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the scars on your shouldersthe scars on your shoulders
are braille to me, so that i
can read your skin, so that i
can know you better.

i like to listen to your heartbeat
and how it resounds differently
from mine, just so beautifully
like two songs played in tandem
to harmonise in rounds;

i like to hold your hands
and rub your back
so that maybe my love
can find its way through your pores
and seep into your blood
(never can i find the right words
to tell you just the way you feel to me)

and to think that and how i nearly missed you
makes me miss you more
every minute and mile we spend
elsewhere.
i can't sleep with another body
in my bed,
but sleeping without you
leav

PocketLeftover religion in the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
A key that unlocks nothing
A penny, a scrap of paper
With half of your name
Written in black ink

A song that is usually in my head
In the shriveled carcass
Of a long-dead dream
In the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
With the lint

we are not a fairytalewe are not a fairytale.

I am not the strong lead with a heart of fire,
bones of steel, and eyes of vapid curiosity;
motivation seeping through
my every last intended action because
I was written this way

(the heroine falls only to rise again:
proverbial phoenix, burning out
because it is the cycle of my
life) and you, you are not

the beautiful travesty, perfectly composed
to strike me where I’m weak and
[almost]human, delicately woven
like the tapestry of my dismantling—
a subtle irony where somewhere, a writer
chuckles softly, understanding

we are blinder than church mice, born
in a makeshift world of darkness where
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Onceyour beauty lies restless behind those
hills, where you fought valiantly. and
the man you once were was brave and kind,
but now you are possessed by a passenger
of darkness, whispering words of your
loneliness.

the man you once were is forgotten, and
the man you are today, is only a ghost, a
shadow, of what you were before.

SurelyIt was raining
when we kissed for the first time,
for the last time.

Thin rivulets
sunk into the shrunken space
between our bodies
and divided us
like nothing could before,
like everything will
from now
until that never again
when we will
see each other once more,
no more.

Your eyes were
that bewitching shade
of dull brown blue
with all of the light darkness
whirling
in a placid pond
around a pupil
overflowing with vacancy,
and me
and my frowning smile.

The winter heat
fell like a rising tide
and,
for our every breath
was another death
so black and full of life --
embracing our boiled ice skin
as we drew apart,
came together and broke free

Condemnedbeneath the beaten earth they lay,
their dreams condemned to ashes,
and our restless bodies stretch,
for forgiveness, for direction –

survivors of the abyss,
amidst wide-eye, silent soldiers –
so many dead, so many maimed,

how many graves are we standing on, today?

Life, Death And A Pork Chop SandwichAll tangled up, hard to breathe
This steel cloud day that swirls
With heat and pounding hammers
I shake in my boots and cough up
Blood, rust and damaged flesh
Waiting for the second coming
Maybe next time around there'll be
Some chance for more than this

A twisted barbed wire halo
Wrapped tight around my skull
Blinding white light aura
Swarming with flies I'm flying
To pieces, thousands of shards
Cannot be brought back together
But I will remember the summer
Of my first Chevrolet in each bit

Gleaming bits of glass in the desert
Each reflecting a different moment
Still, now, enduring until the waves
Of a new ocean sweep them away
No pain

FossilizedLiving proof of fossils alive,
and no horseshoe-crab am I.

Nor, inhabitable harsh compression of plates,
residing under humid marsh-scapes.

I mold into the walls, as chalky old coal.
But I am no mineral, no era.
I am not, Mesozoic.

Through the ages
Iron
Bronze
silver, gold and heroic.

I remain a still-life; and no Iduna's apples would retain my youth
No magic fountains, or time devices, or wrist watches.
I am the machine of time.
The watcher, omnipotent, the wise.

But

no God am I

Somewhere, sweet tangy sap trolleys down cracked bark.
Somewhere, celestial bodies erupt unseen.
Somewhere, a abrupt breeze blows overturned bi-cycle tire

SisterSister

A sister is like a soul mate;
Someone who is always there
to guide me through fate.

A sister is,
a part of childhood that I cannot erase;
A sister like you,
is one that I would never replace
because you always know how to
put a smile on my face.

I know I can depend on you
to always be there for me;
This is one hundred percent guaranteed!

I've had great memories with you
in the past;
and I hope there are many more
to come,
in the future.

Puppet My tears fall,

like invisible

diamonds.

My heart beats,

like soundless

drums.

Unwanted,

because of the

strings attached.

HorsepowerHorsepower

There’s a knife turnin in my soft parts
And heat burnin my mind on hard starts
The motors runnin but I lost the wheel
Just want it to be numb don’t wanna feel
Take two steps back and put it in park
Before I leave scarred up black marks
I need a u-turn on this highway
But can’t go back on the by-way
So look ahead, the pavement goes on
Break the rear-view mirror it’s gone
Contemplate
Reiterate
Put it in drive
And say goodbye
Let’s see how fast this bitch can fly

-Cygam7

nightmarethe foxes are at your bedside and singing--
feversongs,
songs of boiling thoughts
and broken muscles.
their lullabyes.
they sneak so quiet, and
somehow,
you can't quite
dream
anymore.

Lost In ConfusionMy mind is spinning without a rest
emotions whirl and twirl around
A merry-go-round gaining speed
Until the world blurrs before my eyes
What's happening? What's going on?

The simplest thought slips away
Right from my mind, fading so fast
Trying to focus, I stare and stare
Until my eyes are heavy and unclear.
I don't understand, what is going on...

Emotions rise and fall again
Within the blink of an eye
I'm crying, laughing, and depressed
A rollercoaster ride that never ends
Am I losing my mind in this ?

I try to close my eyes and rest
But the world spins me around
I feel like I am failing this test
Voices and noisies echo in my min

Here and There, Now and ThenBurnt umber dawn, swaying electric trees
Thousands of souls chant in the summer wind
Journals of the dead are read by schoolchildren
They awake shaking someone else's dreams from their heads

Static electricity on the nape of your neck
In the television, on your phone, in your dinner
The calling of a murder of crows from the trees
You remember the view from the hospital room window

A smorgasbord of life and limb, death and decay
The antiseptic smell has an undercoating of rot and dirt
Talismans won't work any more than prayers and candles
Soldiers still fight lost wars, glory in the faded night

Tall fences are built to keep the worlds separ

bookworm“there is no such thing
as reading too much.”
that is what I tell you
when you insist

that there is some danger of
becoming lost in the stuff—
mistaking seriphs for serpents,

swallowing a story so whole
that its hook
sticks in my throat.

“there is no such thing
as reading too much”
I tell you, boldfaced,
surrounded by snakes
with a line through my lip.

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Green, Blue, Yellow, Red.Spring brought beauty and indulgence,
I ate mangos and sucked on limes.
Keeping within the rolling hills,
The bells they always kept their time.

With winter came white frost and chill.
And now the bells would stop and start.
But cold’s sting never froze my love,
As St. Nicolas warmed my heart.

The land transformed, barren and dry,
With the arrival of the fall.
Vague memories I locked away,
As bells no longer rang at all,

Summer burned and withered my skin,
The bells broke in the fi’ry craze,
And my heart was left malnourished,
While my world was set ablaze.

Comfort Is A MysteryDrifting with the current; that’s what it all feels like. Laying out your body on a river, and letting it guide you. Let the rivulets run down your cheeks, and aid in immersing you within the body of water; let the golden sunlight caress your skin and comfort your soul; let the droplets move across your chest and tickle you.

It’s enjoyable.

Soon enough you will forget. You will forget where you are, and you will forget who you are.

You have two choices. You will always have these two choices: drift on and let the inevitable deluge consume you, or plant your feet below the undertow, on the bedrock, and resist. Resist the force pus

MemorabiliaAnd sometimes,
You cling on to memories for so long
That you forget
Who you've become and where you are.

And sometimes,
We just can't let go
Of who we were and where we once stood.

Like Clockwork

Contorted.
I just got this thing fixed.

Acceptance.
I'm being careful.

Trust.
Can you try to as well?

Disjointed.
Can you stop breaking it?

Repeat.

Or please, just break the cycle.

Oil and Water

He remains reluctant,
With memories of his hurt.
Nothing shakes the feeling,
Of love bleeding through his shirt.

Thy Horror Cosmic

When worlds collide;
A cosmic horror lies in discrepant.
Parabolas and actions,
Phantom in presence.

Where chaos resides;
A plane of dimensions - irrelevant.
Scour time for linear sense.
Cerebrate the death bent.

They leave a wake of destruction.
Destroying without bias
To simple matter or being.

Yet, I wonder.

Who left them this instruction?
For they have reliance
In what we are not seeing.

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Solarflares and Starflowers

by ~Placebo-Inquiry, Mar 8, 2011, 10:12:51 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

I've spent years clawing at stars
Made of the most beautiful diamonds
Praying to touch
A God.

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I swam in liquid onyx,
With a kaleidoscope body -
Bar identity.

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I pray for serenity,
The selfless sense of peace,
Like the scent of red roses
Caught on a warm, summer wind.

Knee high strands of lime-green grass,
Smother the starflowers.
They hold hands
And flirt
With the iris blue sky.

I revel in the beauty
Of kissing a sun,
The pink of my lips
Trail
Shimmering stars.

I stitch my words to paper,
With bloodshot thread
Choking down
The blackest of ink.

A discovery of unspoken words
That drip
Of deep, amber
Love.

-

And so,

I sculpt perfection
Onto the face of a marble moon.
Moving my fingers across
Glittering curves,
And through soft,
Cherry blossom hair.

-

I've spent months finding comfort
In the gaze of glimmering starflowers,
Their obsidian stems
And polished crystal leaves.

Solarflares and Starflowersby ~Placebo-Inquiry

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

Again, same shizbizz

"I spent a while today writing a poem that I now feel is too long and contains too much. So I'm going to split each stanza into its own poem.

This is stanza 1. This is not a finished a product, I'm just putting this up and I will add to it repeatedly

"

Edit: It's taking shape.. Slowly.

Edit 2: so, I've added more from the other sections. I also had an odd dream/spiritual experience last night. Which I'm going to try and explore with the second stanza. This is in no way complete. I guess this'll be a long one.. I've also separated the sections, each will be further developed.

Edit 3: Each section represents a different idea. Some represent sequences and happenings in my head. I added parts of "Serene," "Starflowers," and "Moonshine" into this poem, the images conjured up in it were perfect for what I'm trying to represent in this piece of work. *Sigh* Still nowhere near finished, it seems like the story wants to get longer the more I add to it.