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Permalink Reply by Sara Benes on November 7, 2009 at 1:00pm

"Forever" Was a Lie:

Today, our eyes met for the last time
Liquid gold and chocolate melting over my heart as it broke
Shattered into five trillion pieces
Not one of which I can give to you

Maybe this is just a figment of imagination
A desperate wish for fingers and thoughts to intertwine
To sink into lavender-scented sheets and get drunk on laughter
Forget about yesterday
Forget about tomorrow
Forget everything but the taste of your lips and sour skittles
The way you smell like rain and trees and blue skies
Your gentle hand running through my hair
Mouth warm against mine
Losing track of time and losing my mind
To the soft angel eyelashes fluttering against my cheek
Loose curls and loose tongues and a faraway smile
The warmth of your breath and velveteen voice
As it wraps up my naked soul and carries it away into nothing…
Into darkness

These tears that spill from closed eyes are for a demon
And though I run, you poison my mind
The more I hide, the more you break me
Treacherous evil, sweet beauty
Are you tempting me with sin?

No, again I am alone.

Permalink Reply by Sara Benes on November 8, 2009 at 7:41pm

i'm just gonna whore this place up with more poetry... :/


Are we made of lies?
Hearts molded from dirty clay
By cold, careless hands

Bleeding ignorance
Like black ink upon white skin
Our souls can’t be washed

Your words are but butterflies
Fluttering around the truth

Permalink Reply by Sara Benes on November 8, 2009 at 7:42pm

Blank Verses:

And what are these words
But excuses for my wrongs?
The verses are lies!

Stanzas speak of weeds:
We are posing as roses,
Worshipping false gods...

I reversed the day and night;
This darkness is eternal.

Permalink Reply by Kai See on November 9, 2009 at 9:03am

Please Don't Say Goodbye

I stood under the rain
Trying to hide the tears
Trying to hide the pain

Trying to hide my fears
For I might look insane
I'm afraid that I would lose you
Please don't say goodbye

I recalled the times I had with you
When you sang your sweet lullaby
You know it hurts to see you go
Please don't say goodbye

Permalink Reply by autumnlime on November 10, 2009 at 5:42pm

The Unwanted Wish

What happens to a shooting star that nobody sees? or birthday cake candles blown out with a sneeze? When clocks read 11:11 but no ones’ awake? or the pennies in fountains that fell by mistake? What happens when a wishbone breaks, but there’s not a soul to be found? or When the wind blows the seeds of a dandelion around? Does the wish disappear because no one was there? Because the chance for the wish wasn’t taken with care? Does the wish stay unwanted in a form of disguise - just waiting for the an opportune moment to arise? What happens when a wish is lost in this way? Does a wish stay alive once its been set astray?

Permalink Reply by betweenyouandme on November 10, 2009 at 10:15pm

Andrew's Annie

Are you out there?
Annie if you hear me
use your telescope to
find me a cure.

My symptoms include
missin you
wanting you by my side
I see you in everything I do
Annie all I want is you.

If you could give me a sign
that you are fine
maybe my perscription won’t be high.

Annie perscribe me
Anti-lonliness, a
New heart,
No lies,
If you love me
Everything I need is you.
Annie all I need is you.

Love,
Andrew

Permalink Reply by Patty Matos on November 10, 2009 at 10:46pm

"[...]The scenery shifts and bends against its edges
If you look close enough it signals[...]"

11-04-09. Read here.

Permalink Reply by Patty Matos on November 10, 2009 at 10:52pm

"[...]I can only wish to say the things I can’t aloud
Scribble out in tongues and then make sense of it[...]"

Daylight Savings. Read here.

Permalink Reply by Linzay Esau on November 11, 2009 at 5:01am

Life was entering the boring zone. I missed him too much and couldn’t believe that I’d even gotten to this point. Life seriously was entering the boredom zone. I recently stopped singing (I can’t believe I just admitted that to you of all people, but who cares right?) I just decided it wasn’t for me anymore. I really hope you can understand my reasoning. So I’m guessing you want to know why singing isn’t my meal ticket anymore, right? I can’t write. He was my inspiration and without him here my words just seem pointless and yeah they fall on deaf ears because they’re not his ears. So yeah boredom really is my home now. Stop me already, you can’t allow me to walk the narrow path of nostalgia this way. Could we go, just leave, just disappear, just run and dance in the rain because it feels like home and I’m missing my home? Better yet let’s dance, let’s chase away the bad and let the music course and swim inside us, levitating us off the ground. I miss his arms, my permanent home…my comfort zone, so warm and inviting. The memories are fading and all I care to remember now is the outer sheath of all things good. But talking about it all with you makes me sad all over and now, I hate to admit it but I long for home. I guess I’ve opened up and laid my cards on the table face down because some things are still too primitively painful. I know it’s strange to say but I do miss singing...true my words are gone and all ears have gone deaf but my voice is newer and I never sang for you, always for me, the smile it brought to his face was just an added bonus. So let me stand tall in front of masses, letting the smile in my song travel through me like a dove searching for the perfect olive tree for its anointing.

Permalink Reply by Alexandria on November 11, 2009 at 5:16am

"Our Movie"

I stole more than I could
chew. I made myself
the movie you wanted to
watch. You played along
as I said the right lines.
You told the viewers
you were mine.

I pulled away sooner
than you were expecting.
You pulled back, using
the lines I made you
think I wanted. I fooled
you, for your own benefit.

I drink more than you like.
I smoke more than you want.
I convince you it has
nothing to do with us.
I lie more than I will
ever let you know. I need your
character's approval
to keep playing my part.

You are the writer, while
I am merely the actress.
I act accordingly. You
react accordingly.
I lied, while you believed
I would never. I believed
myself, even as you
became skeptical.

Take your time. I know
it is coming. It will always
be your idea. The plot
either thickens, or
ends entirely. I will always
let it be your script.

Permalink Reply by Jackie Guo on November 11, 2009 at 7:42pm

So lonely, you're never alone
Always in control
You'll never show
What you truly think
What you truly feel

I'd write my heart out for you
If only you'd read it
With a few well thought out verses
I give you my heart
Rip it, burn it, do as you may
Just don't laugh at it

Every day I go through the same routine
It never gets boring
It only gets lonely
You're told to wait your whole life
But never told when to jump
You're told to stay quiet
But never told when to shout

At the end of the day
Look in the mirror
Were you different from yesterday
Were you different from morning
Incomplete phrases and four letter words
With too many punctuation marks
And my eyes dart from side to side
My blind spot is for your flaws
So leave me to the silence of rusting iron
And echoes where we used to play
On jungle gyms and swings too large
Fostering dreams we'll never see to fruition

And when the silence approaches
And all you can know are memories
You might hear my laughter
After I gave up on happily-ever-afters

Permalink Reply by Shannon Puzzles on November 11, 2009 at 10:23pm

Goodbye
Goodbye to you

You aren't what I thought you were,

I know it was probably my fault

Not yours, but I just love blaming you

You're probably a nice person,

But I don't want to bother taking the time to know you.

It is best for us to just say goodbye.

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