I asked the candle: “Why do you shed tears when there is light?”
He replied: “I wash away the pain from when it is dark.”… Read more
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I asked the candle: “Why do you shed tears when there is light?”
He replied: “I wash away the pain from when it is dark.”… Read more
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On my last breath, I finally realized what he meant to me…
He had been with me all along yet I had ignored him.
He … Read more
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sand
flat
as far as eyes
see
sun
scorching
smoldering
silent sea
stem
succulent
soothes
stranded me
Shawn… Read more
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I caved
I could not compete
force of nature
my fiercest foe
I succumbed
sweet seduction
serenading lust
angel of disguise
I bought
time to … Read more
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It was a night of no stars and no twinkling wannabes. For one night, this night, he had washed the Hollywood dust off himself and … Read more
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Raw Sex
Pure Heroin
Russian Roulette
all placebo stimulants.
To get to the “real thing”, I took a bucket, shoved it down my … Read more
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60 beats per minute… doesn’t excite
120 beats per minute… barely touches
200 beats per minute… never kills
Slow caress… doesn’t excite
Dirty dancing… barely … Read more
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I’m not one to argue, to take stands, to care
my silence is my shield, my apathy my cure
my face points sideways, my eyes … Read more