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"If we were a fairy tale
and you were my prince,
we'd meet on polite terms,
"Nice to meet your acquaintance."
You'd be on the throne
and I'd be the one in the gown.
"Would you care to dance?"
you say and twirl me around.
We glide about as time flies;
the night nearly over
as the carriages start to arrive.
We both say our farewells
and bid our adieux,
for this is the night that
I fall in love with you."
-EL
"Our breathing cuts through
the silence of the air.
My lips meld upon yours with
no room to spare."
-EL
"Oh how her smile beamed,
but the anguish in her eyes
burned like kerosene."
-EL
"The silence
is screaming
and you
still cannot
hear it.
It's thrashing
around,
bruising itself
against walls,
and wailing
into the
inert cosmos.
It's consuming
itself just
for you
and you
still cannot
hear it."
-EL
His eyes gleamed like the stars.
EL
"Protect my fragile
heart because
I give it to
you."
-EL
I'm stuck in emotional purgatory.
EL
I feel alone is a roomful of people who are supposed to know my name
Who am I? What am I? A ghost watching as they run past me
On with their lives, leaving me behind, I want them to stay but
I’m too afraid to reach out, grab a hand, hold it like my lifeline
And ask for just a chance, a moment of their time, for help.
~
Alone in a roomful of people supposed to know my name
I can’t breathe, stuttering sounds, and I know I won’t last long
Anxiety so thick I can’t see and I’m lonely amongst the very people
I’m not supposed to feel alone with but still the kindest of words feel cruel.
~
It’s bubbling up through my pores
I can’t keep doing this--I’m going crazy
Pretending I’m okay when really I’m breaking.
~
Please don’t hate me
Please don’t make me tell you everything
Just let me cry on your shoulder in silence
Hold me tight and don’t let go.
~
I’m alone…
I’m alone…
Please don’t let me go…
I’m drowning...please hold me.
~
Show me
Show me
Show me I’m not as alone as I feel.
~
All I want is a moment
Just a moment where
“How are you?” isn’t just a pleasantry
Echoing empty concern but actually held
Warmth and comforting hope wrapping around
My fragile frame, whispering that it’s gonna be okay.
~
I just want a moment…
Just a moment...show me your heart
Show me your love...please don't let me fall.
Hold me.
If I had to define you I don’t know what words I would use because you are Almost undefinable--almost-- Did you catch that word? ALmOsT Because you taste like sunlight On my tongue and it fills my lungs Soothing the pain that resides in unknown Places I show only to the night And if I’m too close to you it inebriates My senses and fills me with something I’ll never have because I can’t have you I can’t have anybody not when I’m a bomb Waiting to self-destruct. There was a time A short time ago Two days ago when I thought the warmest I would Ever feel was when the sun Kissed my skin briefly before Becoming scared, ducking behind A cloud leaving me cold and aching once again And a part of me wants to shed That skin forever--the skin the sun kissed Because it’s tattooed with ink and sorrow scars Reminding me of a time when I thought the sun Was the warmest thing I could feel but now I know
Now I know that, there are warmer things than The sun but why--why do you have to be one of them? It’s almost too much the warmth That flows from your lips tinged blue Around the edges and emanates From skin too pale to have seen the Sun for long--do you know the sun? Are you friends? Because some days I almost think she took all her heat And gave it to you. It pinches the flesh of my heart And twists leaving me gasping And kicking away because it’s Awakening feelings I swore never To feel ever again. I know how this goes I know how it ends It always ends Vows promise forever But what if forever is an Illusion because forever is Too weighty, too vast, too--infinite You don’t deserve infinity with a bomb That will go off one day and leave You wounded and grasping at straws Trying to put your life back together again Because I won’t stay--I never do I only know how to run. If I had to define you Had a gun to my head And forced to confess I would point to the sun And beg them to understand That you can’t define nature’s gift to us So why would I try to put you in a box And label you too?