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- Love is Blind, Deaf & Dumb at allpoetry
Measure the limit of yourself in vials; like a capsule for the encapsulated. - Empathetic Shields at allpoetry
Grotesque masks of empathy, are only worn to stop the cold sweat from running rampant; - You're just dizzy from the fall. at allpoetry
It's almost trepidation the waiting; wanting - Column: Assertation File (a Stolen Idea) at allpoetry
This is me. In no particular Order. - Cavity Search at allpoetry
Have you ever grappled so hard for a truth - [ Abrasions traced on empathy ] at allpoetry
Abrasions traced on empathy outline contusions and ruptured vessels. - my second quickie of the day! at allpoetry
yes, i said it. - Hurry up, you'll miss your cue. at allpoetry
You weren't the type for tears but then, begging is only a performance - cus i haven' done a quickie in ages at allpoetry
oops, did that sound rude? - For Buster... R.I.P at allpoetry
Your tattered fur was left to tangle but caressed daily; an expression of the love we felt. - Frostbitten by fire at allpoetry
A corpse can warm your feet on the cold nights cramming toes in between the ribcage - [ Tongue stroking teeth were the inspiration ] at allpoetry
Tongue stroking teeth were the inspiration slowly horizontal lines stroked seductively. - A Night Within. at allpoetry
Preparations hung limp, lifeless before the excelaration; - [ Gorging on the cradle; ] at allpoetry
Gorging on the cradle; discarded the baby - [[IfIcouldtellyouIwould]] at allpoetry
Of all the consequences wrapped up by desire or the perfection we all dearly seek - The Placebo Effect. at allpoetry
Have you ever swallowed down - [ Do you melt in the middle ] at allpoetry
Do you melt in the middle like Belgian truffles... - Reserved at allpoetry
GIVE ME YOUR PROMPT BABY!!! - [ She waits, a gavel serving fate ] at allpoetry
She waits, a gavel serving fate to the many - one night in philly... at allpoetry
prompt: asphixia. - Cardiac a rest at allpoetry
Where was this waning heart of mine? Has the feeble organ faltered? - Capital letters && Metaphorical Big Tops. at allpoetry
"Well is seems to me..." was cut off, before the - It's the litter that defines the life. at allpoetry
She's presenting her life for little use on a page ripped from a scrapbook - Not meant, not for me. at allpoetry
I'll be brief. Speak in terms that - Cabin Fever at allpoetry
It is a secondary composition; / below the water line, / as uninvestigated as marine life. / Encaptured in subtle shades / of ungovernable will. / Perhaps your bouyancy / settled further from the bay / tha - Hearts The Colour Of Glass. at allpoetry
She spends days / breathing in windows / && apologies to sills / that never should have been used as seats. / Then counting each obscurity, / as she draws hearts / in the mist; / writing in - [ We were left ] at allpoetry
We were left / wanting to scream, / shout, fight, bite back; / retorts stuck in our throats / like so many hanging carcasses. / Despite protests, / of what should have been, / (&& undoubt - [ Perhaps the dignity of it all ] at allpoetry
Perhaps the dignity of it all / could be felt down, / like mutilated corpses in concrete. / (bound to be found out sooner or later!) / Because it's too cliche / to harvest it there; / dropping anchor on the t - Not A Happy Ending. at allpoetry
And then, / falling faster downward... / she breaks. / Becoming pieces of herself, / mingled with those belonging / to enemies && allies. / &nbs - Empty stomachs && Pages of numbers at allpoetry
You left me marking numbers / in that little black book / && trying to balance one column with the next. / It's controlled environments, / marked off in ribbons of digits / circling reflections & - Stick-on's && Eyeliner at allpoetry
I don't know why they call you sugar / you're more like artificial sweetener. / could it be the cotton candy in your chest / that you can't breathe past? / Or the syrup consistant lies / at the back of your sku - A Little Sorrow Goes A Long Way at allpoetry
I must apologize for the confusion / as your squeezing added inches / into pink && purple tutus; / watching clumsy pirouettes / through stained glass. / Reprimanding your broken ankles / && - Bedsteads && Carriages at allpoetry
Say farewell / to sleeping hours above your bedstead; / waking just in time / for the twilight / to close your eyes again. / Carriages of blue && white / carry you to destinations / seen just before childh - Reserved at allpoetry
Awaiting Prompt - [ - ] at allpoetry
- / Poloroid dream, / on blank screen flicks / between, with lines. / I sit and stare / thinking, where this / can fare in life. / Bound; memories - [ She's far to old ] at allpoetry
She's far to old / to still be playing teenage games / && yet every chance she gets / she's spinning dice out onto tablecloths. / Fuelling empty plates / &nbs - Waiting... at allpoetry
For your prompt. - [ 1. marshmellow ] at allpoetry
1. marshmellow / 2. staircase / 3. asylum - / 4. eternity - / 5. madness - / 6. self-portrait - / 7. newspaper / 8. padlock - / 9. dumpster - / 10. jellyfish - / 11. biodegradable / 12. severed – (change - Straight Lines and Balance Equations at allpoetry
empty - / nothing - / indulge - (Changed to indulging.) / ambition - / dreaming - / tragedy - / circles - / submit - / substance - / violent - / God - / madness - / alone - / heart - / life - - Reserved at allpoetry
hope you don't mind... - But inside... I'm screaming at allpoetry
She's stroking mirrors with a happy hand; / running fingers && smiles down the candy swell, / && tearing holes on my insides / - Demanding submission. / Another one hundred here - Word Bank - PLEASE ADD at allpoetry
CHEMICALS / Nitro Glycerin / Kerosene / Heroin / Cocaine / Xtasy / OBJECTS / Magic 8 Ball / Elastic bands / Magic Markers / Ball Point Pens / Magazines / BODY PARTS / Heart - [ Now you're shooting up stardust like its heroin; ] at allpoetry
Now you're shooting up stardust like its heroin; / writing love on your floorboards / && getting splinters from the lies. / Aren't apologies and reprimands / "The Same Damn Thing" / If destiny was a narcot - [ Baby, we're painting lies ] at allpoetry
Baby, we're painting lies / on these concrete walls && / carving them in trees. / Even scars have / soldier stitches by their sides / an army [of misery] - or for it. / It ain't - [ Have you ever ] at allpoetry
Have you ever / wished there was a stronger word than Fuck; / just to tell the world, / how much that hurt? - [ have u ever eaten chocolate for breakfast ] at allpoetry
have u ever eaten chocolate for breakfast / then felt guilty / and spent the rest of the day / eating nothing. - Twister: E at allpoetry
eating etiquette ends erroneously, every excitable emo ending entity with edges - [ Have you ever ] at allpoetry
Have you ever / stood in a crowded room / and screamed / til your voice was hoarse / your throat raw and tight / til your heart was bursting with your message / and your soul was on fire... / and - [ It's the sighs in the dark, ] at allpoetry
It's the sighs in the dark, / the soft touch of a hand on the thigh, / brushed off as accidental. / It's the words you use, / licking your lips in the luna glow / from an open window; / the wind hiding the n - [ Do you remember ] at allpoetry
Do you remember / how I felt under your hands / as you pushed me away / Do you remember / how my hair felt as I pulled it out in clumps? / Do you remember - [ Do you remember... ] at allpoetry
Do you remember... / when cliques were something older kids had / and your friends / were everyone you went to school with? - Visits to Grandparents at allpoetry
casting back, / I remember standing between chairs, / my nervous heels rocking, / back and forth. / Ball to heel and back again. / Sharing with them / lessons learned in sunday school / short verses. / I - hipbones and heartbreak at allpoetry
Have you ever / counted the calories you ate.. / then told everyone you'd had more... / just so they wouldn't make you eat? - how you used to be... at allpoetry
Have you ever...? / Missed someone so desperately / when they were right by your side? - [ Have you ever... ] at allpoetry
Have you ever... / told someone you were loyal / then forgotten them / in an instant. - The Biggest Mistake. at allpoetry
Dirty text I sent from my bed / waited paitently while he then read / a reply I soon got / that filled me with shock / as I'd texted my mother instead. - [ Love doth overcome the terror from within... ] at allpoetry
Love doth overcome the terror from within... / Evil's soul captured in the hero's chest, and scar... / he IS his own enemy, a weakness in him / penchant for the dramatics / and death, comes to the hero and villa - [ Hardly a month had passed since I had left that dreadful place, and already I was wishing I could go back. The streets had not been kind to me, my hair was a mass off tangles and the skin on my hands was raw and unyielding. ] at allpoetry
Hardly a month had passed since I had left that dreadful place, and already I was wishing I could go back. The streets had not been kind to me, my hair was a mass off tangles and the skin on my hands was raw and unyielding - [ Snow whtie ran away from her home ] at allpoetry
Snow whtie ran away from her home / and her abusive step mother / her father dear as passed away / along with her dear brother / She ran into the wilderness / otherwise known as the city / was attacked - You're reflection lied, honey. at allpoetry
Cast your mascaraed face from the mirror / lipstick smeared in colours without interest / wafting clouds of scent on a budget. / It's the practiced smile that draws in the sin / and the screamed invitation for a false - Misery or Mercy? - five lines at allpoetry
Aided finales coated in goblintales / Where the bad guys wins / And a helping hand helps nothing / But lullabies sung in scratched out verses / Blanket worn out photographs in technicolour. - [ No harsher reality than this ] at allpoetry
No harsher reality than this
bent brow to death's bittersweet kiss - My Love (acrostic) at allpoetry
Matching hearts beat as one
Your smile is like the midday sun - Showdown At The Old Market Square at allpoetry
A lady fair named for a queen
In square of slabs we lay our scene - [ Burnt Sunsets ] at allpoetry
Burnt Sunsets
can't hide the - The Spectrum at allpoetry
Softly, Softly
gazed into spectrums - Tendered Sins at allpoetry
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I forgive you. - Propositioning Statues at allpoetry
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Dare you step again - [ i. ] at allpoetry
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I recollect rationality. - The Funeral Guest at allpoetry
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These events aren't the prettiest - That Spider Bites at allpoetry
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Deceit - He Let His Daughter know at allpoetry
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False realities - Orchestra of the Workin Girls at allpoetry
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Consenting ages - Candy Covered Scars [WiP] at allpoetry
Did you meet him in the attic
for the cellar below - Questions to a Glamour Queen. at allpoetry
Where you thinking that the blusher
hid the pallour of your cheeks? - Dear Lord.. do you remember...? at allpoetry
Dear Lord,
Remember when I was little - If Elephants could fly. at allpoetry
If Elephants could fly
then big tops would be bigger - My Syringe at allpoetry
I'm not a part
of a fashionable - What is beauty without death? at allpoetry
Past tense Beauty
confusion buried hard - Visitors. at allpoetry
Chasing feline guests
from the sacred ground of garden - Starlight (cinquain) at allpoetry
Starlight
In heaven sits - Pine needles at allpoetry
Pine
needles dance - The Waterfall at allpoetry
I tried to lead the reader away from tears and to a waterfall and then back it at the end sort of revealing the metaphor...
hopefully you - Haiku #3 (The morning after) at allpoetry
The morning after
Sweet, classic euphoria - a resting place (a Haiku) at allpoetry
A resting place for
All who wish to dwell upon - A Clouded Daydream (A haiku) at allpoetry
A cloud is dream
My daydream about freedom - Haiku #2 (The watchful lake) at allpoetry
The crystal blue lake
Watches with eyes the same blue - Haiku #1 (The Leaves' Death) at allpoetry
'.' - Sonnet #1 (an attempt) at allpoetry
I tried to write a seven ryhming couplet sonnet...
it's bad.. I know but I'm having a go. I'm trying all different sorts of poetry now.
