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Malfunction
“Do you want to see me broken?” My soul calls this question to attention It sings it in the vibrato of my voice when my eyes leak the essence of my heart.
By Shanique Walters8 years ago in Poets
A Sonnet to the Broken World
Amongst the tangled thorns and dripping poison depicting death,there lies pure beauty: beauty that's dying with each breath.Petals of pure scarlet, more intense than bloodwith even purer happiness hidden in the depths of the bud.The golden dust of magic, the little wonders that make our smilesmeant to be shared among the nation. A love-filled fragrance smelt for miles.The bees pick up the pollen to share with the flowers they touch.But now due to thorns and poison, they can't share that love as much.
By Jamie Wills8 years ago in Poets
Too Beautiful
I remember when I had skin. I used to pride myself on my shell's beauty. I was always adorned with the best gems this earth has ever created, cinched in the finest materials, and the object of beauty that brought designers visions to life. I was flawless.
By Shanique Walters8 years ago in Poets
Dear Student
Dear Student I forgive you for stomping that giant erect phallus Into the pristine snow Of the playground. The rounded droop, lightly shadowed
By David Bulley8 years ago in Poets
Her
I see her standing there wind in her hair She has this certain flair I can't help but stare She starts to walk my way. I notice her hips sway
By James Stevison8 years ago in Poets
Cracked
I don't want to be fixed, broken inside and out. Stand beside me and you'll see that it's okay not to be whole sometimes, it's
By Amber Crocker8 years ago in Poets
Rape Breaks the Pride of Angels
'Help me!' she tries to say but the words are trapped inside,too scared to even whisper. "My dear why do you hide?"Across her fragile body the jagged scars all showyet she says nothing. "You hurt, is that not so?"
By Jamie Wills8 years ago in Poets
Read Me
Do you see what I did there? I captured your attention, Climbed the oak like a bear, It worked like a magical invention.
By Chloe Urquhart8 years ago in Poets
Inside
Stone cold eyes, but no hardened stare Head full of dreams but mind of despair A smile on his face, a spring in his step Swamped by the work that's been set for prep
By Joshua Alden8 years ago in Poets
Illusion Too Good to Be True
I thought I knew you And I thought you knew me But it is clear that we were strangers Who were never meant to be How did you not see
By Alicia Del Re8 years ago in Poets
Insomnia
Why can I never sleep at night? I lie there and think, watch the night consume everything but me That encroaching black calling to me
By Joshua Alden8 years ago in Poets
Smile.
Smile For you know not the beauty that is your soul Smile For you know not the power that you hold Smile For you are not your past or your worst
By James Stevison8 years ago in Poets