life drifts like sand in lonely deserts, but there
never is a beginning or an end, only birth and
death.
but i sit here wondering why, reflecting on my own
impermanence, watching bullets slow down, time
freeze, and statistics suddenly cease.
the dandelion clock spins slowly, gracefully, its
seeds reminding me of the future.
my soul was carried off upon one of its seeds
and planted somewhere unnameable.
i found myself crawling through the frame of a
grayscale photograph, watching as sepia
memories slowly faded off into an outside world,
unnoticed, wrinkled... sepia.
please don't paint me, my black-and-white world is
all i need.
Eternal Slumber
As I lie in my bed at night
And stare at the door
I know he is outside
Waiting for me
I am gripped with fear
I cannot leave my room
Until daylight breaks
I am so tired
But I am afraid to sleep
For if the candle next to my bed burns out
He will come in
I can't resist
As I close my eyes
I let sleep overcome me
Although I know
I will never wake
Falling.
I fell.
It's to late for me now.
I can't bare you to go away.
My face heats up when you turn my way.
My heart beats faster when you call my name.
You hold my hand so gentle, but I squeeze
your tighter afraid you'll leave.
And if I was to die, you know I wouldn't leave,
Because we exchanged hearts, so I'll be there with you
Forever.
Because you are my first love.
My one and only.
And as soon as I fell.
You fell with me.
So say you'll always be there.
You'll never leave.
And I know forever we will be, you and me.
Love.
He is nothing, and that is what she has [become].
Her hope went [up] as her bones began to crack.
She strung her existence together with tinsel and twine;
Her [synthetic] life covered in glitz and glitter.
Her mouth curled up as [her] seams began to split.
[S]he sullied her[self] in dirt [from the earth],
Because [through it] she can['t] breathe.
[The noxious miasma from] his breath consumes her [brittle insides].
She supposes [in time, though it's fleeting] she could learn to love it,
Because at first, [in death,] she didn't need to, then [in life] she had to, and now [finally] she wants to.
If he notices her [naked bones], he does
Never, in all my short years on this earth, had I ever felt like this.
I couldn't put it into words. It was impossible to describe the feeling that had flooded me. It overwhelmed me, shutting down my mind for a moment.
It had started off normal. We were just talking. I was leaning against the wall, he was standing a few feet away. I don't remember what had started it, but suddenly, he was close. Really close. Closer than he'd ever gotten to me.
I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, though it hadn't been doing that a moment ago. I'd liked him for a while, but I'd always considered him out of my "league." I was shy, a nerd, a geek, an
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my bestest friend
My best friend
Today I found a friend,
Who knew everything I felt.
She knew my every weakness,
And the problems I've been dealt.
She understood my wonders,
And listened to my dreams.
She listened to how I felt about life and love,
And knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me,
Or tell me I was wrong.
She understood what I was going through,
And promised she'd stay long
I reached out to this friend
To show her that i care
To pull her close and let her know
How much I need her there