floating through endless
dreams of soft sky,
my lips burn shades of smoke
hands around my neck
you held me there for
h u n d r e d s
of days
serenading my skeleton,
as I lay there
naive
silencing my intuition
soaking in
your snide detraction
treacherous thief,
shameless hearteatter,
little boy..
I covet your ignorance.
revenge is a slinky seductress
that I shall cast away
like every other two-second heart-healing wonder
for there are no rewards
in lust and gluttony.
drunken obscenity,
hiding in your shadow
I kissed your feet
and begged for your forgiveness.
starless eyes
dangling from your sick contortions
heavy heart full of blame
memories still poison my self-image
a creamy sunset of relief
folds in my
shivering palms.
pulling the tack held strings
one by one from my
tense composure,
I bitterly embrace the truth.
love is a behaviour.
and don't sugarcoat your abuse,
I'm glad you said goodbye
but you're no fucking hero.
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Written November 2nd, 2006
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i seem to revisit this piece annually. this is one of my favourites by you.
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Bekkah, I've just re-read this piece again, as I woke up very early this morning, and am procrastinating going for my morning run. I love this piece, I love the imagery and the emotions. I think I understand where this piece is coming from a lot more than I did when I first read it almost a year ago, I find that I understand your emotions and what you're actually writing about a lot more. I do really like this piece, you have a lot going on in it, and the only thing I can say is that I'm glad that its over.
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Moving!!!
WoW!!! This is a very noteworthy piece of work! The realization that love is a behaviour is absolutely true. Very painfully penned! My heart goes out to you! Love is a tainted pill we all take. -
lovely work indeed.keep it up.
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Extremely powerful and well done, I like the emphasis you put on to the last stanza by making such a large space in between. This piece definately has a lot of anger in it, and I wish he could read it for himself.
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