Monday, May 14, 2007

when she's sober, she's dangerous... when she drinks, she's legal...

who is she?
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.
.
- a nightmare.
- a heartbeat.
- a priestess.
.
.
who was she?
· · ·
- a prostitute... i don't know.
- a child.
- a mother.
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who did she hope to be? · · ·
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- she does not remember.
.
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- she never decided.
- no one.
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.
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···· · · · · · · · · · · · ·
what's so funny? · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
- life.
.
- you.
- me.

blankness

dated february 8, 2007
2.19 am
there are a dozen reasons
why
i would rather give my mind over
to a black hole
then be blantantly aware
that what remains of my
grey matter
is merely rotting away
as i sit
suspended in
the boughs of time,
that merciless agent
that runs over my
skin,
twisting my
small intestine
into knots
that even twenty-seven
girl scouts could never
untie.
i reveal myself
through lapses
in memory.
otherwise,
i confine my soundless
words to abysses that
are ten times the depth
and darkness of
the shadows that
fall beneath the bridge of Khazad-Dùm
in the ancient caves of Moria

beautiful loser

dated september 22, 2005
__________________
_______________________
cold hands lead to blank thoughts
there's nothing left much to do
Old hangings in the web
Inspiring and painstaking
Sitting, aching for reason
But the sheet below is warm
Curled beneath are icy feet
Above, the mind is filling
With tidings of moments
long past
crumpled shreds of tissue
lie scattered and strewn about
eyes weep, sweeping away
the masses but the shreds
remain
torn, like my lungs after
five cigarettes
oh, what of eyes
that search meaning
there was no meaning no
solution
just you and the grace that
you wasted on the most
trivial things
they said you were beautiful
you are
but somehow you failed yourself
sometime, a long time ago
in a past life
is there any turning point?
are you still cold?
searching for something that will
forever keep my lips from drying up
is a difficult thing
so why can't i see
There are no eyes to life
only to beauty
why is it so harsh?
the soul is a desperate friend
scanning the faces of your city
for empathy
there is something left within your
mind
an intangible source that spreads warmth
to the nerves in your fingers
but you can never find it
it's lost within you like movement
just sit still
what of words, why not silence
for once
please
you're still here and you say you
believe in me and i know that
you mean it
i wish i could accept this
it spears me in my veins
but you are still
here
and i finally
understand
that
my intangible
desire
is
a constellation
of your
smile

Friday, April 20, 2007

untitled

no one understands
no one understands
the ongoing war within me
a battle being fought
day & night
a feeble and yet relentless attempt
to put an end to the chaos
in my mind
in my gut
in the intangible wisps
of my soul
the soul that is slowly depleting
with every exhale
with every successive beat of a seemingly healthy heart
explain to me then why it hurts to breathe
there you stand, arm stretched out
reaching in, splaying ribs
fist clenched, trying to help
squeezing
suppressing
stopping the flow of my tainted blood
to my aching and blackened heart
i scream.
but you don’t hear me.
i’m already dead on the inside.
i scream.
it echoes in the distant valleys of my abandoned mind
i’m dead on the inside.
i scream.
this time the tears flow, the arms flail,
the knife cuts, the blood splatters
remind me why i need to do this.
i smile.
to escape.
you scream.
all smiles fade
let me go.
it’s ok.
it’ll be… fast.
you won’t remember.
you stare.
through me.
at me.
in me.
there is nothing
i am
gone.
empty

i scream.
you’re no longer here
i’m dead on the inside.



it’s quiet.


still.



i scream.i want to die.