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“peace was never
at the forefront of my mind.
a war waged inside of me,
but i began to take
joy in the slaughter
and bloodshed.
—confession ii”
― inflorescence
at the forefront of my mind.
a war waged inside of me,
but i began to take
joy in the slaughter
and bloodshed.
—confession ii”
― inflorescence
“love should taste like
cotton candy−pink
and sickeningly sweet. sticky
on your teeth, a hunger
that grows with each bite,
it should make you feel
full yet also so light. but
when love tastes sour,
does that mean i did not
eat it right?”
― night-bloomer
cotton candy−pink
and sickeningly sweet. sticky
on your teeth, a hunger
that grows with each bite,
it should make you feel
full yet also so light. but
when love tastes sour,
does that mean i did not
eat it right?”
― night-bloomer
“i collapsed like a skyscraper:
once upon a time, i lived in an enclave of
stars. i wore a coat of clouds,
and the sun kissed me before
the moon cradled me in its gaze.
but now... now i lie in a pile
of my own remains.”
― night-bloomer
once upon a time, i lived in an enclave of
stars. i wore a coat of clouds,
and the sun kissed me before
the moon cradled me in its gaze.
but now... now i lie in a pile
of my own remains.”
― night-bloomer
“once upon a time,
there was no me without you.
gossip spun a thread of tenderness between us
and i could not help but gnaw at the center
until it snapped into two...”
― Daydreamer
there was no me without you.
gossip spun a thread of tenderness between us
and i could not help but gnaw at the center
until it snapped into two...”
― Daydreamer
“I’ve delved in the well of agony for so long, it’s all I know.
A constant companion for eons, it calls out to me by name.
So familiar, like a lover, I wish we were nothing more than passing strangers.”
― Weightless
A constant companion for eons, it calls out to me by name.
So familiar, like a lover, I wish we were nothing more than passing strangers.”
― Weightless
“my mouth was shut
for so long that my teeth decayed.
you complained
that my lips were always
dry and chapped;
you kissed me anyway,
even when they cracked and bled.
—you kissed me anyway
”
― inflorescence
for so long that my teeth decayed.
you complained
that my lips were always
dry and chapped;
you kissed me anyway,
even when they cracked and bled.
—you kissed me anyway
”
― inflorescence
“I am lost in the night sky,
my moans shattering in the dark.
The waves crash below us,
they mimic the pounding of my heart.
I am. I came. You watch. You fear. The power. I wield. I open. For you.”
― Weightless
my moans shattering in the dark.
The waves crash below us,
they mimic the pounding of my heart.
I am. I came. You watch. You fear. The power. I wield. I open. For you.”
― Weightless
“a cracked yolk split between her thighs.
she rushed to clean up her shame.
yellow stained her hands;
yellow stained her child,
who was born in a world designed to hate.
—the early nineties
”
― inflorescence
she rushed to clean up her shame.
yellow stained her hands;
yellow stained her child,
who was born in a world designed to hate.
—the early nineties
”
― inflorescence
“You saw a side of me not many get the honor of seeing—
drunk me, bold me, conquer the world and devour every opportunity me.
She was lovely, wasn’t she?”
― Weightless
drunk me, bold me, conquer the world and devour every opportunity me.
She was lovely, wasn’t she?”
― Weightless
“in his fractured eyes, she knew love was alive
and cynicism faded inevitably with time…
”
― Daydreamer
and cynicism faded inevitably with time…
”
― Daydreamer
“i can still taste you
on my lips–
rapture at the tip
of my tongue,
plagued by dreams of you,
i can only swallow–
reminiscing as i burn.”
― Daydreamer
on my lips–
rapture at the tip
of my tongue,
plagued by dreams of you,
i can only swallow–
reminiscing as i burn.”
― Daydreamer
