Tori Gadney: Favorites

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Hollie Shantz

I always thought the shape of love was a circle
Only one road
No suprises or twists
No jagged edges
Or Sharp corners

Then i met you
And i realized love was the shape of a
Knife
Cold and metallic
With a dull and a sharp edge
Twisting paths all leading to one thing
Cuts
Stabs
Wounds
Scars
Pain

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

The Truth

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Shayann Hastings

The Truth

Don’t kiss me just because you think I want it.
Don’t kiss me because the world says you have to.
Don’t kiss me because you feel sorry for me.
Kiss me because your lips long for my lips
just as much as your mind longs for my mind.
Kiss me because you can’t live another moment
without the feel of my lips against yours.
Kiss me because you want me to know
just how much love you feel for me.
Don’t just kiss me because you can,
because I am full of cracks and you might just shatter me.

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

World's Best

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Nicole

World's Best

Take one
Take two
Calling on the liars
And all the world is our stage.
Oh how sick you say
No its much worse
That no one sees through
Our twisted little games.
So intricate
So in depth
So often
With such ease.
Some call it acting
Others deception
It keeps us safe
And is worth more than you believe.

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

The ABC

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Spike Milligan

The ABC

'Twas midnight in the schoolroom
And every desk was shut
When suddenly from the alphabet
Was heard a loud "Tut-Tut!"

Said A to B, "I don't like C;
His manners are a lack.
For all I ever see of C
Is a semi-circular back!"

"I disagree," said D to B,
"I've never found C so.
From where I stand he seems to be
An uncompleted O."

C was vexed, "I'm much perplexed,
You criticise my shape.
I'm made like that, to help spell Cat
And Cow and Cool and Cape."

"He's right" said E; said F, "Whoopee!"
Said G, "'Ip, 'Ip, 'ooray!"
"You're dropping me," roared H to G.
"Don't do it please I pray."

"Out of my way," LL said to K.
"I'll make poor I look ILL."
To stop this stunt J stood in front,
And presto! ILL was JILL.

"U know," said V, "that W
Is twice the age of me.
For as a Roman V is five
I'm half as young as he."

X and Y yawned sleepily,
"Look at the time!" they said.
"Let's all get off to beddy byes."
They did, then "Z-z-z."

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Instinct

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Emily Tyler

Instinct

That instinct
You have
When you're this depressed
And
Every time
You're in the
Stainless Steel kitchen
And your mom
Is stirring soup at the stove,
And a dribble of
Tomato basil
Slobbers down the side
Of the black pan.

And there's still
A knife out
From when
Tomato intestines
Sprawled across a cutting board,
Which is now in the
Soap-water sink.

You feel it,
In that second.
Instinct.
Need, really.
To take it
And slice open your wrists,
Or maybe just one,
If you're having a good day.

You seriously consider it.
It isn't just a thought.
It can
Scare you, really.

You want-
And one day, might need-
To pick up that knife
And do bad things.
Things that good girls
Wouldn't dream of.

But you don't do it,
And you won't do it,
Because your mom is right there
Stirring soup
And ignoring tomato drool.

And it's such short notice,
You haven't written your note yet.

#suicide #depression #**** #knife #cars #instinct #emilytyler

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Flight

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Emily Tyler

Flight

I hate airplanes.
I hate them
More than
Anything
I've ever hated.

Except the flight
From Dulles
To Ft. Lauderdale.
I like that.

Especially at night
When it feels like
Stars
Can be caught with
A thin fishing line
Twenty feet away

And eventually you
Go off the mainland
And can't tell where
The water starts
Or
The stars stop.

Then you see a
Sudden line of lights below
And beyond that
An infinity of bright bursts
Of lights
And lamps.

All darkness,
Then suddenly
Light.

I really hate planes.

But not the flight
From Dulles
To Ft. Lauderdale
At night.
I love that.

#flying #flight #florida #planes #virginia #emilytyler #airplanes #dulles

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Two Trees

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Roisin Sullivan

Two Trees

Two trees they stood far apart
Across the waves of grass.
And although these trees grew apart
The two became friends fast.

Until two men had decided
That there must be a line
And these trees should be divided
Would happen to be fine.

Eventually, arose a wall
And the men were content
The trees could not be seen at all
Pleased with good effort spent.

The years passed by and time went on
The two men aged and died.
But the two trees remained fond
And every fall they cried

Meanwhile the trees grew and grew
Spreading out their branches
When one day there came something new
And what were the chances?

That pollen drifted from the tree
And came to the other
Caressed it in the warm spring breeze
Like an eager lover.

In the summer a tiny sprout
Had grown near to the wall
Each day it grew more stout
But it neglected to grow more tall.

The days and weeks and months passed by
Until the tree grew strong
And all three trees were intertwined
Where all of them belonged.

The great wall crumbled, then it fell
Just as the three trees swayed.
All three let out a joyful yell
As none there were dismayed

But time passes as per always
And winter came at last
The two trees passed into a phase
Where neither tree could last.

But the youngest one did not fall
Instead it grew *****
By far the greatest of them all
But doesn't love have that effect?

And then one day a tree did grow
A place along the way.
So graceful did her branches flow
Always ready to play.

Two trees they stood far apart
Across the waves of grass;
And although these trees grew apart
The two became friends fast.

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Did you know?

Dec 2013 Tori Gadney

Roisin Sullivan

Did you know?

Darlin'
    Did you know
        That you've never looked prettier
            Than with your hair *******
                And your body clothed in sweatpants?

Sweetheart,
    Did you know
        That with every word that you say
            And every step you take
                You leave me utterly entranced?

Honey,
    Did you know
        That with every argument
            And with every tear that falls
                Part of my heart would break and die?

Baby,
    Did you know
       How pretty you were with words
           How I was entranced by you
               And how I listened to you lie?