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 Aug 2014 moon
Sobriquet
You and I went for a drive today
squeezing ourselves into your car
jostling for space amongst five years worth of love and loss
lapping an aimless mosaic
through  the streets we grew up in.

I say I want to clear the air
looking at the  scars your hands collected since I last saw them
and you say it's funny we are both so stubborn
or we would've spoken sooner
watching the road
with the wry grin that has always stayed with me

Of all the things we talk about,
the hollowness you say you feel is what echos in your face
and the steely timbre in your voice
is so different from the happiness of when we first fell in love,
and I can see it  grip your steering wheel
hidden in your broken knuckles
every time that you accelerate.
 Aug 2014 moon
Jorge L Echevarria
Blue eyes on a clear day.
Bluer when the sun hits just right.
I've seen her eyes the bluest when the kid in the red shirt showed up.
Her eyes locked and practically green.
A color on her I've never seen.
Like the seasons changed, so did her eyes.
Eyes so far from the blue skies that once drew me to her.
Jealously struck.
She became a monster.
Green eyed distraught.
I might have lost her.

*Green eyed distraught when it's pouring outside and your sky tells no secrets.
Your petrifying skies that force me on my hands and knees until they bleed screaming
"SKY, WHY DOES HE THINK MY EYES ARE GREEN?"
Seemingly colorblind after he struck me with his lightning,
radiating me with yellows, blues, and pinks
and I'm sorry that I'm still dead and cold after everything.
He wore the wrong color.
Shirts as red as the passion he had only for blood.
As red as the stop signs that I will not let keep me from moving forward.
Deciding to run some place warmer.
Writing you a letter on a purple piece of paper.
Where the sun hits just right.
Signing it, "Sincerely, Your Darling Little Monster."
This is a "collab" I wrote with Fake Knees Her writing is in bold, and mine is in italics. http://hellopoetry.com/fakeknees/
#LostRedHead
 Aug 2014 moon
Arcassin B
by Arcassin Burnham



just some feelings i cant shake
talking to me as if I'm awake,
but I'm asleep,
so theres no way you can repeat,
escaping your emotions as the night falls,
creeping in desperation,
breaking down the walls,
i would search the nation,
to see you fall in love,
i would search the nation,
to see you fall in love,
she turned it on,
and me as well,
will the teenage love making occur,
only the time will tell,
she turned it on,
and me as well,
will the teenage love making occur,
only the time will tell,
put me in your magical trance,
expressing my emotions,
like the ring of a bell,
come with me baby,
we could rule the night if we dance,
the dance floor couldn't handle us,
just tell me you will.
http://arcassin.blogspot.com/2014/08/nite-lite-full-version.html
 Aug 2014 moon
JWolfeB
learning
 Aug 2014 moon
JWolfeB
The first time I realized how to love you,

was the second I surrendered.

When I finally gave up.

And let go of loving myself.

I have constructed more reasons to hold on than I have equipment for.

So letting go will be the first thing I do.

Next,

Well I have not planned that far.

I know if I love with all of my existence, I can’t fail.
 Aug 2014 moon
Spencer
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 Aug 2014 moon
Spencer
Isn't it a tragedy?
I used to lay in bed at night.
Thinking about who'd miss me.
Only my mom came to mind.
It was always enough to stop me.
But I came to resent her for it.
That's when I realized.
Life isn't fair.
Isn't it a tragedy?
 Aug 2014 moon
princess
may 16 2014
 Aug 2014 moon
princess
it hit me without a warning, until i noticed this hole in my chest,
i realized quickly you gave me this
it used to be stitch shut,
but i now see all  my insecurities, and all the things that
i'm ashamed of and every broken memory
that i kept hidden in the back of my closet,
this sorrow keeps wrapping up
like a noose around my neck, and
i am just waiting till you come along and
kick the stool away

— The End —