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the scars on your shouldersthe scars on your shoulders
are braille to me, so that i
can read your skin, so that i
can know you better.

i like to listen to your heartbeat
and how it resounds differently
from mine, just so beautifully
like two songs played in tandem
to harmonise in rounds;

i like to hold your hands
and rub your back
so that maybe my love
can find its way through your pores
and seep into your blood
(never can i find the right words
to tell you just the way you feel to me)

and to think that and how i nearly missed you
makes me miss you more
every minute and mile we spend
elsewhere.
i can't sleep with another body
in my bed,
but sleeping without you
leav

He doesn't write poetry anymore.He doesn’t write poetry anymore,
even if he still collects it, reads it, saves it, treasures
faded verses from his wife the way connoisseurs
savor vinyl over metallic rainbows on disc.
I don’t mind not knowing, but I can’t stand not asking.

The record needle hits the groove wrong;
he stumbles over words that aren’t there,
rummaging for an answer he doesn’t really have.
He doesn’t write poetry anymore
and his confusion is strangely endearing.

But there’s a lyricism to his words that I love,
poetic lines inserted between the daily grind
of character names and who said what;
voiceless boys in white a

PocketLeftover religion in the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
A key that unlocks nothing
A penny, a scrap of paper
With half of your name
Written in black ink

A song that is usually in my head
In the shriveled carcass
Of a long-dead dream
In the pocket
Of my trenchcoat
With the lint

SurelyIt was raining
when we kissed for the first time,
for the last time.

Thin rivulets
sunk into the shrunken space
between our bodies
and divided us
like nothing could before,
like everything will
from now
until that never again
when we will
see each other once more,
no more.

Your eyes were
that bewitching shade
of dull brown blue
with all of the light darkness
whirling
in a placid pond
around a pupil
overflowing with vacancy,
and me
and my frowning smile.

The winter heat
fell like a rising tide
and,
for our every breath
was another death
so black and full of life --
embracing our boiled ice skin
as we drew apart,
came together and broke free

Condemnedbeneath the beaten earth they lay,
their dreams condemned to ashes,
and our restless bodies stretch,
for forgiveness, for direction –

survivors of the abyss,
amidst wide-eye, silent soldiers –
so many dead, so many maimed,

how many graves are we standing on, today?

Life, Death And A Pork Chop SandwichAll tangled up, hard to breathe
This steel cloud day that swirls
With heat and pounding hammers
I shake in my boots and cough up
Blood, rust and damaged flesh
Waiting for the second coming
Maybe next time around there'll be
Some chance for more than this

A twisted barbed wire halo
Wrapped tight around my skull
Blinding white light aura
Swarming with flies I'm flying
To pieces, thousands of shards
Cannot be brought back together
But I will remember the summer
Of my first Chevrolet in each bit

Gleaming bits of glass in the desert
Each reflecting a different moment
Still, now, enduring until the waves
Of a new ocean sweep them away
No pain

SisterSister

A sister is like a soul mate;
Someone who is always there
to guide me through fate.

A sister is,
a part of childhood that I cannot erase;
A sister like you,
is one that I would never replace
because you always know how to
put a smile on my face.

I know I can depend on you
to always be there for me;
This is one hundred percent guaranteed!

I've had great memories with you
in the past;
and I hope there are many more
to come,
in the future.

Puppet My tears fall,

like invisible

diamonds.

My heart beats,

like soundless

drums.

Unwanted,

because of the

strings attached.

Pretty little things called words and dustif you weren't a hypocrite,
you'd be wrapped in the sweetest
perfumes
(learning
how to engulf the ocean
with your lungs
and think of how to cup it
in your hands
despite
your broken prayers and
still be beautiful)

dance with the gypsies
'till noon
(a quake in
your hips like the thrust
of continents
and the faultlines
emanating from
your spine,
but still
so, so graceful)

sing with the nymphs
in tune
(your voice,
it's growing old,
raspy even.
your throat's burning dry
like a monsoon
faltering in a desert,

and tones
still octaves
powerful)

be nestled in a king's arms
soon
(oh, you precious
little thing.
how

Lost In ConfusionMy mind is spinning without a rest
emotions whirl and twirl around
A merry-go-round gaining speed
Until the world blurrs before my eyes
What's happening? What's going on?

The simplest thought slips away
Right from my mind, fading so fast
Trying to focus, I stare and stare
Until my eyes are heavy and unclear.
I don't understand, what is going on...

Emotions rise and fall again
Within the blink of an eye
I'm crying, laughing, and depressed
A rollercoaster ride that never ends
Am I losing my mind in this ?

I try to close my eyes and rest
But the world spins me around
I feel like I am failing this test
Voices and noisies echo in my min

A Night By the FireNo light,
The light sired by the night
All above whilst the day's delights
Now disappears from mortal sight.

Faded away is the sun's power,
Taking the stage now is night's sallow flower;
Now mortals may behold the stars and falling shower.

Set in a pit Nature's skyscraper ablaze
And revel in the emanating heat as you gaze,
Looking down on occasion when you hear a crack from the fire
And witness "fireflies" flying away from mother's blaze;
Dying shortly after but not lacking burning beauty do they desire!

I look out towards the teasing shore
And meditate as we sit upon her door,
Thinking on what my future has in store;
Who I am now and even

Why meI wanted sleep very badly
I tried my hardest to rest
I closed my eyes and laid there
But sleep didn’t come easy
I would doze off
And wake back up
Again
Why me? When I know I have to be up at 3 AM.

nightmarethe foxes are at your bedside and singing--
feversongs,
songs of boiling thoughts
and broken muscles.
their lullabyes.
they sneak so quiet, and
somehow,
you can't quite
dream
anymore.

DangerousMermaids; they seduce you then hold you under
Vampires; will kiss your lifeblood away
Mages, will turn your own mind against you
While trolls will hunt you down if you stay
Run through the woods, don’t stop for nothing
Monsters wait with jaws opened wide
Ignore that pretty elf, who’s probably plotting something dark
For she will torture you once she’s lured you inside
Orcs; will have a craving for your flesh
While dwarves are just prejudiced against your height
Dragons are very skilled when it comes to fire
While faeries will torment you throughout the night
So run little weakling, don’t stop now
The faery realm has go

Seaside HolidayI am content
to stay
a caterpillar

Who says
you have
to change?

What's so great
about being
a butterfly?

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Into DeepIn the ocean depths,

Under serene glassy blue…

Monsters are hungry.

Ranted RamblingsFrustration
Frustration
Frustration
To beat one’s head on a wall
To beat ones fists till they’re raw
On that metaphysical stone
Till it’s read with dripping

How much must I claw?
How much must I crawl?
How much must I rant before I hear myself?

To Bedlam
To Bedlam! I say

Too busy bearing wounds
Too busy bearing soul to bear
Twisting the screws tighter
Turning tighter turns
Terrifying
Terrifying
How high one can ascend
Terrifying
Terrifying
How far one can fall
Down
Down
Down
Into the dark

Into forgetfulness

How many have found comfort there
Dark in their complacency
Driven to ditc

It's all pooop you know...Fermenting fruit and refracted light
Accompaniment to my sorrow
Tomorrow sees a hollow in me
A dark hole with burning edges
Comet tail frayed.
The game is played
And everyone loses.

The Rape of the DucklingOn my hanging balcony
Three stories overhead,
I chanced this morn to oversee,
As dawns first light was shed,
A crime that made me wince in shame
For all humanity.
A wayward youth had made his aim
The trapping of a ducky.

Now Mother Duck had brought her brood
To bask in morning sun,
And found this young man rather rude
To make her ducklings run,
But didn’t grasp his full intent
Until the deed was done,
And found her ducky heart was rent
From peeps of her young one,

And fearfully she quacked, concerned
For her dear child’s demise,
As thoughtlessly the young man turned
To make off with his prize,
And off he ran, h

Wistful WanderingsThe smell of bruised laundry hangs in the air,
And the wind blows, shiftless, without any care,
And the summer gnats swarm like buzzing glitter
They flitter in clouds around me,
Surround me, like thoughts given form,
Demanding my attention
While the sun sets in waves
A storm of crimson and orchid splendor
An oil painting
Wet, and waiting to be smudged
Dripping on the roof tops
Turning my hair from gold to copper
Making me glow...
And making me wonder

Why aren't you here?

Oh Phryxia the TerribleOur doom has come. No place to run.
We'll feebly try to hide.
From Phryxia, The Dreaded One.
No chance to stem it's tide.
Oh Phryxia
Oh Phryxia
The godhead of despair
You'll eat our souls, assume our roles,
And free us from all care.

You're horrifying tentacles
That waver in the breeze
And gas exuding biomass
Will bring us to our knees.
Oh Phryxia
Oh Phryxia
We wish we could just die,
But necromancers in your ranks
Won't let our bodies lie.

Our planets will be turned to dust
With poison atmosphere.
Your parasites invade our crust
Destroying all life here.
Oh Phryxia
Oh Phryxia
The dread of all mankind
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Not Today

by ~VetchVespers, Apr 21, 2009, 2:27:50 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

It's hard to talk about something
When your tongue keeps taking tumbles
And your mind keeps going numb,
Gumming up the works
Filling up your head with sand
As you go
Down
Down
Down...

And there goes the tangent again.
A thought that slips and slides
Like a fish through water
Or a bird through air.
I'll catch it one day.
Know what to say.
Know how to broach the subject to myself.
But not today.
Today it slips away
Like sand.

Not Todayby ~VetchVespers

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

©2009-2013 ~VetchVespers

Haha! Okay. I'm convincing myself this is halfway decent. Maybe my poets' block has lost me or maybe its just seeing what I'll do next. We shall seeeeee....

`YouInventedMe Apr 21, 2009 Writer

this has great flow

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~VetchVespers Apr 22, 2009 Student General Artist

Thankyou very much.

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!praytell Apr 21, 2009

been there, and will be again, i am sure

this piece even feels mercurial

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~VetchVespers Apr 22, 2009 Student General Artist

Thankyou.

By brain keeps sliding around of late.

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!praytell Apr 22, 2009

got that teflon brain pan too, huh?

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~VetchVespers Apr 22, 2009 Student General Artist

erps... It slipped out.

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!praytell Apr 22, 2009

hahaha, i think mine ran out my ear mowing the lawn today

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~VetchVespers Apr 22, 2009 Student General Artist

Interesting way to fertalize.

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!praytell Apr 22, 2009

na, i think it killed the grass . . .

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~amityerin Apr 21, 2009

I like it, describes just how I was feeling a couple days ago.
Brava!

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