It takes its birth in a desire to live: To live a full, uncompromising life-- And does in its inherent form misgive, Being always press’d on the edge of a knife. It takes its form in willingness to die, In... Continue Reading →
Find me something sane in this world, And then I shall try for sanity. As it stands I prefer the more logical path That goes in the opposite direction-- The one I label Progress, Knowledge, and Truth, Yet the dilapidated sign still... Continue Reading →
She scuffed the toe of her shoe along the sidewalk as she made her way in the vague direction of her house. The heavy grey sky made the city look as if it had been painted with a pallet of... Continue Reading →
Caught up and choked by fear of the tide Moving ever closer and closer, Pulling her in even as she pushes blindly away While she spins desperately to unheard melodies. Bright shells and sea-foam entice her As she scatters her... Continue Reading →
Metaphorical thieves Stealing not those physical things, But instead pilfering that which is more dear: heart, breath, thought And taking it away with them. Those who care not For victims left in their wake. The... Continue Reading →
Breath gone and Chest collapsing Into the empty space Left behind. Now I must only Gasp silently for breath, Smile through the pain, Leak tears from closed lids Onto a pillow at night. Like a bomb has been Detonated in... Continue Reading →
“If we are awake to reality, do our dreams fall on sleeping ears?” Indeed and sweeter still, for only blanketed in thick sleep do our ears hear those whispered dreams yet untainted by harsh reality. The reality that we are... Continue Reading →
I know exactly what I do without you, I'd continue to work, and eat, and sleep; And things would keep on moving forward, My life would barely miss a beat. I can't say that I'm afraid of losing you, I'm... Continue Reading →
A broken heart so full of pain Yet unwilling to forget or regret Even that which caused so big a hole In so fragile a beating heart. A heart that gave all of itself, Its adventures, worlds, and passions To... Continue Reading →
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