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Sep 2022 · 378
Change
Eves Affliction Sep 2022
Change.
The tide, turn and test of time
The twists and turns we encounter.
Sometimes change comes silently, slowly and unannounced.
As in corrosion, decay, the quiet shift from one generation to the next.
Sometimes change comes harshly, abrasively and all at once.
And we must adapt quickly or die quickly.
Whether it culminates slowly or crashes all at once.
We must never fear it, but expect it.
And accept it is apart of being alive.
Sep 2022 · 288
Crescendo
Eves Affliction Sep 2022
The leaves burst into crimsons and yellows
A grand crescendo
Before the winter
Sep 2022 · 262
Autumn
Eves Affliction Sep 2022
The seasons change
And so do we
Parts of us fall off
Like the autumn leaves
Rather than saying “I hate the rain”
Or “I don’t prefer the sun.”
Find joy in them all
Rejoice in every single one
Sep 2022 · 162
The Darkness Between Stars
Eves Affliction Sep 2022
Slices of light pierce through the sky
The stars who’ve inspired poets time after time
They speak of unsurpassed beauty
They find hope in their light
But the muses oft forget
The depths of the night
How rarely, if ever, mentioned
The abyss so very far
How rarely, if ever, whispered of
The darkness between stars
Sep 2022 · 389
Persuasion
Eves Affliction Sep 2022
Your persuasion is mysterious
Your power is an anomaly
I can’t find the reason you compel me so
You just burn for things
And it makes me want to burn like you do
Aug 2022 · 274
Epiphany of Eden
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
I dream of the ancient heart of east Asia.
The nobel mountains of China looming overhead.
Their imperial peaks shrouded in heavy mist. Luscious earth and dense forests, the color of jade, surrounding me.
Fresh winds, exhaling through the mountain pass, dancing in my hair.
The smell of bamboo, dew and tender greens slips through the air.
An epiphany of Eden. A discovery of the divine. A flash of felicity. A revelation of paradise
Aug 2022 · 254
Monster
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
I’m scared of my mind
Scared of spiraling depravity
The way I ache isn’t normal
Scared of dark capability
The monster most terrifying
Is the monster that’s me
Aug 2022 · 551
Gold Coins
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
He lit his cigar
And held it thoughtfully in his lips
The tip blazed
His eyes glowed amber red
The dark room
Filled with hazy smoke
He’s a dragon
Guarding his gold coins
Aug 2022 · 662
Just You
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
I can’t be bought
Can’t be bribed
Keep your cash
Give me your life
I don’t want your power
Keep your empire too
I don’t want your money
I just want you
Aug 2022 · 211
Baptize
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
Take me under
Take me down
Baptize me
Beneath the ground
Where there are no others
No material or wealth
Let me die
Die to myself
For as I go under
Dripping with sin
Life will flood my being
And I shall live again
Live new
Live fresh
New life attained
Through this death
Aug 2022 · 301
Revenge
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
All talk
Just a yapper
Fake friend
Back stabber
So it’s long term
Long game
Big picture
Such a shame
Icy vengeance
Shall unfold
Revenge, I hear
Is best served cold
Aug 2022 · 152
Cronies
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
Black suits
Predator eyes
Black hearts
With valuable ties
Connections
From the underworld
In a sky rise
Cigar smoke
Thick as their lies
Aug 2022 · 125
Gunpowder
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
Say my name and taste it on your tongue
Like whiskey burning on your lips
I trace your neck with my mouth
You stare at me like a sailor caught in a storm
Adrenaline pounds in your chest
You shake and pray and realize
You’re about to relapse
Hooked on the girl who smells of flowers and gunpowder
Aug 2022 · 123
Passionate
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
My light burned bright
Writhed, stunned, pierced the night
My fire was too much for him, he said
So he blew as hard as he could and left me for dead
But the smoke danced from within me and my resolution grew
The embers glowed, flowed and he knew
You cannot **** the heart determined to rise
No shadow may quench passion of that size
Aug 2022 · 265
Starlight
Eves Affliction Aug 2022
Perhaps she was a sunrise
Perhaps she was comparable to dawn
A new beginning, bursting with promise
And so much possibilities,
But she became what all days become
Full of duty and obligation and work
She became another thing to check off your list

But me, darling,
I shall be your night
Refreshing, calm, perhaps a bit disorienting
But so deep and dazzling
So wildly uninhibited
Drenched in silvery starlight
Far away from the prying, judgmental eyes of daylight
A safe haven to explore every fantasy locked away from the sun drenched world
Let me be your starlight
Jul 2022 · 158
Buried
Eves Affliction Jul 2022
I shouldn’t have played the game
I didn’t think I’d fall in love for real
But now I’m being buried alive
And I honestly don’t even care

You’re a drug I can’t quit
And I don’t think I want to
I’d rather die from loving you to much
Than die from being without you
Jul 2022 · 299
Rise
Eves Affliction Jul 2022
Heir of rejuvenation
Birthed through demise
Clothe yourself in jubilation
For you shall rise
Jun 2022 · 163
Misunderstood
Eves Affliction Jun 2022
It’s not that I haven’t made an honest attempt
To translate my heart to you.
I’ve tried. God, have I tried.
To get through to you
To connect with you
To hold onto some spark of hope
That one day it’ll click for you
And you’ll just get it, you’ll suddenly have an epiphany, a dazzling revelation
And you’ll understand who the hell I am
But the spark of hope continues burning in my grasp and the fire is never put out and it’s torture. Absolute torture.
To come to the stark realization that there are parts of me that must always be inaccessible to you.
Parts of me that must always remain untouched by you.
Though I’ve led you to them, grabbed your hands and attempted to apply them to those places I desperately wish for you to see and to feel and to have and to hold.
But there are some things that simply will never be.
There are some wishes that simply will never be granted.
And there are some of us doomed to be perpetually misunderstood.
May 2022 · 193
Black Hole
Eves Affliction May 2022
You had an immense gravity
So strong I was ****** right in
But you’re no star, you’re a black hole
And there’s nothing for me here but destruction
May 2022 · 235
Reruns
Eves Affliction May 2022
I know I can’t have you

I know we can’t do this

But playing reruns of our “might be’s”

Is simultaneously the most euphoric past time

As well as the most self-mutilating
Eves Affliction May 2022
I narrowly opened my eyes
Still glazed and heavy with sleep
I felt a strange presence in my room
Not a peaceful one, but definitely a beguiling one
There was a strange haze in the corner
It consisted of many tiny shining particles
Almost a glitter like substance
It was hovering in my peripherals
I turned and gazed
I felt unease and distrust
Though it looked beautiful and ethereal
I knew it meant me no good
And then it vanished
Apr 2022 · 136
Fairytale
Eves Affliction Apr 2022
Stitching stories together in my mind
You’re always my main character
My noble knight, heavy with armor
And bursting with chivalry
You’re my favorite fantasy
You’ll always be my hero
My fairytale ending
Apr 2022 · 156
Controversial
Eves Affliction Apr 2022
She creates waves wherever she treads
She’s not just controversial
She is life and death
Mar 2022 · 188
Tombstone
Eves Affliction Mar 2022
I stare at the black and white picture on your tombstone
Your face stamped into the earth
You left imprints in my heart
Occasionally some other thing will come along
Vying to fill the gaps you left
But I never let anything into those incisions
For though there are deep empty spots in me
They remind me you were here
The lingering spaces left by you
Are my last reminders you were really mine once
Mar 2022 · 137
Honey, Honey
Eves Affliction Mar 2022
My love, you’re nectar to me
I desire your sweetness in the morning
Your mind is delicious
Mar 2022 · 564
PTSD
Eves Affliction Mar 2022
P ain that keeps me up at night
T orturous memories that won’t leave my head
S adistic people from long ago still haunt me
D emons of the past crawl in my bed
Mar 2022 · 177
Desire
Eves Affliction Mar 2022
Allow me to uncover my desires
And my deepest affections impart
How I yearn to lay my head upon your chest
And hear the rhythmic thuds of your heart

The gravity of this love
Has my very soul collapsing in
You are my true confession
Give me this pleasure once again

Let me drink from your well
Let me taste the wine of your lips
Let me sit beneath your shade
And trace your veins with my finger tips
Mar 2022 · 841
Bird Cage
Eves Affliction Mar 2022
Of all cruel inventions
The bird cage must be of the cruelest
To confine a creature meant to soar
Behind bars, never to reach its full potential
That is cruel indeed
Feb 2022 · 334
A Life Well Lived
Eves Affliction Feb 2022
If you live life for yourself
Your desires, your cravings, your benefit
You will never be content
Dissatisfied and empty
If you live your life for those around you
Their benefit, their joy and well being
You will discover you are more fulfilled
Than ever before
You will overflow
Feb 2022 · 131
The Table
Eves Affliction Feb 2022
Behold a table is set before you
The bread is blessed
The wine is poured
Come, take and eat
The Lords body was broken for you
The Lords blood was shed for you
He has made a way for you
Will you eat?
Will you accept His invitation?
The table is set for you,
It’s your choice to accept it
Accept Him
Accept His gift
Or walk away
Feb 2022 · 264
My Baby
Eves Affliction Feb 2022
I touched your tiny face
And my fingertips grazed the future
I looked into your eyes
And I saw hope for tomorrow
Feb 2022 · 815
The Deep
Eves Affliction Feb 2022
I speak lightly ‘round certain ears
For though they listen
They do not hear
So my lips I mute
My words I keep
The shallow, you see
Can never comprehend the deep
Feb 2022 · 397
While You’re Here
Eves Affliction Feb 2022
I know I can’t keep you..
But I’m going to enjoy every second while you’re here.
Jan 2022 · 332
Unstable
Eves Affliction Jan 2022
Don‘t
Cling
To
Me
I’m
Quite
Unstable
Jan 2022 · 1.3k
Everyday
Eves Affliction Jan 2022
Maybe one day we’ll end up together.
Sharing a bed and talking about what we want for dinner.
Immersed in a mundane magic
A routine ecstasy
That’s all I want for you and me
Jan 2022 · 155
Reality
Eves Affliction Jan 2022
I just want you to know
I never viewed this thing we have
Through rose colored glasses.
I never looked at us through the doe eyed,
Pink lens of a love struck girl.
I see you as your desperate, real, messy self.
I see every crack and missing piece you have
And I burn for you anyway.
Jan 2022 · 219
Clingy
Eves Affliction Jan 2022
Travel a road of darkness for long enough,
And your soul will cling to any thread light it finds
Dec 2021 · 297
Dancing
Eves Affliction Dec 2021
I wish I could hear the music in your head
While you’re dancing
Dec 2021 · 1.1k
Burn Out
Eves Affliction Dec 2021
I blazed
I burned
I poured my soul into this vocation
My heart was on fire
That’s what they told me
“We’ve never seen work ethic like yours”
But the thing about burning
Is eventually,
You get burned out
Dec 2021 · 299
Creature Comforts
Eves Affliction Dec 2021
Enjoying creature comforts
Is by no means the reason for my existence.
But my oh my,
How they make the load of life
So much more bearable.
Nov 2021 · 866
can’t make you love me
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
You can do your upmost
Try your very best.
Give everything you have.
But you can never MAKE someone love you.
Nov 2021 · 411
Not a Mind Reader
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
I wish I could just read your mind
And know exactly what you feel for me
Nov 2021 · 212
Who I Am
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
You're the only one who has looked into my eyes
And seen more than a pretty sparkle in them.
You see who I truly am inside
That’s why I choose you above anyone and everyone else
Nov 2021 · 180
A Phoenix
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
Down she fell in dust and ashes and hit the ground like lightening carving through earth as she landed.  
They relished seeing her subdued. They loved telling her she was undone.
But their hearts trembled, as they beheld, from beneath the mound of soot and torched ambitions,
A faint glow began to twinkle and glimmer and burn brighter,
She emerged from her burial place, with her wings set on fire. She burned hotter than she did before she fell.
She laughed, for they were faint at the sight of her. She could not be overcome. She rises stronger with every blow she receives.
A Phoenix.
Nov 2021 · 551
Wildly
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
My darling, I love you
Simply because I want to love you.
I yearn for the best in regards to you.
And if I can in any way, ease your situation,
Or make you happy, then I will. Because,
With abandon and reckless honesty, I love you.
I love you wildly.
Nov 2021 · 740
With You
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
I was nestled in your arms
My face was buried in the curve of your neck
I knew it was you,
It was just a dream,
As fleeting as a shadow,
But I was with you.
And that’s good enough for me
Nov 2021 · 144
True Love
Eves Affliction Nov 2021
Thank you,
In this world full of fantasy
Fake “I loves yous”
And shattered promises
You gave me something real
You gave me a stable ground to stand on
Maybe you aren’t rose petals on the bed
But you are arms safely wrapped around me
You are a sincere kiss
You are my true love
Oct 2021 · 202
Darkness
Eves Affliction Oct 2021
Maybe shes always been drawn to the darkness
Because the light exposed her shame
She never met a judgmental thief
Oct 2021 · 334
Waiting for you
Eves Affliction Oct 2021
Will you ever find me?
Waiting here patiently
Picking petals off flowers.
Oct 2021 · 137
The Missing Piece
Eves Affliction Oct 2021
He looked at her,
Smaller than him,
Nicer than him,
Eyes full of emerald secrets
Lips full of kindness
And her smile
Nearly knocked him out
She was in every way different than him
But also she was the piece missing from him
She was him
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