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#illuminated
There’s an illness from history’s pages Which can even afflict the courageous Beware of the syndrome When visiting Stockholm I’m told that it’s mildly contagious There's a tome in the royal collection Behind triple-pane glass for protection If the legend is right It was penned overnight By a monk under Satan's direction
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Jun 21, 2025
Jun 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM UTC
Limericks from Stockholm
Your love was like the buzzing of bees in the summer I used to run from the rain, but if only I could stay Under your stormy love, or inside your fireplace arms Now that you're gone, I sit quiet And I watch the lightnings eye naked Delighting of every and each illuminated trait It hits me in the same way, and I pray to believe That the bruises you left are enough to make me feel alive Parti sous la pluie.
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Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020 at 1:45 AM UTC
Gone in the rain
Once upon a full moon, An immortal soul escaped it's vessel. Illuminated by moonlight, Whisps of the spirit gracefully glided down the eye of a rabbit hole, swirling through the sphere of Life and Death, caught inbetween their reflection of each other. Their voices harmonized like a pious gospel- the word of God. The soul asked them to lay her down at the bottom of infinity, where there's a cave of every dream ever conceived, Appearing as fog on a horizon of memories, spread across the sky like prophetic constellations.
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May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 3:44 PM UTC
The Rabbit's Hole
Listen up, caviling charlatans. Forgo the sporadic rebuff, luminous is the dark and shaded is the light, the path to endless days. If the vagabond's respite is fraught with retribution, why continue in shambles, instead, covet his ways. Don't lament the shadows, cry for illuming rays.
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Mar 3, 2017
Mar 3, 2017 at 9:45 AM UTC
Blithering citizens
One looks up and says life is a ladder Black sky's illuminated with stars scattered Adventure thrown in the air in the shape of matter We take and embrace what we can't see instead what we can feel. It all feels so unreal..emotions and ordeals Now watch as our minds peel then sit in a cornfield Only to be found by space and particles They read while we speak of thee impossible Big humps to people seem like obstacles. We just jump above and learn that anything is possible. Never walk in shame within the halls of the honourable.
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 12:03 PM UTC
illuminated
__________________________________________________________ a girl with a mind like a tunnel somewhere amidst a winding mountain road quiet and familiar the tunnel calm and inviting as his headlights approach from the distance particles of light start finding their way inside the tunnel less dim with every heartbeat until everything is illuminated within fractions of a second his headlights span out into every corner and every crevasse and brings every brushed away memory   into full view warmly embracing every hidden secret   and for a moment the tunnel becomes unnaturally bright           the kind of bright that makes you           squint your eyes and           hold your breath and           dig the tips of your fingers           into the foam of your steering wheel           but you don't get afraid because           your eyes adjust before           the fear sets in and when your eyes do adjust you forget that it's ever been dark at all and you feel as though this light can last forever           but our eyes can only handle           so much light   now he's approaching the exit and his headlights are reaching out beyond the arch of the tunnel far into the thick woods and towards the mountain tops as he passes through on his way to some final destination and he never even thought to stay so cherish the very last seconds and cherish every fraction of his beautiful bright light before the tunnel goes dim and everything is quiet and all that is left is a numbed pain           the kind of pain you feel           when your pupils           dilate           so fast           they hurt
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 11:01 PM UTC
a mind like a tunnel
__________________________________________________________ a girl with a mind like a tunnel somewhere amidst a winding mountain road quiet and familiar the tunnel calm and inviting as his headlights approach from the distance particles of light start finding their way inside the tunnel less dim with every heartbeat until everything is illuminated within fractions of a second his headlights span out into every corner and every crevasse and brings every brushed away memory   into full view warmly embracing every hidden secret   and for a moment the tunnel becomes unnaturally bright           the kind of bright that makes you           squint your eyes and           hold your breath and           dig the tips of your fingers           into the foam of your steering wheel           but you don't get afraid because           your eyes adjust before           the fear sets in and when your eyes do adjust you forget that it's ever been dark at all and you feel as though this light can last forever           but our eyes can only handle           so much light   now he's approaching the exit and his headlights are reaching out beyond the arch of the tunnel far into the thick woods and towards the mountain tops as he passes through on his way to some final destination and he never even thought to stay so cherish the very last seconds and cherish every fraction of his beautiful bright light before the tunnel goes dim and everything is quiet and all that is left is a numbed pain           the kind of pain you feel           when your pupils           dilate           so fast           they hurt
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A zip, a click and your little world is illuminated.
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Nov 27, 2015
Nov 27, 2015 at 5:09 AM UTC
Lighter [10w]
suddenly I'm able to see everything. too much. its all there. right in front of me everything is elucidated I just wish someone would come back, and fog up these windows I use for eyes and maybe put back some of that sweet mystery into the world I wish I was back in that candy shop. When my only worriers were the cavities that Dr. Patanaud would discover hiding in the dark crevices of my mouth But now, along with those cavities in the deep and infinite caves of my whole are secrets that hurt more than cavities that I wish my dentist could fill. but he cannot and so now, here I am. with a sore mouth. and sore eyes. and sore ears. sitting at the only lit table in a romantically dark room
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Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014 at 5:09 PM UTC
and i'm only sixteen