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Ignatius Hosiana Mar 2016
Let
me
enjoy
my
melancholy
Joy
is
overrated
and
so
short
lived
Death by Decoy Mar 2016
You are sly
You are shy
How can you be so
A mystery you are

You are wholesome
But just as lonesome
In which makes up
Someone like you

You are terrible
Yet you're terrific
You're stuck
Yet free
Cloudy
Yet clear
Rigid
Yet fluid
And then
it makes all sense

You are two sides
That collide together
You're a dichotomy
A paradox
That seems
As though
You're not
Geddit? C o n t r a d i c t i o n.
Seán Mac Falls Mar 2016
If there is hint of blue note— it is contrived.
If there is semiprecious structure it is all by rote.
Because there is mastery — there is no mystery.

Adroit hands show only gloss and felicities death.
Surprise is supposed in the onslaught of notes.
How sad are the fingers that smooth them over.

The scales are mere trapeze and not a razors edge.
Your instrument is placation as your feel is dead.
Hurrah when you finish— no one hand is clapping,
The hill is climbed, but the great mountain is laughing.
Brent Mar 2016
my world revolves around you
yet your gravity keeps pushing me away
it ***** that i can't convince her how much i ******* love her
Matthew Harlovic Mar 2016
She was a walking paradox
in a pair of Doc’s.

© Matthew Harlovic
Cheyenne Mar 2016
Borrowed words: all to describe
Stolen moments, rented time.
Diction that I now transcribe.
A story that's not wholly mine.

In my bed I sleep; I dream.
Surrounded by walls that seem
Adequate to serve my needs.
But these walls weren't built for me.

The walls have ears--the ceiling, eyes.
Speak through our tongues--our own demise.
Nowhere is there now to hide,
For I (and you) am a loyal spy.

Woven into fabric rendered
To fulfill some view of splendor.
But no one here can remember
Why we stitch torn cloth together.

Too short, too tall, too weak to handle;
Must reinforce to insure it's ample.
But how can I shatter what is fragile
If I am what I wish to dismantle?
Amé G Mar 2016
Too mature to be classed as a child
Yet too inexperience to be seen as anything more
I crave someone to stay beside me
But I'm too proud to appear vulnerable

I distract myself with hobbies,
to fill the cavity in my chest
All the while my ribs feel like they're bursting
So I look for a means to pour out my heart

I can't think without giving words an uneven rhythm
But the paper infront of me remains blank
I like to keep things neat and tidy
Yet my poems are often messy

I prefer my own company
But I easily tire of being alone

I hate to let you see my cry
Yet I also hide my smile from your gaze
I've been told I "don't have any real feelings"
While struggling to hold back my tears
Nora Feb 2016
I push and I pull,
I tug and I tear,
Churning and creating
Waves that ripple out
In violent force
But drown me also
Miguel Soliman Feb 2016
it's in dark rooms and isolated spaces
do i find serenity and peace.

it's in the creases of your soft hands
do i find security.


it's in corners filled with shadows
where happiness exists.

it's in the touch of your red-stained lips
where hope lies fully.


it's in staring at pitch-black ceilings
do i feel a broken-hearted 's disease.

it's in your opaque eyes the color of storms
do i feel the calmness of a sea.


it's in me and my fondness of darkness
where love kind of is.*

it's in you and your fondness of brightness
where i can never be.
I was too lost in the darkness and you were too bright to see, but somehow, the irony of it all makes it better and worse at the same time.
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