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The Well Meaning Angel
I am a weary traveller,washing my hands of myself as I fall down at his door,carrying every wound that I once hoped someone else would hold,begging for the breakthrough of flaming valleys. I am too weak to tell him that I do not want to be fixed when he finds me,he doesn’t try to tell…
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How Insensitive
Each setting of the sun,minute and moment brings me closer to you.I can feel the fire of your arrival,itching underneath my skin,and though I’m still lost in my lonely lullabies,fast asleep by the time the day begins,I wake up when I feel your hand in mine,every time,without fail. You’re on the way,and I don’t know…
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I Love You, But I Have To Go
It’s all falling down.London Bridge,and all the things you dreamed of,as you stared across the river at it.I love you, but I have to go,because there’s nothing else I can do,except mourn you in solitude when I eventually arrive on safer shores, of course,but for now,all I can do is pull away my fingertips from…
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The Vanity Of The Violet Divinity
I am lost in my reflection, painting away my pain, ebony across my eyelids and pink paint on my soft lips. This is just the vanity of the violet divinity, with my eyelashes thunderous and thick, throat full of codeine that tampers with my whisky dreams. Dreams where I am not defined by what I…
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I Am In Control
I am in control. Taking flight. No direction. Finally, I’m free. Finally, I’m free. My wings, wayward, impatient, there is a whole world. There is a whole world. Vast, expansive, so much space, and it is all mine.