Her hair a black halo
Around her head
Her dark eyes flick;
She licks her lips.
Vicious speed,
Brutal strength,
A competitive edge,
I don’t care to impede.
Instincts like an animal,
Wild and rabid,
A ravenous wolf
In a forest of flesh,
Starving for the ball.
D...
There was once upon a day
When I looked into your eyes
Blank now
Flashing to this summer
Crickets are chirping
Cicadas are playing their orchestra
But we can’t hear it in the basement
We’re all alone
One moment we’re laughing
So silly, just kids
The next you are sobbing
Hysterica...
I’m just standing here
with empty cupped hands
my eyes squeezed tight shut
feet flat against the ground
I’m whispering brokenly
over and over again
the sweet things you once said to me,
reliving the memories
cradling the past
close to me now
But of all t...
Time slips by unnoticed
I’m only staring blindly into the distance
Don’t you see how this is breaking me apart?
I saw a waterfall when I was three
I still remember how leaning over it all was a majestic tree
Sometimes I wonder if it’s fallen by now – how strong could it be?
A strip...
It’s funny how quickly tears dry
And how smooth the skin is that they leave behind
No mark to show
That after such a long time coming
They finally have arrived
And washed and cleansed
And left again
No mark to show
You’ve been there and you’ve
Survived...
white frothy waves
frozen in time
hovering oft
the dark water,
still.
and the thin clouds
spread o’er the ground
cloaking all life,
beginning to
die.
but do not despair,
there’s life underneath.
at least until
the cold seeps in,
a covenant to all things
dark.
what was once
su...
Here I am, my feet on this ground
Here I am, all I feel is ground
My body is nothing
Just me and this earth beneath my soles
Just me and my toes
Curled up in the dirt
Here I am, my feet on this ground
I am no-where else but here.
It’s just me and my feet
On this afternoon day,
Right ...
Saw you the other day
Said things like
I liked the way you cut your hair
How’s your mom?
Ready for school?
Beating round the bush much?
We were best friends
You were the closest person to my heart
Don’t lie and say it doesn’t matter
Don’t lie and say it doesn’t hurt
Because it ...
What a night it was
The night you told me
That you had tried to kill yourself
I couldn’t help but wonder how far gone you must have been
To take a razor to your wrist
And dig in...
And every time I cry
I wish you’d lie to me
Say that we’ll last forever
Say that everything’s okay
That you’ll never let me slip away
The truth just might be too much
For my fragile heart
It might shatter, not that it would matter
Cause the truth is you don’t care
But I do...
just friends, all night,
except for one song.
one song that made everything wrong and right at the same time….
the world seems to spin everywhere around us,
low lights flashing patterns on the backs and necks of swaying couples.
seems like we’re on a different planet
with the world jus...
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