Poems by Vashman, by newest first

• Love is Blind, Deaf & Dumb

  Measure the limit of yourself in vials; like a capsule for the encapsulated.

  by Vashman 5 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 31 5:42 AM 2008. In Pain, Love, Life, Thoughts, Contest
• Empathetic Shields

  Grotesque masks of empathy, are only worn to stop the cold sweat from running rampant;

  by Vashman 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 31 5:30 AM 2008. In Contest, dark
• A Celestial Sonnet

  Foolish hearts swimming in the ethereal Against burning stars waiting for their death.

  by Vashman 14 lines, on Jan 25 12:29 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Pain, Love
• You're just dizzy from the fall.

  It's almost trepidation the waiting; wanting

  by Vashman 7 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 24 2:24 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Love
• Cavity Search

  Have you ever grappled so hard for a truth

  by Vashman 4 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 17 12:14 PM 2008. In HYE
• It's the terminology that gets me every time.

  Abrasions traced on empathy
  outline contusions and ruptured vessels.

  by Vashman 3 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 15 11:52 AM 2008. In Dark, Personal, Contest entry
• Wrinkled hands and faces

  by Vashman 3 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 15 10:50 AM 2008
• Hurry up, you'll miss your cue.

  You weren't the type for tears but then, begging is only a performance

  by Vashman 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 15 10:43 AM 2008. In Personal
• Can you cry underwater?

  It's nothing but a seranade
  played underwater to

  by Vashman 2 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 15 8:43 AM 2008. In Quickie
• For Buster... R.I.P

  Your tattered fur was left to tangle but caressed daily; an expression of the love we felt.

  by Vashman 22 lines, on Nov 30 9:08 AM 2007. In Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts
• Frostbitten by fire

  A corpse can warm your feet on the cold nights cramming toes in between the ribcage

  by Vashman 4 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 29 4:51 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird, Personal, Thoughts, Contest
• Care S

  by Vashman 17 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 17 4:42 PM 2007. In Personal, Adult, Erotica, Fantasy, Life, Love, Thoughts
• A Night Within.

  Preparations hung limp, lifeless before the excelaration;

  by Vashman 15 lines, on Nov 17 4:17 PM 2007
• Read me a lullaby before I sleep for good.

  by Vashman 22 lines, on Nov 16 3:15 PM 2007. In Personal, Society, Contemporary, Adult, Pain, Thoughts
• [[IfIcouldtellyouIwould]]

  Of all the consequences wrapped up by desire or the perfection we all dearly seek

  by Vashman 20 lines, on Nov 16 3:05 PM 2007
• The Placebo Effect.

  Have you ever swallowed down

  by Vashman 5 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 15 4:54 AM 2007. In HYE, personal, contest
• [ Do you melt in the middle ]

  Do you melt in the middle like Belgian truffles...

  by Vashman 13 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 14 5:06 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Humor, Contest
• Reserved

  "Towards the gallows, innocence has no name"
  He told me.

  by Vashman 18 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 14 4:53 PM 2007
• The Gavel Falls

  She waits, a gavel serving fate
  to the many

  by Vashman 8 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 14 4:48 PM 2007. In Personal, Contest
• one night in philly...

  by Vashman 13 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 12 6:22 AM 2007
• Cardiac a rest

  Where was this waning heart of mine? Has the feeble organ faltered?

  by Vashman 4 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 11 11:50 AM 2007. In Personal, Pain
• Capital letters && Metaphorical Big Tops.

  "Well is seems to me..." was cut off, before the

  by Vashman 24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 4:52 AM 2007. In Personal, Contest
• It's the litter that defines the life.

  She's presenting her life for little use on a page ripped from a scrapbook

  by Vashman 10 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 20 8:04 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Personal, Pain, Sad, Other
• Not meant, not for me.

  I'll be brief.
  Speak in terms that

  by Vashman 9 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 20 7:57 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Personal, Other
• Cabin Fever

  It is a secondary composition; / below the water line, / as uninvestigated as marine life. / Encaptured in subtle shades / of ungovernable will. / Perhaps your bouyancy / settled further from the bay / tha

  by Vashman 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 25 9:18 AM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Hearts The Colour Of Glass.

  She spends days / breathing in windows / && apologies to sills / that never should have been used as seats. / Then counting each obscurity,

  by Vashman 10 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 24 5:59 AM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Weird
• Dependancy: Can you help me with it?

  We were left / wanting to scream, / shout, fight, bite back; / retorts stuck in our throats / like so many hanging carcasses. / Despite pro

  by Vashman 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 23 9:41 AM 2007. In Sad, Pain, Other, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Gangsters Burial Ground

  Perhaps the dignity of it all / could be felt down, / like mutilated corpses in concrete. / (bound to be found out sooner or later!) / Beca

  by Vashman 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 23 8:59 AM 2007. In Pain, Personal, Weird, Thoughts, Life, Contemporary, Quick Write
• Not A Happy Ending.

  And then, / falling faster downward... / she breaks. / Becoming pieces of herself, / mingled with those belonging / to enemies && allies. / &nbs

  by Vashman 15 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 23 8:45 AM 2007. In Personal, Pain, Quick Write, Life
• Empty stomachs && Pages of numbers

  You left me marking numbers / in that little black book / && trying to balance one column with the next. / It's controlled environments, /

  by Vashman 17 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 20 6:11 AM 2007
• Stick-on's && Eyeliner

  I don't know why they call you sugar / you're more like artificial sweetener. / could it be the cotton candy in your chest / that you can't breathe past? / Or the syrup consistant lies / at the back of your sku

  by Vashman 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 9:12 AM 2007. In Other, Personal, Life, Angst
• A Little Sorrow Goes A Long Way

  I must apologize for the confusion / as your squeezing added inches / into pink && purple tutus; / watching clumsy pirouettes / through stained glass. / Reprimanding your broken ankles / &&

  by Vashman 30 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 5:54 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Metaphorial
• Bedsteads && Carriages

  Say farewell / to sleeping hours above your bedstead; / waking just in time / for the twilight / to close your eyes again. / Carriages of blue && white / carry you to destinations / seen just before childh

  by Vashman 19 lines, on Jul 19 4:51 AM 2007. In Pain, Personal, Contemporary
• Winged Tragedy

  by Vashman 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 17 6:30 AM 2007. In Nature, Pain, Quick Write
• Poloroid Bind

  - / Poloroid dream, / on blank screen flicks / between, with lines. / I sit and stare / thinking, where this / can fare in life. / Bound; m

  by Vashman 26 lines, on Jul 13 10:45 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Thoughts, Other

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