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- Ribbon Dreams at allpoetry
My dreams are made of ribbons and they ripple prettily,
But they are just as easy as my fragile skin to tear, - Beauty Bypass at allpoetry
So they’ll shove their stupid happy faces right up against yours, And let you know that it’s your fault that you can’t raise a smile - Cut and Dry at allpoetry
It’s cut and dry. Blood is like glue That flows in clots beneath our skin, - Hammer Blows at allpoetry
All the things I cover, that I smother with a blanket, For fear they will rise up and wound my wilting pride, - In Comparison at allpoetry
The images surround me. Like Greek statues, they are perfect, And they make me seem a shadow, barely human, and I expect - Footstep Beats at allpoetry
The wind leafs through the papers as they scuttle through the drains, I am walking, scarcely seeing, as my shadows skip behind, - Polish and Shine at allpoetry
It’s too hard to look at. I take it out and put it straight back in, A display of affection as blatant as a stiff, smooth mannequin, - Surplus To Requirements at allpoetry
I am just bubble-wrap - Identity at allpoetry
I am every whorl in planks of wood, The imperfect blotches on smooth skin, - X at allpoetry
Every word swelled towards the cross that meant a kiss. - I Owe Me at allpoetry
I simply left myself to wilt: a self-destructive flower. - Rubbernecker at allpoetry
Allow me to witness my own drawn-out demise - Company at allpoetry
My head hits the desk as I realise the truth: That dependence is the whole point of youth, - Pet Hearts at allpoetry
Hearts are like pets we play with for a while, Then neglect comes to replace joyous smiles, - Final Boss at allpoetry
With feet worn down by splinters, you’ll walk a mile in my shoes, Stiff as a chess-figure, and wherever you move you’ll lose, - Blotted Out at allpoetry
I exist on the edge of stains / Where colour fades to paper’s tones, / Where suffering, bliss, aches and pains / Are bleached to look like naked bones. / I can’t recall the journey that led me to this place, / - Stain at allpoetry
The worst of ends sprung from the best beginning, / And I’m faced with a decision that I don’t want to make, / The race against time is not one I’m winning, / Even now I shy away from the path you choose to take. - I Won't Let Go at allpoetry
I won’t let go. My grip’s as tight / As at the start of my long life, / All the words I’ve never sent / Are muttered in every air vent, / You asked me how I felt. I lied. / I longed for comfort, but still I’d / Wa - Dice Roll at allpoetry
It’s unfair to expect one rolling dice
To bring us what we want. We roll it twice. - At Stake at allpoetry
She looks up with the light missing from her pale blue eye,
The fire blazing around her could be a sunset sky, - Some Friend You Are at allpoetry
I hate you and your precious smile - Leave Me Behind at allpoetry
I'll leave you to your long travels and you'll leave me behind. - Silent Call at allpoetry
“The one you want is never home.” - Spit-shone teeth at allpoetry
Not every silence signifies something left unsaid,
Why must you assume that secrets nestle in my head? - Downfall at allpoetry
Your spirit is sliding down a slope that gets longer
With each passing second. This feeling gets stronger - Beauty of an Eye at allpoetry
You can’t deny the beauty of an eye:
The glow that lies within, but light can die, - Misplaced at allpoetry
Douse the lights, these fires are pointless:
A tribute to futility, anguish and distress, - Lines at allpoetry
She tiptoed down the fine and brittle line
Between Ophelia and Clementine, - Stem the Leaks at allpoetry
Killing time turns out to be
An easy task, done as simply - Greater Heights at allpoetry
You were always so far…
I sighed, you swung from stars - Glass Wall at allpoetry
Eye to the rim so it presses the skin
And I can’t recall how I came to be pinned, - Steel at allpoetry
And so this is a barrier you've put up against me,
Reminds me through emphasis of my inadequacy - Wanted Attack at allpoetry
How can I not love you? There’s no other choice
When you’ve hypnotised me with your eyes and voice, - Bufo at allpoetry
Enticing you was a fool's game
And like a fool I failed, - Gollum at allpoetry
Little guttural deaths, deep in my throat,
Each breath is pain in this sad, tortured state,
