Poems by The Black Iris, by newest first

• Closed Borders

  between your finger and thumb,
  Ever the warmongering victim,

  by The Black Iris 19 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 9 7:30 PM. In Personal, Love, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Angst, Lost love, Other
• February

  Roses are poison
  And his lips speak pain

  by The Black Iris 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 7 7:14 AM. In Personal, Sad, Angst, Pain, Love, Life, Thoughts
• Another Death Of Mine

  Sureness in that pressure,
  And this is a death of me,

  by The Black Iris 33 lines, 2 comments, on May 30 8:58 PM. In Personal, Love, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Pain, Angst, My life, Longing, Friendship, Self
• Futility

  and choke upon
  the pills I promised you I would not touch

  by The Black Iris 28 lines, 1 comment, on May 25 7:07 AM. In Personal, Love, Sad, Pain, Angst, Thoughts, Longing, Depression
• Wasted

  And every part of me
  Is expelled in a puff of smoke,

  by The Black Iris 15 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 6:31 AM. In Personal, Love, Life, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Angst
• Particles Of You

  Gaping glass smile dribbling
  like the dregs of vodka

  by The Black Iris 29 lines, 5 comments, on May 19 6:59 AM. In Personal, Sad, Love, Life, Thoughts, Pain
• The Ordeal

  Sticks like cardboard in her mouth,
  Lips glued tight,

  by The Black Iris 42 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 30 7:51 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Love, Dark, Witchcraft, Pain
• Notes

  You aren’t real anymore and I disown our memories,
  (Not that there ever were any sober),

  by The Black Iris 34 lines, on Mar 1 12:12 PM. In Personal, Thoughts, Love, Life, Pain, Angst
• Evasion

  Those little infidelities
  that slip from the prongs of a fork

  by The Black Iris 24 lines, on Feb 27 11:43 AM. In Personal, Angst, Depression, Eating Disorder, Thoughts, Love
• Recognition

  You remind me of a lot of things
  as you smile and dimples

  by The Black Iris 14 lines, on Feb 27 11:41 AM. In Personal, Thoughts
• Kissing Necklaces

  Heartbeat under the palm
  of her hand,

  by The Black Iris 23 lines, on Feb 16 6:09 AM. In Personal, Pain, Angst, Love, Thoughts, Sad
• Torn

  This Alice-band of guilt
  and a broken ring in my lip;

  by The Black Iris 17 lines, on Feb 13 11:01 AM. In Personal, Angst, Thoughts, Life
• Abstinence

  Not a bite,
  A good girl will never swallow –

  by The Black Iris 24 lines, on Feb 12 11:21 AM. In Personal, Angst, Thoughts, Life, Eating Disorder
• Chalk-Dust On My Collar

  My melodies sit in the palm of your hand,
  Fragile as these bones you tended,

  by The Black Iris 50 lines, on Feb 4 11:50 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Sad, Life
• Presque Vu

  Whorls of my fingertips exchanging
  Cells, cells, cells with something

  by The Black Iris 13 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 7 11:33 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Angst, Life
• The Judge

  He hammers the hammer on the wooden circle
  A murderous murmur sweeping the tiers

  by The Black Iris 35 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 27 4:06 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Elephants and Matchsticks

  Elephants and matchsticks caught in combat;
  Dirty girl

  by The Black Iris 7 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 20 4:50 AM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, Angst, Life
• The World Through A Spoon

  Graphite dots,
  Looking at the world through a spoon.

  by The Black Iris 34 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 15 5:31 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, Angst
• Parachute

  The strum of tangled wire cutting into
  This deformed puppet

  by The Black Iris 23 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 24 5:14 AM 2008. In Personal, Dark, Thoughts, Abuse
• Walking In Autumn

  Out of the misty memory landscape
  Where ropes cling

  by The Black Iris 23 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 23 10:27 AM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts
• Dandelions and Demons

  How I love the acidity of emptiness,
  I find such beauty in the agony of shrinking.

  by The Black Iris 21 lines, on Oct 9 4:03 PM 2008. In Personal, Dark, Thoughts
• Oblivion

  Memories snaking away into the
  Crop of stars that pass away to oblivion.

  by The Black Iris 19 lines, on Oct 4 6:01 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• Love Affair

  He came to my bed and saw my ribs,
  Eyes bright and the golden strands woven in his hair;

  by The Black Iris 45 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 3 5:39 PM 2008. In Eating Disorder, Thoughts
• Neverland

  The last threads of innocence are breaking
  As the sprite pulls free to fly

  by The Black Iris 31 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 24 11:19 AM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Life
• Urban Hell

  Walking in your urban hell,
  All the rust clinging to your hands as you stumble

  by The Black Iris 17 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 13 10:55 AM 2008. In Society, Thoughts
• You Know Best

  Why am I forbidden from anger when you destroy my opinion,
  bait me and accuse me of irrationality?

  by The Black Iris 30 lines, on Sep 13 10:37 AM 2008. In Personal, Anger, Thoughts
• Willow Pattern

  My gold hidden deep in you,
  Your rainbow skin and willow pattern lips.

  by The Black Iris 25 lines, on Aug 30 10:24 AM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• Addictive Narcotic

  Addictive narcotic,
  The burns your hands and lips have left

  by The Black Iris 23 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 6:01 AM 2008. In Personal
• Butterfly Man

  Effervescent colour rests,
  The purity of green in stark contrast

  by The Black Iris 21 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 28 12:15 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts
• Contemplations With Starlight

  One day I might wake up
  to find that I cannot recall the freckle

  by The Black Iris 22 lines, on Jun 25 10:48 AM 2008. In Personal, Sad
• Orange

  It would spill out against citrus orange
  as fire does against the morning sun, half-blended,

  by The Black Iris 30 lines, on Jun 6 5:12 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts
• The Lives and Words of Men

  But he shall never know what comes after him,
  Forgotten in his cradle of earth,

  by The Black Iris 45 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 6 4:03 AM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, War
• Dawn

  Lifting further, the King of Day rises,
  His eyes to open and spread golden silk upon this place,

  by The Black Iris 19 lines, on May 26 8:46 AM 2008. In Personal, Nature
• The Madness

  Steal my frontal lobe and prefrontal cortex
  in this non-consensual lobotomy,

  by The Black Iris 40 lines, 2 comments, on May 25 10:56 AM 2008. In Personal, Weird, Thoughts
• Passive Blue

  And when others turned away,
  the Passive Blue was there

  by The Black Iris 21 lines, on May 23 10:34 AM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts

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