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S May 2020
The world is silent but my thoughts are so loud.

My body aches from being forced to be still.

My hair is greasy.

From day to day I fluctuate in everything.

Forcing myself to present an image to others so I can be left in solitude.

I long to run, to be wild, to escape. To push myself until I can’t breathe and my body heaves and I feel more accomplished in a few moments than I have in months.

I want to go to the beach. Lay in the sand, let the waves crash on the shore and soothe my mind and soul.

I want my creativity to come back.

I want to love.
After a tiring week of never-ending emails and endless telphone calls, I needed quietness.
I walked to the beach to enjoy the cool sea breeze.
The day was luminous and beautiful.
As I face the sparkling, turqiose sea, the islands welcomed me.
Blue enamel and white fluffy clouds swathe the horizon.
It's so quiet...only the droning of the airplane at the far distance, then the dragon-fly wings, the lapping of the waves against the shore, the buzzing of the bee over my head and the pandanus leaves interrupt my reverie.
From some hidden spot in the grasses, a frog scolded the pilot for disturbing the peace.
Seagulls' called  from the far right; a chickadee chirped to my left.
A family of four sand ***** made an occassional dance, in search of food from where I sat.
A breathe of air stirred the palm trees and caused the fireweeds nearby to sway and shimmer.
The smell of seaweed was in the air. It was a fishy smell, a pungent, salty odour.
I felt the warmth of the scorching sun, despite the sheltering of the trees.
Here and there, fireweed seadpod split open, releasing the white soft cotton.
The sea breeze ruffled the water, I seemed to see a thousand silver -winged birds, dancing to their heart's content.
Kency Delawood Apr 2020
Who've sent a demon to rest on my shoulder?
Who's trying to tear my life apart?
I'm gonna keep my eyes open wide
'Cause the Evil never dies.

Y'all wanna rob my bones,
Y'all wanna knock me cold,
Y'all wanna cast me shadows!

Wanna make me think you killed the sun...wanna make me think you killed the sun?
I know it ain't night;
lies, lies, lies.

Won't let God speed me ****.
I've been sailing on a bed of thorns for years now:
Is that what you get for begging for a blessing?
Ha, genies never make the grind easy, don't they?

Y'all wanna rob my bones,
Y'all wanna knock me cold,
Y'all wanna cast me shadows!

Wanna make me think you killed the sun...wanna make me think you killed the sun?
I know it ain't night;
lies, lies, lies.

Bring me back to my womb,
Oh Mother I'm scared.
Break the spell that feel on me.
My native tongue is French, but I've been challenging myself to write in English.
Meysa Apr 2020
Men?

Hah.

They come to me.
But they never seem to go as easily
as they come to me.
I'm a simple girl.
I want nothing more than to bathe in my solitude.
But these men,
so foolish by nature
they want nothing
more than to claim me.

They threaten my essence.

And so well
I hurt them.
So well I hurt them too - my dear
So well in fact
that they come for seconds.
And when I start hurting them
I can't seem to stop.

I carry their morsels,
their names
in my every stride
in my sway lies their broken hearts.
At night, I lay on a bed of virtuous compliments.
I adorn my flesh with their promises
my skin reeks of their tenderest secrets.
My dress
a construct of their desires alone.
You will hear their fervent pleas
from time to time
concealed so effortlessly beneath my laugh
a soft cackle.

It is true.

I have dulled many lives.
Yet I have never felt more alive.
Because my dear
I’m sure that you too
would agree
I wear them well

les garçons.
- do not try to convince her that your companionship is better than her solitude
Ren Rosechild Apr 2020
Time alone
such a rare commodity
like an ancient coin hawked
on a two-in-the-morning infomercial.

Made that impulse buy
today
grabbing minutes
from an hour booked
already holding too much

Screeching sudden turn
off road sliding down
to the narrow shore
empty waiting

for my footprints-
and my time
to fill it.
Catherine Bailey Apr 2020
Not constantly talking with others made me think
I’m so confused as my mind I’ve tinkered with
I wish I could say goodbye to her, since I never learn
But I’ll have to secretly watch her giving off affection I yearn
I wonder if she also misses me?
Isabella Howard Apr 2020
The streets have grown cold
I can't get lost in this city anymore.
The nighttime silence shakes me to the core
And memories are making me feel old.

I miss the solitude of lonely
I miss the dangers of new.
I came to this city with dreams of you.
I'm going wishing you never knew me.

I don't know if I'm right
To pack up and go
And leave you in your messes alone
But sometimes you have to give up on your dreams.

Just for the night.
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