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Criticism: The Good the Bad and the Oh my God I will NEVER Write Again

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Voices

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Image courtesy of hyena reality atFreeDigitalPhotos.net I heard a woman crying as if her child was dead I wanted to console her But she was in my head I really tried to find her It seemed completely real I remember vividly The way it made me feel I wanted…

Elizabet in the Asylum

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That is what they call me Not the name that’s mine Medamentika they say And we all stand in line I dont know what Im taking Will these pills make me small? Or will I grow too large by far To fit in these old halls They watch me…

Shadow Dance

Talking in my head again I’m social as can be Dancing with the void again She will not let me be Palm to palm we circle Shackled at the wrist I face her empty shadow-face And wonder who she is I did not agree to this I did not give consent I’m empty in the […]

Rotting Alive

Now I do not live But neither am I dead I am the stagnant princess Lying in my bed Put me in a casket Paint my face a mask Play my song in minor key Place me under glass Now I do not sleep But neither do I wake Stuck in metamorphisis Caught between two […]

A Future New Year

I am stacking dishes when I see you coming up the drive, wondering after all these years if I survived the coming of the ages or if I drowned behind the veils  years ago, as you approach Your breath makes dragon smoke upon the air and then no more  as you lift a hand, I […]

Should have been an Actress

I’m stuck in a time machine she said I have no control over it, and it’s faulty, it keeps dropping me into the past, opens me up like a surgeon and lets all my old feelings loose from where they’ve been stored and I feel it all again. I’m back in that moment, reliving it, […]

Mistress of Night

Is this the way the story goes In twisted Camelot Is there a boat to bear me hence From upside down Shallot I’m fated to live -while she dares to die I’m whispering truths -and she only lies I’m dancing with Hades -she rests in his bed He offers me berries But I turn my […]

Meaningless Numbers

Air can sustain me At least for a while Some water and moisture To heal this cracked smile Under the surface I wish to be less Meaningless numbers Mean passing the test Subtraction subtraction A mantra in silence A sure way of dying Insinuous violence My blood cannot flow The darkness is vast A scar […]

Only Hard Hearts Shatter

All I know is my heart never breaks It soaks up what I see and know and feel Swells until I fear it will burst Heavy as an anchor it sinks me down I drown at the bottom of myself breathing bubbles in my blood I cut out my heart and float back to the surface But […]