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the scars on your shouldersthe scars on your shoulders
are braille to me, so that i
can read your skin, so that i
can know you better.

i like to listen to your heartbeat
and how it resounds differently
from mine, just so beautifully
like two songs played in tandem
to harmonise in rounds;

i like to hold your hands
and rub your back
so that maybe my love
can find its way through your pores
and seep into your blood
(never can i find the right words
to tell you just the way you feel to me)

and to think that and how i nearly missed you
makes me miss you more
every minute and mile we spend
elsewhere.
i can't sleep with another body
in my bed,
but sleeping without you
leav

He doesn't write poetry anymore.He doesn’t write poetry anymore,
even if he still collects it, reads it, saves it, treasures
faded verses from his wife the way connoisseurs
savor vinyl over metallic rainbows on disc.
I don’t mind not knowing, but I can’t stand not asking.

The record needle hits the groove wrong;
he stumbles over words that aren’t there,
rummaging for an answer he doesn’t really have.
He doesn’t write poetry anymore
and his confusion is strangely endearing.

But there’s a lyricism to his words that I love,
poetic lines inserted between the daily grind
of character names and who said what;
voiceless boys in white a

PocketLeftover religion in the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
A key that unlocks nothing
A penny, a scrap of paper
With half of your name
Written in black ink

A song that is usually in my head
In the shriveled carcass
Of a long-dead dream
In the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
With the lint

SurelyIt was raining
when we kissed for the first time,
for the last time.

Thin rivulets
sunk into the shrunken space
between our bodies
and divided us
like nothing could before,
like everything will
from now
until that never again
when we will
see each other once more,
no more.

Your eyes were
that bewitching shade
of dull brown blue
with all of the light darkness
whirling
in a placid pond
around a pupil
overflowing with vacancy,
and me
and my frowning smile.

The winter heat
fell like a rising tide
and,
for our every breath
was another death
so black and full of life --
embracing our boiled ice skin
as we drew apart,
came together and broke free

Condemnedbeneath the beaten earth they lay,
their dreams condemned to ashes,
and our restless bodies stretch,
for forgiveness, for direction –

survivors of the abyss,
amidst wide-eye, silent soldiers –
so many dead, so many maimed,

how many graves are we standing on, today?

Life, Death And A Pork Chop SandwichAll tangled up, hard to breathe
This steel cloud day that swirls
With heat and pounding hammers
I shake in my boots and cough up
Blood, rust and damaged flesh
Waiting for the second coming
Maybe next time around there'll be
Some chance for more than this

A twisted barbed wire halo
Wrapped tight around my skull
Blinding white light aura
Swarming with flies I'm flying
To pieces, thousands of shards
Cannot be brought back together
But I will remember the summer
Of my first Chevrolet in each bit

Gleaming bits of glass in the desert
Each reflecting a different moment
Still, now, enduring until the waves
Of a new ocean sweep them away
No pain

SisterSister

A sister is like a soul mate;
Someone who is always there
to guide me through fate.

A sister is,
a part of childhood that I cannot erase;
A sister like you,
is one that I would never replace
because you always know how to
put a smile on my face.

I know I can depend on you
to always be there for me;
This is one hundred percent guaranteed!

I've had great memories with you
in the past;
and I hope there are many more
to come,
in the future.

Pretty little things called words and dustif you weren't a hypocrite,
you'd be wrapped in the sweetest
perfumes
(learning
how to engulf the ocean
with your lungs
and think of how to cup it
in your hands
despite
your broken prayers and
still be beautiful)

dance with the gypsies
'till noon
(a quake in
your hips like the thrust
of continents
and the faultlines
emanating from
your spine,
but still
so, so graceful)

sing with the nymphs
in tune
(your voice,
it's growing old,
raspy even.
your throat's burning dry
like a monsoon
faltering in a desert,

and tones
still octaves
powerful)

be nestled in a king's arms
soon
(oh, you precious
little thing.
how

Lost In ConfusionMy mind is spinning without a rest
emotions whirl and twirl around
A merry-go-round gaining speed
Until the world blurrs before my eyes
What's happening? What's going on?

The simplest thought slips away
Right from my mind, fading so fast
Trying to focus, I stare and stare
Until my eyes are heavy and unclear.
I don't understand, what is going on...

Emotions rise and fall again
Within the blink of an eye
I'm crying, laughing, and depressed
A rollercoaster ride that never ends
Am I losing my mind in this ?

I try to close my eyes and rest
But the world spins me around
I feel like I am failing this test
Voices and noisies echo in my min

Puppet My tears fall,

like invisible

diamonds.

My heart beats,

like soundless

drums.

Unwanted,

because of the

strings attached.

A Night By the FireNo light,
The light sired by the night
All above whilst the day's delights
Now disappears from mortal sight.

Faded away is the sun's power,
Taking the stage now is night's sallow flower;
Now mortals may behold the stars and falling shower.

Set in a pit Nature's skyscraper ablaze
And revel in the emanating heat as you gaze,
Looking down on occasion when you hear a crack from the fire
And witness "fireflies" flying away from mother's blaze;
Dying shortly after but not lacking burning beauty do they desire!

I look out towards the teasing shore
And meditate as we sit upon her door,
Thinking on what my future has in store;
Who I am now and even

Why meI wanted sleep very badly
I tried my hardest to rest
I closed my eyes and laid there
But sleep didn’t come easy
I would doze off
And wake back up
Again
Why me? When I know I have to be up at 3 AM.

nightmarethe foxes are at your bedside and singing--
feversongs,
songs of boiling thoughts
and broken muscles.
their lullabyes.
they sneak so quiet, and
somehow,
you can't quite
dream
anymore.

DangerousMermaids; they seduce you then hold you under
Vampires; will kiss your lifeblood away
Mages, will turn your own mind against you
While trolls will hunt you down if you stay
Run through the woods, don’t stop for nothing
Monsters wait with jaws opened wide
Ignore that pretty elf, who’s probably plotting something dark
For she will torture you once she’s lured you inside
Orcs; will have a craving for your flesh
While dwarves are just prejudiced against your height
Dragons are very skilled when it comes to fire
While faeries will torment you throughout the night
So run little weakling, don’t stop now
The faery realm has go

Seaside HolidayI am content
to stay
a caterpillar

Who says
you have
to change?

What's so great
about being
a butterfly?

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DeteorationSlow poison
Slips me a kiss
No arguing
I'm bad at this
I want it deeply
I Want your bliss

Bad timing
Got me hooked
You're stealing hearts
Give me back what you took
Its not fair
What you can do with a look

Tear me down slowly, breath by breath
build me up falsely, touch by touch

I do it for you
Is this what you want
I change for you
Is that who you want
I'm the same for you
Is this who you need

Stay or LeaveWhy's it always so much better
Better when we're together
No one can weather a storm
Like the two of us
Why you always making me smile
Smiling at your arrival
Not much can beat our times
Its just what we have

But unless you let me call you my girl
I can't stay
Don't tell me your not my whole world

Why am I wanting what I can't have
Having a lost better half
No one can make me feel
High and low like you
Who's counting the times you laugh
Laughing, kissing, arts and crafts
Two minds connecting
jinx me now

But unless you let me call you my girl
I can't stay
Don't tell me your not my whole world
And push my away
We're not i

LostI'm lost in the world
In the woods of your heart
In the path where we started
I'm a prisoner in your world
I fear I've dug myself a hole
With only windows to your soul

I keep repeating that this isn't hell
It's heaven and we both need this
But when I open my mouth, well
I choke on my feelings and miss
Before I stand tall and try to walk
I'm afraid that I'll fall
Before I take your hand and talk
I want to know I have it all

I'm lost in these pages
Paragraphs I was never meant to read
Do you believe that you're all I need
I'm a prisoner inside this cage
I beat against it faster when eyes meet
I fear you don't know you're so c

Died for YouThe suns up again
where have you been
saw it set and rise
both of our eyes

You should know by now
nothings as it seems
I can tell you how
life comes to dreams

hands never get sore
holding you more and more
blankets sealing in the heat
keeping hearts complete

You should know by now
nothings as it seems
I can tell you how
life comes to dreams

Walls come tumbling down
fingers entangled around
just for a few hours
touch sweet as flowers

I can only hope and pray
that you'll see one day
just how I fell for you
fell and died for you

You should know by now
nothings as it seems
I can tell you how
life comes to dreams

RealityOne at a time, now two
now more than I can count
more than I can handle
clouds so huge
too big the amount
to my amphitheater, a candle

I need more than what you can give
but give please, progress in steps
whether forward or the other
I need another breath to live
understanding in steps
teach me like a brother

Maybe I'm losing my mind, just a little
Who's to say or to tell
Who's to tell me whether this is heaven or hell
I just know that I know not a thing at all
That what I had left left through the window on the wall

And so I've learned,
Reality can be a cold truth
Or an endless blanketing
That blacks out your views and pe

MoonTell the one that shares the view of the moon with you
that sunsets don't bring darkness, but the smooth fade of light
wondering eyes, wandering while stars hover just out of reach
as night gently passes through

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Lost Smiles

by ~Church38, Aug 18, 2012, 9:44:53 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

I want to see you happy
a drop of pain in big eyes
as I'm lost at sea
makes it easy to see past your disguise
makes it hard to see the sun
when you let clouds shadow
as I search for more
a hand to pull you out of the undertow

love should make you feel good
your life would shine, it could
I don't need to lead you there
though I'd like nothing more, I swear
I promise you, there's light
after the dark, just out of sight

I can't help that I'm quiet
but I'll be deafening for your smile
I can respect rules
from the reason sad is in style
I wish you could see
the picture I'm painting for you
it's different and bright
so much effort I'd be willing to put into

Lost Smilesby ~Church38

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

©2012-2013 ~Church38

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*L0NE-W0lf Nov 6, 2012

This is so sweet. Beautiful poem.

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~Church38 Nov 6, 2012 Student Writer

Thanks

I'm glad you think so

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*L0NE-W0lf Nov 7, 2012

You're very welcome.

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