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Thousand

A thousand pieces
Of the same whole

by Lyra 17 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 8 3:27 AM 2006. In Personal, Dark, Angst
Crosshatched

Dissolving from the inside
Vanishing with the high tide

by Lyra 72 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 6 4:38 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Over

Your own worst enemy to the core
How dare you come back asking for more

by Lyra 53 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 13 4:49 PM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Object Permanence

Beyond our own horizons
Each of us is blind

by Lyra 42 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 10 8:58 PM 2006. In Society, Hope
Returning All These Gifts

Here's to the man who made me jealous of a window
the steam condensing and trickling roughly down it

by Lyra 48 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 7 12:17 AM 2006. In Personal, Love
Trickling (like you do so well)

The steam on the window reminded me of you
as it slipped down the window in rough streams

by Lyra 72 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 4 2:48 AM 2006. In Personal, Love
those that comprehend

caught in the middle of opposing generations
both agree i'm incorrect...

by Lyra 38 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 25 4:11 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Hope

Unconsciousness's Apology

Nothing more than a coward
I stand before the judge

by Lyra 27 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 24 1:56 AM 2005. In Personal, Love, Dark
Seeing Red on Christmas

There was an age when I dreamed about daddy
I had fantasies about the day he'd whisk me away home

by Lyra 38 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 19 6:07 PM 2005. In Personal, Other
Not the Most Normal of Reasons

Sanity
Such a highly overrated aspect of society

by Lyra 34 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 19 1:04 AM 2005. In Weird, Personal
Morning Feathers

Last night, tears fell
Such a needless waste; you should have saved them

by Lyra 20 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 18 2:25 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
Necessary Evils

A certain number of crimes are committed
In each and every lifetime

by Lyra 40 lines, on Dec 14 11:39 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
A Different Take

Innocence: the color white
So easily stained from the slightest touch

by Lyra 27 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 28 5:58 PM 2005. In Personal, Society, Nature
And by This I Mean

It's not the most
Nor the least

by Lyra 9 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 28 2:37 AM 2005. In Beat, Society

Goosebumps on the Roadmap of Life

I think I've finally identified the mechanical ones.
All these accusations have flown for years

by Lyra 45 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 27 6:28 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Love
Caught Up

Broken child lying on the steps of Everything
Fingers latched tightly to the last strands of hope

by Lyra 24 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 29 11:57 AM 2005. In Personal, Dark
As Waiting

So cold in a seventy degree room
Because hope is too far away

by Lyra 97 lines, 13 comments, on Oct 19 4:01 AM 2005. In Personal, Love, Angst
Drawing the Short Straw

Every hour crawls by
Each day moves faster still

by Lyra 35 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 30 8:40 PM 2005. In Personal, Other
Don't Let Them

Don't let them see you crying
Don't let them see you dying

by Lyra 34 lines, 3 comments, on May 10 4:29 PM 2005. In Personal, Angst
The Day Off

I don't make sense today at all, most likely.
You see, I've been off chocabo hunting.

by Lyra 31 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 29 9:47 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Humor
Kitchen Table Thoughts

Snow blowing by the window
And piling along the pane

by Lyra 68 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 13 12:18 AM 2005. In Personal, Love

Who were you in my dream?

Who were you in my dream?
Your short-winged daughter

by Lyra 216 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 8:04 PM 2005. In Weird, Other, Collaboration
Introduction

My name was Mary long ago
But now its Kat

by Lyra 16 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 6:27 PM 2005. In Personal, Contemporary
Lost Moments

Head fallen on a desk
Arms tucked neatly underneath

by Lyra 41 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 23 11:16 AM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
Boundaries

I've forgotten
who, when, where I am

by Lyra 22 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 16 10:26 AM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
Still Dreaming

I have a dream
Of a day when we do not throw ourselves into stereotypes

by Lyra 47 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 15 12:30 AM 2005. In Society
Measures of Distance

Just by reading what was written mere months ago
The tears come

by Lyra 28 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 13 11:25 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
Pretzel

The eras of my mind twist so slowly
"How did you write this?"

by Lyra 28 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 28 10:40 AM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual, Contemporary
Louder

knock, knock
Cringe

by Lyra 82 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 28 12:54 AM 2004. In Weird, Personal
Names are for Whispering

The emotions behind the prevailing wind
Bring it to monsoon force, furious, enraged-

by Lyra 23 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 24 4:52 PM 2004. In Personal
Love, Right on Cue

If I whispered your name a million and one times
Would you still be deaf to my calls?

by Lyra 56 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 8 11:06 PM 2004. In Lyrics, Personal, Love
I am From

I am from the green hide-a-bed and the black jeep
The blind dog and matching Halloween costume

by Lyra 78 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 9 8:14 PM 2004. In Personal
Stillness

The mist billows coolly from the trees
Born of the forest's union with the dawn

by Lyra 26 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 9 8:05 PM 2004. In Nature, Hope
Syllabic Moods

The pages turn and the poems begin to blend
Into a quill of their own

by Lyra 21 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 26 1:07 PM 2004. In Personal, Other
Caged Again

The brief tastes of freedom you've given me
Pulse forever on the backs of my eyelids

by Lyra 25 lines, 31 comments, on Jul 21 7:20 PM 2004. In Personal, Love, Hope

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