List: Bronze;

• Sountrack [of a broken record]

  Picture perfect smile eaten away,
  by fear.

  32 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 24 8:23 PM 2008
• intertwining emotions.

  Teardrops hit the pavement
  just like splattered paint.

  31 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 20 10:06 PM 2008
• lack of love

  You promised me rainbows and butterflies
  but everything you gave me was void of colour.

  17 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 10 4:14 PM 2008
• chasing time.

  faulty connections
  cracked minds.

  14 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 18 3:39 PM 2008
• it all started with a 'hello'

  You broke the mold
  and flew me on wings that have never seen light before.

  25 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 18 9:45 PM 2008
• slow-motion love.

  I swung through the air on a storm-colored zephyr
  wondering when I’d arrive at the lights.

  11 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 24 4:42 PM 2008
• haunt me, please.

  Pretending you were with me was the easiest part
  especially when I walked in the fields

  41 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 23 9:17 PM 2008
• just another breakdown

  Aching and sore
  I cannot imagine why you hurt me.

  37 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 18 4:15 PM 2008
• morning star.

  stars burst in displays of red and blue
  creating pinwheels of soft smiles

  14 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 7 12:10 PM 2008
• infrared.

  and I wonder why my thoughts on paper
  seem more real than the words

  39 lines, 32 comments, on Sep 11 6:59 PM 2008
• True Love

  A girl lies down alone tonight
  A boy is quietly saying goodnight

  60 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 3 7:29 PM 2008
• oh daddy, I learned it's called abuse today.

  Daddy, why do you hurt me?
  I love you.

  102 lines, 16 comments, on Oct 7 8:51 PM 2008. In Abuse
• complications and connotations

  just for you big sisterrr

  12 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 2 8:04 PM 2008
• more than words.

  mysterious reflection
  masking the true thoughts

  11 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 2:08 PM 2008
• oceans and falling stars.

  I know a girl with a lot of talent but she’s too afraid to show the world.
  

  30 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 14 6:23 PM 2008
• chemical eruption.

  she’s just barely sixteen
  and she already struggles with finding her place.

  22 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 18 2:00 PM 2008
• hollow.

  the ocean called me
  and with all my crayons, corona bottles,

  22 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 11 7:17 PM 2008
• a sepia-toned lie.

  so paint me purple
  & cover me in shooting stars

  105 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 20 9:50 PM 2008
• stuck behind stop signs.

  you were just a mess of water-color backdrops
  designed as an eye-catcher

  49 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 18 9:01 PM 2008
• held together with tape.

  you were stronger than before
  and I was weaker than ever;

  45 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 1 9:18 PM 2008
• fragile.

  I moved to the sound
  of your heartbeat.

  11 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 28 6:52 PM 2008
• ab imo pectore.

  caeca invidia est.
  whoever said that love is blind has a lot to learn from envy. envy, one of the seven deadly sins with a color to match

  30 lines, 21 comments, on Dec 6 8:18 PM 2008
• you always said it was too good to be true.

  I like to go backwards in time and dance
  in counter-clockwise motions that make

  56 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 12 5:30 PM 2008
• even-numbers lie.

  69 lines, 34 comments, on Dec 16 10:11 AM 2008
• don't slip up.

  um; don't read if you're going to judge me.
  I'm a little bit confused.

  71 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 17 7:55 PM 2008. In Weird
• bittersweet.

  46 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 12 6:39 PM
• each story has an ending.

  & I don’t think you know what you’ve been missing by not knowing me
  & maybe if you gave it a try you’ll find that you’ve been missing quit

  44 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 16 9:01 PM 2008
• still a sellout.

  26 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 22 12:14 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• losing my sense of self.

  subjective to lies
  objectively I'm searching--

  15 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 2 10:00 PM. In noguest, haiku~, deities~
• bold.

  16 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 19 12:15 PM
• constant.

  only thing
  that’s structured,

  12 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 5 8:45 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• make-believe.

  54 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 20 2:30 PM
• rustic.

  I began to cave--
  flimsy bones that weren’t

  20 lines, 19 comments, on Mar 21 8:34 PM
• scarred.

  remember when I used
  to tiptoe around eggshells?

  28 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 29 2:00 PM
• comatose.

  80 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 6 8:17 PM
• stand up straight.

  I remember
  a little round-eyed

  14 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 27 9:58 PM
• carbon.

  37 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 4 2:26 PM
• brace yourself for tragedy.

  in the blink of an eye
  doorways slammed shut

  14 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 11 11:22 AM
• I'm yours.

  thunder.xx.paradise
  song 26: I'm yours - Jason Mraz
  

  25 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 22 11:45 AM. In noguest, freeverse~, blue eyes~
• sour.

  ‘you’re incapable of love’
  

  30 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 28 9:52 PM
• emergency.

  25 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 5 3:27 PM
• my charlatan.

  dear past self,
  why couldn't you have just let it go. it would have been healthier for you, and peace within your heart could have been within arms reach, yet you chose to pursue a love that was useless. whiplash was the only

  18 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 16 7:41 PM
• oasis in the desert.

  belief in the extraordinary
  got you nowhere

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 27 4:42 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, deities~
• anthrophobia.

  absorbing sunlight we hoped to grow like flowers. until our skin turned red and raw we swayed with the breeze pretending to be tulips and s

  11 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 10 2:23 PM
• perforation.

  you were
  insipid, less than

  26 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 29 6:49 PM. In noguest, freeverse~
• stalemate.

  you fumbled truths
  with rotted nails

  31 lines, 7 comments, on May 6 6:40 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~
• here come the lumberjacks.

  tipping over,
  his wooden legs creak with loneliness.

  14 lines, 7 comments, on May 8 4:41 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• empyreal.

  he threatened the sun
  with nuclear warfare -

  14 lines, 4 comments, on May 9 7:17 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• from belief.

  I knelt down on the ground with the pure intention of burying her cold body and instead was hit by a wave of nostalgia. I keel

  25 lines, 5 comments, on May 10 5:46 PM. In noguest, prose~
• July, you've never seen the stars fall.

  and I think it’s time to learn about constellations and things that are empty like my palms, your eyes and my shoes that are waiting to be

  36 lines, 12 comments, on May 2 2:13 PM. In noguest, prose~, vignettes~, letters to the months and seasons~
• he wanted to be remembered as a martyr and instead got insanity.

  the rejects stood atop the bridge laughing nervously among themselves. they shuffled their feet constantly in fear of the others until one

  11 lines, 6 comments, on May 4 6:09 PM. In noguest, prose~, characters~
• filtered.

  I hide trapeze artists in my sleeves where they do little dances and back-flips trying to resemble the twitching leaves I stare at for hour

  17 lines, 9 comments, on May 8 4:38 PM. In noguest, prose~, manipulation~
• disgusting.

  I visited Prague
  when I was nine years old

  21 lines, 12 comments, on May 16 4:26 PM. In noguest, freeverse~
• to mend.

  stoppers
  and crushed hands

  13 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 17 5:20 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• your presence isn't what kills me.

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 19 9:57 PM. In noguest, prose~, anger~
• three's a crowd.

  33 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 21 6:41 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, vignettes~
• polar opposites of goddesses.

  cassie
  thought the sun revolved around her and her essence was beyond saving. ashes from cigarettes flew left, right and center and she ch

  19 lines, 12 comments, on May 15 9:38 PM. In noguest, prose~, characters~
• into forever.

  you know I wouldn't miss out on one of your quickies

  24 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 24 9:11 PM. In noguest, prose~
• 'just friends' are cold words.

  I need to find a cure for insomnia.
  

  43 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 10 9:13 AM
• to disregard cigarette burns.

  65 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 25 12:41 PM. In noguest, prose~, vignettes~
• zero to nothing.

  fuckyou, boy with the hushed blue eyes. you're exactly the same as the rest. how many countless others have cried upon paper wishing they n

  18 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 3 7:14 PM. In noguest, prose~
• give me some answers.

  I wish I knew.
  honestly, I wish I knew why.

  28 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 6 9:40 PM. In noguest, prose~, blue eyes~
• persephone ate a pomegranate.

  and some say she ruined her life.
  but really, all that happens is that she's queen

  26 lines, 18 comments, on Oct 9 5:00 PM. In noguest, freeverse~

• By me, right now

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