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and I know how it feels to be pushed to that edge between living and dying, to worry those simply because I have no tact, or, maybe, I just
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The moving truck was fairly empty
as memories on the sidewalk waved farewell.
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So now it's swimming lessons for the loveless,
how long can you hold your breath?
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She was blissfully ignorant to the imminent danger,
numb to the soft steps of an approaching stranger.
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Thread and fibers intertwining
almost like sinews of muscle
around bone.
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To expunge the words from the inner most mechanics into the outside world would prove to prevent the worst. Ringing punctured my ears, each
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Marveled by the blue of her veins, I begin to think
the entire ocean runs through her body.
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I never knew this love was one sided, I never knew that while
I tattooed te amo across my heart, te odio was leaving your lips.
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With little hesitation, I place the
barrel to my temple. All that glitters is gold,
but all that kills is silver.
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We "made love" in the dirt, for that was where we belonged (never in each other's arms).
I was like a lost soul who needed a home and I be
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From the outside looking in, oh, that facade is wearing thin.
You pray to God, and yes he knows, as he tips over the dominoes...
by x Emo Cheese
16 lines, 12 comments,
on Jun 17 10:34 AM. In Angst, Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Drugs, Dominoes, Break Ups
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A sign of protection, I always liked to think of Medusa as a wounded heart, someone
who turned people to stone to stop them from getting
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I want to give up, but hope won't let me
Why choose love when you could break me?
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One asks a question:
"Does it hurt afterward?"
Isn't that the point?
by x Emo Cheese
68 lines, 2 comments,
on Apr 20 8:15 AM. In Life, Hope, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, haiku, Depression, Sadness, cutting, rehab
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The bullets flew and pierced her chest, tearing through her ribcage and vital organs.
"The band aid only covers the bullet hole," she told
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Staring through dead eyes, pools of brown fade to murky water. The coffee sits on the counter, the steam pervading the air. Three words hav
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And she'll never know
the feeling of her first kiss.
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The burn in my throat has disappeared
and been replaced with the
beating of my heart.
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We play hide and seek, I watch you scurry away
with my eyes half closed as I count to ten.
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My tongue shall never taste a love gone stale,
because those who don't try can never fail.
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Cliche? Hardly! You've made this pain your own.
You've nurtured it and watched it grow
into something gruesome and horrifying.
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desperately looking for something
but finding nothing but
warm honey.
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Your chest seizes; air, a simple commodity,
no longer seems that simple.
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My voice constricts, all sound caught within my throat.
Mother warned you: hold your tongue.
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You stumbled and I offered you my hand,
others conquered love, but you ran, yes you ran.
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"Are you okay?"
You would break your neck to keep your chin up.
by x Emo Cheese
16 lines,
on Dec 3 7:11 PM 2008. In Angst, Hope, Life, Love, Prose, Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Weird
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You asked for cliche and I obliged,
served on a silver platter with all the dressings.
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Like...how much do I love you?
I tried to count but I only got to zero
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Aching for the contact, I pray
for your hands to return to me.
But they don't, and neither do you.
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I set fire to our bridge
but I couldn't burn it down.
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"I miss you."
Confessions fall upon eager ears as ambivalence melts away.
(it didn't even leave a mark).
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we recycle old phrases describing the end,
keep saying "someday" and repeating "just friends."
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You wanted to sell out
but you couldn't even do it that well,
by x Emo Cheese
34 lines, 3 comments,
on Oct 15 6:57 PM 2008. In Angst, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Break Ups, Breaking Up, Drugs, Moving On
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Were all the worlds that
tripped over your tongue lies?
Or just exaggerations of the truth?
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