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  "Hipster"

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  The word hipster was invented in the 40’s, so why is it trending today? Hashtag vintage, hashtag indie So original puffed up in reverse a meaningless chant to yoke the culture of the 21st century A culture we’ve developed We As we chant over and over, louder and louder, deaf...
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  Flower of The Ages

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Flower of the ages Enlightened in fierce flames The power of dreams swept into a rosebud Metaphor becomes a requiem for the already enlightened Shining fiercely for the select few Part of the intellectual bourgeois I lie in a snow-covered field Understanding the warmth, but unable to touch it ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Cigarrettes and Cheap Cologne

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  He watched her, curiously wondering, what it would be like feeling her skin. At the foot of her bed, just gazing, picturing what lies within. He stayed there never moving. Until the crack of dawn. Until the clock hit 5:59. that's when he would be gone. Watching her night after night. k...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Ice Cream Moon

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  The sky was as soot, and the moon was as ice cream we were delighted...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Morning

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Morning impedes me Intruding on my anger With its sweet freshness...
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  Wish for Life

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  brightly shines the moon while i sit under and stare wishing away life....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Love Spells

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Red thread knotted innumerable times my fingers finding each other in the dark. Whispered words murmured against moist thread looping, tying, combining into a symbol old as time. Like wishes in wells and incantations and bells there is nothing so simple, so lovely and beautiful as the hea...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Don't Believe You

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Validate my existence, Please. Staring back isn’t enough. Say my name, Pinch my nose, See my thoughts, And read my words....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Always Be Light

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  eat eat eat. i force bite after bite. to see me eat, isn’t that a sight? after i eat, i ruin the toilet’s white. against my fingers, my throat shall fight. purge purge purge. that constant urge. to never be heavy, and always be light....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Dreaming

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  .... Once filled a world of hope and care Where fancy billowed Dreams and wonder abounded Trapped in a line of prose or a song. Now days of info and wiki-know A whim and then instant answer No more of dream or wonder Time shortened, miles nothing Small world....
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  You're Already Gone

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  but the way the light’s touching your face the day’s nearly over shadows in the twilight stretching long in this moment you come back you are strong worthy that glazed over look is fading slowly surely but your heart pulls the strings gag you drag you drowning...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  for him

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  What is a rose without its petals? It is but a stem. Beauty which goes unnoticed, -a hidden gem. A breeze, she whispers A flirt, a laugh The sea and his love tides, Her other half. Perhaps the minor and seemingly trivial, Are otherwise and blissful with meaning, Shoes that are ragg...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Illusions

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Fed by wishes hopes and dreams illusions exist in reality Cheered on by hallucinations delusions and fantasy illusions are reality made on by dreamers lovers and believers illusions are true in existence...
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  I'll Love You Quietly

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  After I tell you not to worry, After I wipe those tears from your lovely eyes, Lets sit under the tree with velvety blue petals that never die, and watch the snowflakes as they fall from the beautiful night sky.. Grab my hand, to begin our journey, to the land where we make our grand stand, a...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Yearn

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  you deserve more that's what I keep telling myself but as I lay here lonely depressed and confused I yearn and yearn for you...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Frayed

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  She's at the end of the rope Drifting in and out of insight One more hit of dope, amen conscious clarity, despite prescription bottle, dopamine nearly out of pills tonight, soon out of hope, aw man rope frayed by dawns light...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Quiet Smiles

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  time becomes nothing the numbers slide off the wall we quietly smile...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Words In My Skin

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Clean skin, formed bones, but when I look down, all I see are the bruises. I am not a true poet, could never compare the beauty of a birds first flight to my sorrows, but I'll write these words with my body's blood and my last breaths, even when my life's leaking on the conc...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Child In Me

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  there is a child in me one who doesn't understand what about her is unlovable why her actions are unforgivable why her efforts are unnoticeable why her ideas are dismissible why her right-doings are forgettable why her reasoning is illogical why her voice is inaudible there is a c...
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  Always

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  I wish for you sunshine and sweet nights of moonlight dripping like honey from the stars always...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Inspiration

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Pass me my scalpel, I need to write a poem... it shall be crimson...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Night Sky

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  The night sky moves me. I'm drawn into emptiness; the thick pitch of space....
• Poetry > Haiku
  Here Ends The City

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Here ends the city and there roars the endless sea; an eternity....
• Poetry > Haiku
  Moon Balm

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Lazy moonlight glides Gently touching sunburned flowers Soothing them to sleep...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Your Song

  

  By Marissax3, Whittier, CA

  Your song slowly soaks, into my fragile skin, and love closes in....