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sliverofciel β most marvelous defect
Published: 2010-08-23 01:41:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 558; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 4
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looking down at theblack strip of your eyelashes,
i felt i was watching
a little boy; there was
a sensation hard like
liquorice pitted between
our conjoined breaths.
tiny suns clung to your
wrists, twin
equinoxes with the
most marvelous base:
light bones flushed
with shame.
"look up," i commanded, and
was rewarded with a stare
both luminous and deformed.
that day, you smelled like
an open field.
the sun was brittle and
brightβ i knew that someday
you would not only grow up
but grow away
from me, from us.
surely you should
understand why
i never
thought it was such a sin
to want to break you
before life could hurt
those eyes.
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this makes me think of a little brother, i don't know why or yes i do.
to live or not to, to be hurt or to be hurt, to be or not to be.
i find choosing between life and all the consequences of that, or death and the painful lack of consequences in that a huge dilemma...should i leave or should i stay. and should i let my little brother look me in the eyes. they're sore already.
if he sees them, he will never dare to look in them again.
good poem. very good poem. i wish i could understand all the words.
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thank you so much.
i have a little brother and i guess i was writing about him. when he was younger i wanted him to grow up faster; these days, i wish he could slow down.
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your writing always leaves me speechless. i don't know what to say except that i loved this so much.
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Oh wow...this is gorgeous, heartrending and emotional.
I'm off to look at the rest of your gallery.
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