Archive for December, 2010

The metal twists in the ring you’ve given me
Like the lies that twisted your tongue with words
that weaved in and out of our bond, making it
bend under the weight, writhe under the pain
twist to breaking point

Look you can see the frays, where you’ve
torn at my hopes and dashed at my dreams for
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If I
could kiss you
and not keep you
I would

Perhaps
the stolen kisses
were all (more…)

Palettes
of yellow sunlight
shroud dark skeletons.
A cloak full of holes, hiding
secrets from the world, you’re
not meant to know yet I’d like you
to. So peek if you care. See the scars
on my skin and imagine what
my life has witnessed
behind
these
viridian
lashes
veiling
my gaze
on you.

I thought I loved you then
I think I do now
But a different kind of love
The kind that wants to make sure
You have a good life
Without me

The blood coursing
Through your veins
Happens to be
the same as mine
We happen
to share the same DNA
We happen
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How can this cold
traffic-stopping, feet-sliding, nose-rouging
particles
bring so much unadulterated joy
when the first sign slowly swirls
and dances
and falls
to kiss
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You make me want to write the sickliest
love poem, the sort
that would make people retch at
its loveydoveyness,
make your teeth decay just reading
the sweetness that
could make even the healthiest
person diabetic,
so candy-coated it would block your artery,
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