you

I envy how often
It touches your soles
Grasping on, if only for a moment
Rushing up
Through your legs
Through your body
Through your soul

Each step makes you who you are
Each step takes you a little further from me

Took a different direction than I thought it would, but, I don't hate it.

May 2013 sanguine-souls

Claustrophobic Ice

May 2013 sanguine-souls

echo

Claustrophobic Ice

These hands around my throat
are made of air
gripping, sweating ice, grasping
claustrophobic
fears

My mouth
a gaping chasm
a humid void
a lip-framed hollow
Drying, dying, tongues are lying
We cannot trust
ourselves

I feel a sudden urge to hide
I will curl up underneath this desk,
escape the harsh fluorescent lamp
to respite my eyes
to weep and cry
to bring back moisture to this life

And meaning to my words

— The End —