"lockjawed" poems - Hello Poetry

I have come to conclusion over sunpierced crust brittle as tobacco leaf astride mottled nag scraggling on loose gravel sandsoaked saltsteeped leadheavy in lid past dactyled tracks parallel cobbled macadam wavering shale lockjawed lava rock fractured cobalt lone juniper forgotten scrub open boil of tar and pitch halfburied bones of leviathan still shifting in the clouded boom of stone through grapeshot hail adobed pueblos thatchskinned women and straw men all witches flaying the gila pestling scale with cornmeal and fermented mescal desert sangria hallucinating sideways in the murk where coyotes yip and each star a conflagration mirrored in the captive eyes of floundered meteorites at the terminus where sun and moon merge I know the question and response from where do you come to where do you go

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Dec 15, 2011

Dec 15, 2011 at 5:04 PM UTC

ari

Jose Cuervo

I have come to conclusion over sunpierced crust brittle as tobacco leaf astride mottled nag scraggling on loose gravel sandsoaked saltsteeped leadheavy in lid past dactyled tracks parallel cobbled macadam wavering shale lockjawed lava rock fractured cobalt lone juniper forgotten scrub open boil of tar and pitch halfburied bones of leviathan still shifting in the clouded boom of stone through grapeshot hail adobed pueblos thatchskinned women and straw men all witches flaying the gila pestling scale with cornmeal and fermented mescal desert sangria hallucinating sideways in the murk where coyotes yip and each star a conflagration mirrored in the captive eyes of floundered meteorites at the terminus where sun and moon merge I know the question and response from where do you come to where do you go

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Started with the light, Ended with a fight. Formulated with questions, Tested with actions. A being with a weird aura, Making me tremble with an unusual flora. Lockjawed and frozen, She is a being worth knowing. I lay my eyes into yours, You lay yours with a smile. A smile that makes everything fine, Maybe the time has come to redefine. I moved a step closer, Thinking it would be brighter. From the get-go it got better, I stepped one more time by making a letter. You frowned as I gave it to you, Your friends smiled as i said "i love you". But you threw it and walked away, Leaving me there looking like a dog in the rain. I thought that our mind crossed, But instead you decided to stop. I asked myself "why?". Thinking that this was all a huge lie. A certain thing that everyone is risking for, To move forward or just to stay put.

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Feb 16, 2014

Feb 16, 2014 at 10:06 AM UTC

deafening-silence

Barking Dog

Started with the light, Ended with a fight. Formulated with questions, Tested with actions. A being with a weird aura, Making me tremble with an unusual flora. Lockjawed and frozen, She is a being worth knowing. I lay my eyes into yours, You lay yours with a smile. A smile that makes everything fine, Maybe the time has come to redefine. I moved a step closer, Thinking it would be brighter. From the get-go it got better, I stepped one more time by making a letter. You frowned as I gave it to you, Your friends smiled as i said "i love you". But you threw it and walked away, Leaving me there looking like a dog in the rain. I thought that our mind crossed, But instead you decided to stop. I asked myself "why?". Thinking that this was all a huge lie. A certain thing that everyone is risking for, To move forward or just to stay put.

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I wish I could sink my teeth in, Become lockjawed, Deadbolt, A parasite, Anything known to stay Beyond its welcome. I will carve my name on your heart With a blade Rather than write it in lead, So you cannot simply erase me. You'll never find my fingerprints But you can be **** sure I'll leave a scar. I will teach myself to be permanent Even if it means being painful.

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Nov 3, 2014

Nov 3, 2014 at 7:29 PM UTC

whiskeydippedflower

Etching myself into your bones

I wish I could sink my teeth in, Become lockjawed, Deadbolt, A parasite, Anything known to stay Beyond its welcome. I will carve my name on your heart With a blade Rather than write it in lead, So you cannot simply erase me. You'll never find my fingerprints But you can be **** sure I'll leave a scar. I will teach myself to be permanent Even if it means being painful.

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