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Dark black hair ran down her radiant skin, her Lips kissed by wine made egos fall into ravines. A neck which caressed one's unholy strife, and eyes whose glance made slaves dance to her delight. Cheeks which grasped the sunlight's grace, her back had showered in lust yet was for none to embrace. A waist which was a muse to Lucifer's canvas, and legs which ravaged every inch on one's mind. This beauteous Dame can be seen by none, for only in thoughts could she thrive.
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Apr 1
Apr 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC
Lucifer's Muse
That red sari and kohl on the eyes If you are the rain,I will be the cloud I'm crazy when you're came to smiling If there is no cloud, there will never be rain There is only talk of our love everywhere
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Feb 16, 2025
Feb 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM UTC
The RAIN 🌧️🌧️ ☔
You said I was perfect And you meant every word of it Like a design-your-own character, I fit your every preference My blue eyes, my bowed lips, my eyelashes My rib cage, small enough for you to hold You told me you loved my every curve How my skin was just pale enough to complement yours My height, my legs, my voice your favorite in the world My brownish blond hair that you loved to twirl I suppose for me, you weren't far off Six feet tall, lean, but strong A laugh that made me sad when I didn't hear it for too long Dark brown curls that turned red with the season You grew your hair out for me, but I'll never get to see it You said I was your dream But you weren't mine Because the one that I dream of Will never say goodbye
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Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 at 12:22 PM UTC
Dream Girl
A transgender super heroine give a whole new meaning to secret identity & alter-ego.
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Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 6:08 PM UTC
Nicole Maines
Put me to sleep I says put me back to sleep and lock the door I got some place to be Got someones to see. You can't understand You surely can't understand I needs to dream my same dream I needs to dream my same dream I says This old life does me no good My eyes, they need to be closed I says. Finds me a woman I met sometime last night No madder how I tell it, You can't understand this thang I know fo' certain. I says put me back to sleep I says put me back to sleep Can't you see I got some place to be Got someones to see
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Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019 at 10:49 AM UTC
Same Dream Blues (Ode To Langston Hughes)
A large percentage of my favorite dreams end too soon. My eyes open and I regret the moment I open them. A large percentage of my favorite dreams ending too soon. While I lay there unable to find my way back. A large portion of my life spent unaware of my surrounding until I wake up. The reality that I'll never find my way back. Some of my best smiles, favorite memories of what could have been. Discovered while I leave everything behind And close my eyes for seconds longer This unexpected moment I close my eyes & begin to dream. My eyes skipping through every smile. To see where I end up, the faces I haven't seen in a long time Re-Living a moment of peace. When my eyes open It's not completely the dream I resent why I open my eyes. It's the complete and utter feeling of not knowing what could have been. Known that you were the sweetest dream I could have fallen into Stumbling in and out of every laugh. Known the sweetest kiss I could have ever dreamed Came from you
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Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019 at 10:41 AM UTC
Same Dream
I am lusted after and I am singled out because of one thing I have to offer them. I have something the average girl doesn’t have, I’m ‘a girl with a little extra’ I am their secret dream girl, their hidden desire. They love to love me in secret. They don’t see me as a person, they see their fantasy being fulfilled with me. They don’t want to know my mind they just want to know how long I’ve been on hormones. If my hair is real, if I had any surgery and you know what surgery I am talking they say with a no good smile. Wow your face is so feminine looking, you would never know what hiding between your gorgeous thick legs. Your body is perfect, your are not narrow you have full hips almost child barring. Your delicate nose, your long blonde hair to your pouty lips you are perfect for this one night t girl. They love my voice, they say its so **** and soothing. I am a *** object to them, a pretty thing with **** hips and a **** 20 years of flesh on my body, and I still cant feel anything for it. Yet these men do. I am a delicacy, I am a rare indulgence for them. Do you know how beautiful you are young t girl they ask me. Why so empty t girl, why so lonely you could have any man you want for the night. The night, that is all this body is worth to them. My mind attacks my body like a foreign object, something that is not right or supposed to be. Yet men find it so **** like eating the forbidden fruit. I am so tasty sweet and so unacceptable. What will people think they say to me. How can I be lusted after, but shamed for my body Something they find so beautiful, so exotic They love my porcelain skin, that is diluted with freckles they say they want to count each one I have. Get naked t girl, that is all your body is good for, to be looked at let me adore you. Yes I have a girlfriend but you are an exception, you are a rare commodity, your skin is baby soft, not rough there is no trace of man hood on you except the one thing below that makes me want you. You are my fantasy t girl, you are what I think about at night when I am alone. When I decline what they want, I am disgusting, I am a stain in the world, let me show you what happens to real women t girl, such a waste of a pretty face. these men are so offended that 'someone like me' doesn't desire them they desire me. yet how am I the fantasy?
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Dec 18, 2018
Dec 18, 2018 at 8:35 PM UTC
I am your boyfriends secret dream girl
I am lusted after and I am singled out because of one thing I have to offer them. I have something the average girl doesn’t have, I’m ‘a girl with a little extra’ I am their secret dream girl, their hidden desire. They love to love me in secret. They don’t see me as a person, they see their fantasy being fulfilled with me. They don’t want to know my mind they just want to know how long I’ve been on hormones. If my hair is real, if I had any surgery and you know what surgery I am talking they say with a no good smile. Wow your face is so feminine looking, you would never know what hiding between your gorgeous thick legs. Your body is perfect, your are not narrow you have full hips almost child barring. Your delicate nose, your long blonde hair to your pouty lips you are perfect for this one night t girl. They love my voice, they say its so **** and soothing. I am a *** object to them, a pretty thing with **** hips and a **** 20 years of flesh on my body, and I still cant feel anything for it. Yet these men do. I am a delicacy, I am a rare indulgence for them. Do you know how beautiful you are young t girl they ask me. Why so empty t girl, why so lonely you could have any man you want for the night. The night, that is all this body is worth to them. My mind attacks my body like a foreign object, something that is not right or supposed to be. Yet men find it so **** like eating the forbidden fruit. I am so tasty sweet and so unacceptable. What will people think they say to me. How can I be lusted after, but shamed for my body Something they find so beautiful, so exotic They love my porcelain skin, that is diluted with freckles they say they want to count each one I have. Get naked t girl, that is all your body is good for, to be looked at let me adore you. Yes I have a girlfriend but you are an exception, you are a rare commodity, your skin is baby soft, not rough there is no trace of man hood on you except the one thing below that makes me want you. You are my fantasy t girl, you are what I think about at night when I am alone. When I decline what they want, I am disgusting, I am a stain in the world, let me show you what happens to real women t girl, such a waste of a pretty face. these men are so offended that 'someone like me' doesn't desire them they desire me. yet how am I the fantasy?
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What choice have I? Presented with my dreams in waking light. What hope have I? I could not resist you with all my might. What choice have I? When looking at your face makes me crumble? What hope have I? In your stare I forget to be humble. What choice have I? When the years denied me beauty like this? What hope have I? When I’d given up on the perfect kiss? What choice have I? You’re fire and light of the brightest star. What hope have I? I can’t believe just how gorgeous you are.
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Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 at 6:43 PM UTC
What Choice Have I?
He thought he found his dream girl but he is actually living in her dream.
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 at 7:32 PM UTC
Dream Boy
Maybe I love her more. Then again maybe she loves me more. To her love is a test. I know I've missed my share of answers. I looked at the clock. Knowing I need to take my time but can't slow down. In a time I couldn't think she hid my calculator. Telling me to use my fingers. I knew the answers, I used them everyday. Maybe I love her more because I studied. Then again maybe she loves me more because it was a pop quiz. But thats ok, because it was open book. Motivation to love you better
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Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 2018 at 10:21 AM UTC
Open Book Test
I dream about you When I'm completely awake I see you every time I close my eyes And every time I open them You're burned into my retina Like I've been staring at the sun
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Jan 20, 2018
Jan 20, 2018 at 9:26 PM UTC
Object Permenance
In a strange sort of way. I've always wished that we've gotten together. Be it a dream; that we would speak in hellos than good byes. True love by means of evolvement. Maybe I shouldn't think of you this way. To bootleg myself in what I truly believe. The hope of every possibility. Your complex occupation. To say what really matters. To truly inspire in the midst of what we truly feel. Consciously low key. Eyes that take for granted that you'll always be there. Maybe this is what I low key deserve. Now knowing to be heard. The difference between listen. On another note. I don't know. I sort of always thought that would be fire. To think of you as mine. To hear the depth of truly knowing how free we are. Our phones unlocked with complete sincerity, with us humbly mumbling somewhere in the background
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Jan 19, 2018
Jan 19, 2018 at 7:53 PM UTC
Hellos Than Goodbyes
I’ve been sitting around wondering why I couldn’t be enough for you And why you never wanted the love I was willing to give But I know why I am Manic Pixie Dream Girl to you And when I became too human to admire I was no longer enough for you We all know what happens to any of John Green’s female characters After we close the books They either end up alone Or dead There’s only two options for a girl like me Either I am manic pixie dream girl Drinking some IPA my father would drink And probably throwing up my lunch in the bathroom Or I am nothing I never asked to be Manic Pixie Dream Girl I dreamed of being dream girl The one in the movie with the long blonde hair And the rich father And the stay at home mom And the trust fund But I guess this is the next best thing I promise you that you know exactly who I am The girl in the movie with the dyed hair and the love for some obscure random poet or band or artist She's quirky And wears flowers in her hair She smokes too many cigarettes Or does too many drugs Or has some mental illness She has something wrong with her that the audience loves And she barely speaks But when she does everyone stops to listen And the protagonist loves me in his time of need But once he gets what he needs from me He’ll get to go back to dream girl I give him his sense of self worth And he gets the girl But the author of this story never bothers to worry about me He never wonders if I have feelings too So overtime, through pain and heartbreak I’ve learned better than to get attached Manic Pixie Dream Girl knows she only gets a few moments I did my job here You learned your lessons So I guess my time is up It is time for me to move on To some other ordinary guy With an ordinary life And I will come in, shaking the walls And once he gets what he needs He will find his dream girl And fall for her instead I will be back here With this same silence These same regrets These same bags under my eyes I will once again be too human to love I will be a pile of hair dye and ***** and Bukowski books And you will be so in love you never wonder about me ever again But when you grow old And you have your house in the suburbs And your cubicle job And you’re married to dream girl, who you never really loved You’ll wake up and wonder how you got here And you’ll remember me The girl who changed you And you will feel so nostalgic you will tell your children about me And I know you’ll only call me manic pixie dream girl Because you won’t bother to remember my name anyway
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Oct 25, 2017
Oct 25, 2017 at 2:30 AM UTC
(Manic Pixie) Dream Girl
I’ve been sitting around wondering why I couldn’t be enough for you And why you never wanted the love I was willing to give But I know why I am Manic Pixie Dream Girl to you And when I became too human to admire I was no longer enough for you We all know what happens to any of John Green’s female characters After we close the books They either end up alone Or dead There’s only two options for a girl like me Either I am manic pixie dream girl Drinking some IPA my father would drink And probably throwing up my lunch in the bathroom Or I am nothing I never asked to be Manic Pixie Dream Girl I dreamed of being dream girl The one in the movie with the long blonde hair And the rich father And the stay at home mom And the trust fund But I guess this is the next best thing I promise you that you know exactly who I am The girl in the movie with the dyed hair and the love for some obscure random poet or band or artist She's quirky And wears flowers in her hair She smokes too many cigarettes Or does too many drugs Or has some mental illness She has something wrong with her that the audience loves And she barely speaks But when she does everyone stops to listen And the protagonist loves me in his time of need But once he gets what he needs from me He’ll get to go back to dream girl I give him his sense of self worth And he gets the girl But the author of this story never bothers to worry about me He never wonders if I have feelings too So overtime, through pain and heartbreak I’ve learned better than to get attached Manic Pixie Dream Girl knows she only gets a few moments I did my job here You learned your lessons So I guess my time is up It is time for me to move on To some other ordinary guy With an ordinary life And I will come in, shaking the walls And once he gets what he needs He will find his dream girl And fall for her instead I will be back here With this same silence These same regrets These same bags under my eyes I will once again be too human to love I will be a pile of hair dye and ***** and Bukowski books And you will be so in love you never wonder about me ever again But when you grow old And you have your house in the suburbs And your cubicle job And you’re married to dream girl, who you never really loved You’ll wake up and wonder how you got here And you’ll remember me The girl who changed you And you will feel so nostalgic you will tell your children about me And I know you’ll only call me manic pixie dream girl Because you won’t bother to remember my name anyway
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1. Initiation Mighty waves traverse across The realm of time and space They Leave behind some faint imprints While horizon slowly shrinks.    2. Observance The boatman gives a vicious call And the nets are put in place If tides take a winsome turn He would fill up his plates.     3. Discovery The sunset lass builds sand castles While sea breeze soothes her tender skin Enchanted by her gentle smile I write about my April muse. Prashant Shaurya ©
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Sep 18, 2017
Sep 18, 2017 at 8:39 AM UTC
Seaside Musings-II
Here I am, the manic pixie dream girl of, you guessed it; your dreams. I am here to ask you questions about your boring, probably something generic, major like business or management or maybe even some type of art form that no one really knew existed until you decided to bring it to your high school and of course the liberal arts school of your dreams has that EXACT program and all the means to support it financially. Of course, I will always ask about you. How your day is, how your plain black coffee is, what you thought of that one song that played as we were walking into the train after a date that both of us probably went on looking to get laid. But in the end, it will always be you. I will continue to fluff your deflated ego that was caused as such by some hollywood trope from your hometown like a cheerleader or maybe even someone who was on AV Club with you, who really knows, because I sure as hell don’t care to do any research into it. Now, part of being your early to mid-twenties manic pixie dream girl, it is essential for us to bond over old broken up bands that neither one of us were actually alive to see perform yet that dream of ours is still so prevalent as we make conversations over whiskey you assume I like because of it’s pretentious name that you will describe as “harsh yet creamy, dry but sweet” and on bad nights I will tell you that it tastes like the back of my father’s hand and you will laugh at a joke I did not intend to tell but then again I will have to ask you what is so funny. I will always be the one asking you about a life I am so willing to leave without even meeting your family. Being a manic pixie dream girl is all fun and games until I am the one always doing the starting of conversations, until I am the one sending you Spotify playlists that I know you will never listen to, until I am the one showing up unannounced. My name will roll off your tongue like smoke from your American Spirits, but only in the beginning, because by the end; you will cough when I finally tell you to stop calling me.
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Aug 23, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 at 5:14 PM UTC
manic pixie dream girl trope
Here I am, the manic pixie dream girl of, you guessed it; your dreams. I am here to ask you questions about your boring, probably something generic, major like business or management or maybe even some type of art form that no one really knew existed until you decided to bring it to your high school and of course the liberal arts school of your dreams has that EXACT program and all the means to support it financially. Of course, I will always ask about you. How your day is, how your plain black coffee is, what you thought of that one song that played as we were walking into the train after a date that both of us probably went on looking to get laid. But in the end, it will always be you. I will continue to fluff your deflated ego that was caused as such by some hollywood trope from your hometown like a cheerleader or maybe even someone who was on AV Club with you, who really knows, because I sure as hell don’t care to do any research into it. Now, part of being your early to mid-twenties manic pixie dream girl, it is essential for us to bond over old broken up bands that neither one of us were actually alive to see perform yet that dream of ours is still so prevalent as we make conversations over whiskey you assume I like because of it’s pretentious name that you will describe as “harsh yet creamy, dry but sweet” and on bad nights I will tell you that it tastes like the back of my father’s hand and you will laugh at a joke I did not intend to tell but then again I will have to ask you what is so funny. I will always be the one asking you about a life I am so willing to leave without even meeting your family. Being a manic pixie dream girl is all fun and games until I am the one always doing the starting of conversations, until I am the one sending you Spotify playlists that I know you will never listen to, until I am the one showing up unannounced. My name will roll off your tongue like smoke from your American Spirits, but only in the beginning, because by the end; you will cough when I finally tell you to stop calling me.
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We could build a castle in our dreams On a peaceful beachside No cyclones can blow it away Dress up like a queen of my heart You deserve the diamond tiara We could walk ashore bare foot Holding hands watching the sun set Like a gold coin dipping in water Hear the breeze singing memories I would carry you in my arms Back to our palace, lay you on the bed
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Jun 18, 2017
Jun 18, 2017 at 3:29 PM UTC
Dulcinea
I hope that your the one. Accompanying tomorrow into today. The time shared from one conversation to the next. Painting vivid pictures in each other's eyes. The moments where time stands still, sitting in each other's embrace. Rushing to get to the phone, hoping that you'd pick up soon as it rings. Relaying different thoughts, new things to think about. How much I've missed you, when could we meet again. Do we require permission to do the things we keep to ourselves. The smiles that reveal how close we keep each other in thought. The way you look wearing my favorite color. The start of our imagination getting the best of us. Spending time with you, becoming my favorite habit. The smell of my cologne staining your shirt. The times when all you need is a look. A slight procrastination that leads into different topic of conversation. The comfort of voices revealed in low tones. The perfect day dream, your head laid on a pillow. A random date somewhere out of the ordinary. Drive in movie. Arms stetched out, pretending to fly like we're kids again. Big head pretty girl pictured perfectly in my dreams, a pack of starburst filled with pink wrapping. Real life situations seen as practical. Late night conversations, the need to vent. Not a thing to do but listen to you speak your mind. The build up of stress from work, fake friends, the perfect invitation to relate to your favorite vice. Not everything has to be about *** I want you for you. Imagining you walk from one room to the next. The spark of intellectual stimulation, aspiration, the reasons I miss you as much as I do. The fragrant aroma of your skin lingering, an incense of thought wrapping around the senses. Waking up finding myself still in a dream. A kiss to wake up to. Ensuring the future. The sun peeping through closed blinds, the wiggling of toes. The smell of decaf. Coffee in the morning. Fitting perfectly inside the cup of my hands, the swirl of cream, a couple tablespoons of sugar, swirling about in perfect motion. This is how I picture us together. All in perplexed but interesting truth. The simplicity of it all
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 11:30 AM UTC
The Simplicity Of It All
I hope that your the one. Accompanying tomorrow into today. The time shared from one conversation to the next. Painting vivid pictures in each other's eyes. The moments where time stands still, sitting in each other's embrace. Rushing to get to the phone, hoping that you'd pick up soon as it rings. Relaying different thoughts, new things to think about. How much I've missed you, when could we meet again. Do we require permission to do the things we keep to ourselves. The smiles that reveal how close we keep each other in thought. The way you look wearing my favorite color. The start of our imagination getting the best of us. Spending time with you, becoming my favorite habit. The smell of my cologne staining your shirt. The times when all you need is a look. A slight procrastination that leads into different topic of conversation. The comfort of voices revealed in low tones. The perfect day dream, your head laid on a pillow. A random date somewhere out of the ordinary. Drive in movie. Arms stetched out, pretending to fly like we're kids again. Big head pretty girl pictured perfectly in my dreams, a pack of starburst filled with pink wrapping. Real life situations seen as practical. Late night conversations, the need to vent. Not a thing to do but listen to you speak your mind. The build up of stress from work, fake friends, the perfect invitation to relate to your favorite vice. Not everything has to be about *** I want you for you. Imagining you walk from one room to the next. The spark of intellectual stimulation, aspiration, the reasons I miss you as much as I do. The fragrant aroma of your skin lingering, an incense of thought wrapping around the senses. Waking up finding myself still in a dream. A kiss to wake up to. Ensuring the future. The sun peeping through closed blinds, the wiggling of toes. The smell of decaf. Coffee in the morning. Fitting perfectly inside the cup of my hands, the swirl of cream, a couple tablespoons of sugar, swirling about in perfect motion. This is how I picture us together. All in perplexed but interesting truth. The simplicity of it all
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She brought comfort, The few minutes granted by the press of the snooze button. The shutter of eye lids reaching the corner of rem. Choosing instead to sleep rather than face the reality of being away from her. The hesitation of opening eyes, a morbid reality. Waking up, coming to the realization that the only perk life has is when your truly unconscious. Lost in a soft dream. Inhabiting a space somewhere in time that feels like eternity. An ethereal experience. Filling my lungs in a universe filled with her. A place containing a medium that dilates pupils behind closed eyes. Fearing that any moment might be the last. A unexplainable language, depicted as a snore. The circulation of bliss. Smiling in a state of sleep. Interrupted by the sound of an alarm, signifying that our time will be cut short. Annoyed by the sound of reality blaring it's alarm. Half opened eyes feeling around to silence the light of a phone. Modernized alarm. Made convent. Lost in the sheets. All made possible by the 10 minute break of the snooze button. Picking back up were we left off, for 10 long minutes that seem like a lifetime. All thanks to the press of a snooze button
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Mar 1, 2017
Mar 1, 2017 at 3:18 PM UTC
Snooze
What happened to the possibility of dreams. The motivation of seeing you when I close my eyes. Beginning to live the rest of my life, there with you. A higher perspective of connecting on a higher plane. A certain enlightenment that scatters all shadows back to dark. This is the light that surrounds you while I close my eyes and dream of nothing but you
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Feb 12, 2017
Feb 12, 2017 at 10:38 PM UTC
Higher Plane
Dreams render bliss yet cannot feel But I found a girl whom is most real
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Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 at 9:39 AM UTC
Dreams
I've pictured us together over a million times, Not wanting to leave each time you've appeared. Each emotion growing deeper with each visit. The thick of each others grasp. The sun symbolizing the height of emotion set in each other's eyes. The feel of lips against the tide of endless bliss. The thought of dreams becoming reality. The thought of you walking in. You here in my arms in an endless loss of breath. The plight of anticipation. The clench of hands tossing and turning in release Holding on to the moments seen through low cut eyes. The times I wish would never end. Wishing you could stay
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Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 9:22 AM UTC
Abruptly
Tonight when everything goes quiet. When you cut your tv off after One last channel check And the light from your phone flashes one last time before plugging it on the charger. When your laying there lost in thought Before finally fading off into a deep sleep. There is a cliff that resonates between our deepest thoughts. And on that cliff I am standing there waiting on you to fall into a deep sleep. And grant you one of the best dreams you've had in a long time
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Dec 19, 2016
Dec 19, 2016 at 8:29 PM UTC
Sweet Dreams
They say love is blind And i get what they mean I might have fallen for a Girl I've never even seen Everything about her Seems too **** good She's a classy Girl Straight out the hood She's the sweetest Girl With looks that could **** And a sense of humor That makes her seem so unreal She's a kind hearted person With a face oh so sweet She may be the best person I yet have to meet
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Jun 10, 2016
Jun 10, 2016 at 6:43 PM UTC
Dream Girl
I was conscious the moment her hand touched mine. It felt as if I was sleep waking in a beautiful dream. I had no insight to anything before that. No remembrance of if I dreamed or not. There was no grogginess no want to close my eyes. I felt at peace laying there watching her stare back at me. The simpleness of it all. The experience of something so precious shrewd in nature To be perfectly honest there is no place I'd rather be. Her voice assured a deep well that cured need for thirst, the sheer depth of a look shared from eye to eye. I told myself it was just a dream, But when she touched me; I refused to wake
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May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 at 1:06 PM UTC
Coma
Heto ako ngayon, punum-puno ng ngiti Isang balatkayo na mananatili Habang ako'y takot, ngayo'y walang lakas Tahakin, suyurin, maulap na bukas Masdan mo ang labi na nag-aanyaya Ng isang masayang puso ko at diwa Subalit kung masilip ang puso kong pagal Lakas at tatag ko'y di na magtatagal Halika't yakapin ang aking alindog Masdan at lapitan, aking niluluhog Sana makita mo ang bawat bahagi Naluray na laman, dito sa 'sang tabi Durog na ang dibdib, maging ang isipan May bukas pa kayang sa 'ki'y nakalaan? Masdan ang palad kong natigmak sa dugo Halika't subukang gamutin ang puso Tayo na't maglakbay, ang diwa kong tulog Panaginip sana'y saya ang idulog Maging totoo ka't isayaw mo, sinta Magsaya sa gabing pag-ibig ang dala.
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Sep 25, 2015
Sep 25, 2015 at 9:08 AM UTC
PANAGINIP