scribbles
those true identities w e c a m e t o i n h a b i t yet only lived i n l i t e r a r y w o r l d s unwritten stories of our t r u e d e s i r e s in rhyme embellished nice pace, s w i f t w o r d s identity- empty f i c t i o n a l , i m a g i n e d lyrically beautiful, ghostly, s a v a g e d , f o r c e d those true identities w e c a m e t o i n h a b i t yet only glimpsed through d a r k t h i c k s m o k e
You hit me /
Immense high /
Dried ginger clouds
Mischievously
Embrace me /
While I float away
I n g o d l y
S o u n d s c a p e /
I start
Sliding down
To viscous darkness /
Engulfing me /
U n a w a r e /
Faintly blurring away
Y o u r t r u e
E x i s t e n c e /
Hopelessly
I hit
The ground /
And dive into
The murkiest
Depths
I ’ v e e v e r
I n h a b i t e d /
Junkie dwarfs
Deftly conceal
Your
Exit
plan /
To my blankly
S i l e n t
E y e s /
I’m certain
You will
Never
Say
Sorry /
For those games
Y o u
P l a y e d /
You were Pure
Heroine /
And into
That gutter /
I do not want /
Again /
T o fall /
W i l l i n g l y /
One last
Poetic killer
Card
You hide /
As again /
Y o u h i t m e
V e r s e - l e s s l y /
You
A r e n o w
G o n e / I /
A m n o w
G o n e /
B o t h b u t f a i n t
S m o k e /
Of w h a t
W e
O n c e
W e r e/
W h a t
C o u l d /
H a v e /
B e e n /
/ I
Am
Ever
So /
Sorry /
F o r
O u r
L o s s / / /
P.S.
I resurrected /
That is
The epilogue
Your literary eyes
Will
Never
G e t t o
R e a d /
So /
As
I start
Combatively
Writing
M y
O w n
H i s t o r y /
I stop
Mourning
Us /
And
Become /
T h e h e r o i n e
i n m y o w n
S t o r y /
I n s t e a d
blue at night falling prey to those crystallised t e a r s pale verses written for you— o n l y and dissolving in the air like cigar p u f f s i want to kiss the immense depth of your dark f e a r s when you are blue at night, and hope for an answer to your p r a y e r s pale verses to hold tight to as if they were your r e s c u e r o p e s for those blue n i g h t s
LannaZee 