again there is no shelter hereagain by ~cycoelf
from the whispers
I lost myself to the lies
compouned again and again (again)
A flesh and bone matrioshka
stack me layer by layer
till I'm hidden in sadness
and you paint me how you like
Buried so deep in iron
I forget my own softness
but it seems the only way
I can be safe
Winter Putting on that cloak againWinter by ~cycoelf
that you lifted from my shoulders
long enough to feel the warmth on my face
For one fleeting moment I walked in light
trembling like a minutes-old butterfly
drying my wings in the sun
But now I'm back home, in the damp dirt
the taste of desolation on my tongue
tinged with tears
The caricature of myself you always claimed me as
has been made flesh
cradled in the shade
Icarus Searching for beauty at the bottle of every bottleIcarus by ~cycoelf
I can't seem to drown your face
numbering you, I am the one who is counting
every sting, betrayal, every thing taken I record
notches on my armour for each empty smile
For one golden moment I flew above you all
only to drop deeper than ever before
it seems I must be forever a discarded plaything
you and you and you and you and you grow weary of
Robin Wrapped in our individual lossRobin by ~cycoelf
I cling to you as you weld to me
finding comfort in the familiar ease
Neither of us contemplating a future
beyond the morning, the next ache
its an empty warmth we share
But there is a kind of love there
an understanding of sorts
in your smile and your arms
I see through and accept you,
you make me feel beautiful
in every stolen hour
Nuclear. I am walking that thin burned-asphalt outlineNuclear. by ~extramundane
between self-disgust and
terror,
and,
the wounds and blood, the seeping stuff from
those I'll never know--
--their photos, scars, their stories of
the flash, the sores, the wars, the rough,
the bones, the heat, the fear to speak,
the loved ones all resigned to dust
the lack of regret
the twenty plus
the twenty hundred thousand more we have begun.
the trampling of lives and hope
so others could pretend to have one.
I think
I can not bring children into
worlds that end like this.
I think
I can not bring children in
to countries built on stockpiles
Sta.sh
