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Love is a PhoenixI have seen nothing more tragic,
Than watching love die.
Enduring it’s painfully fade,
At stubbornly clings to life

The slow death of a love,
That’s filled with years of life.
Or the sudden snap,
As it blinks away in a lover’s eye.

It doesn’t go easy,
And it doesn’t go fast.
It goes out fighting,
Because love was made to last.

It is a brilliant flame,
Drowned in water.
It clings to the air,
With all its dying embers.

Yes, I have seen no sadder sight,
Than watching love as it dies.
But I have been blessed to gazed upon no otherworldly scene,
Than watching love be born again, anew and free.

All I Will Ever BeThe fear that I let hold me back
Buried me in my shame
Desperately I waited for a second chance
But that chance never came

Small and helpless I glare at fear
As he stands looking down at me
If I let him continue to lead my life
This is all I will ever be

The Devil's WayMake a bargain, sell your soul.
Condemn it to the deepest hole
That ever came of fact or thought.
For such a price ought can be bought.
Just sign right here. This dotted line.
Cut the last ethereal twine
That ties your body and your mind.
Don't you wonder what you'll find?
Be free of all your earthly toil
And later you will surely boil
In tar as deep and thick as night
From which escapes no saving light.
So what's your choice? It's time to choose.
What will you gain? What will you lose?
Sign right here and you can say
"I lived my life the Devil's way".

Ocean's CallRays of the morning Sun tear the veil of mist
Ships slumber by the shores, waiting to be awoken
Ocean whispers while they slumber of her beauty unspoken
The wooden bodies by her waves are longfully kissed
The beacon closed her fiery eye, the Sun laid her to sleep
But the slumber of the ships will soon and slowly break
When the ships have spread their sails, then they'll be awake
Not because of the chiming bells, but by the Ocean's weep
And the arms of safe lands will not embrace them anymore
When they hearken Ocean's calls and her secrets hidden
One by one, they will leave their safest home - the shore
But perils lurk in dulcet calls of the Ocean so enchanting
Nevertheless, the ships will leave, for freedom is not forbidden
They shall sail forevermore, mesmerized by the eternal chanting

HeartHello, you’re new, shall I show you around?
You will feel at home here, I assure you,
You know this place, it is a sacred ground,
It may look cluttered but there’s room for two.

You will notice that there are just four rooms,
It seems ‘small’, but I choose to use ‘cosy’,
Left is cold, right is warm, by both life blooms,
Your bed is central, should you feel dozy.

You could stay forever, if it’s your will,
And I would like you to stay with me, please?
For now you are here to leave is to kill,
Keep my beating and fleeting heart at ease.

The broken cupThe broken cup does not signify much,
Other than I dropped it
and I ought to clean it up.

It is not an allegory
for my last relationship;
Just a gift from a friend
From which I liked to sip-

And there's coffee on the floor,
In the carpet, down my dress.
Does it have to be a metaphor
For me to be distressed?

Why can't we just drop
A damned cup of damned coffee,
Without it being a brooding realisation
Or a life-epiphany?

My Muse Has Left MeWhen she departs from my grace,
My palette dries in her wake,
Devoid of livelihood for now,
With dull words to fill my tray,
For now I paint a portrait,
With gray,

With no wings of my own,
I am yet to be grown,
For she alone floats me high,
She alone carries the brush;
Strokes colours unto the night,
Filling the empty artist with,
Her sweet kiss of silvery light.

So I lay now in wait,
Under rainbows left gray,
To taste the honey of her life,
Dripping like nectar from rose-soft lips,
Pressed tight as a clamp unto mine,
Breathing into me a laced love letter,
Sighed: To the artist; From: The divine.

Can't believe I couldI can't believe I could fall for you,
but I can't get rid of an impression,
you would understand meanders of my soul,
and take me safely home.

I can't believe I could think of you,
and I can't accept I could like your view,
but when it comes to the truth - I do,
and this complication is incredibly new.

A breakthrough giving rise to an new age,
before I fall offstage.

Drifting among the Spheres...Descending the stairs to the top of the tower,
I stumbled and sank in the sky;
From Venus to Yuggoth I rose like a cork,
Through the æther of Space I now fly...

From the light of Andromeda, crystalline-bright
To the uttermost distant of stars,
I must drift evermore on this eternal flight;
Farewell to Jupiter and Mars!

The Big Bang was merely one drop in the pail
Of Cosmoses unnumbered and vast...
As Infinity drowns in Eternity's depths,
So long will my great journey last.

Hadal OblivionFrom vastest depths of the forgetfulness,
The wail of the banished memories
Resounds, bouncing off invisible walls of nothingness,
And their painful intensity – sonance, greatly varies.
Oh, millions of darkest memories cast out
To oblivion, gently caressing them and yet...
They are starving; on the edge of life; bleeding out.
Although kept alive in emanation of agony, grief and hate.

Many want to banish those shards
of their lives. In the end - banishing themselves.

Stripped of those shards of glass, containing memories,
We are nothing – especially not humans. Without identity,
We may find ourselves lost in the overwhelming wor

Sexual AwakeningMy heart kept pumping
But it drowned in its blood
Waiting for someone
To save it from its flood

Yeah, I did that once
Now my patience is dead
I waited and waited
As my heart just bled

Now my patience is dead!

Now I paint the town red
With that sexy new paintbrush
I just met instead
To rephrase what I said
I paint it in my head
When I picture the masterpiece
We can create in my bed

I’m awaken by perfect chaos
Of tranquil vividness
I believe that this is the outcome
Of my restlessness
In silent chaos I’ll hunt down
The prey of exquisiteness

I’ll lure them in
As I prepare to entrap
Then go for the kill
And begin

The measure of the lost memoryAge is but a fraction,
But a story not yet told,
But a sentimental value,
But something we cannot hold.

Age impedes our victories,
Age stands in our way,
The young remain incapable,
And the old will seldom stay.

Age is not a birthday,
Not a frame of time from birth to death,
Not a number that can be ever told,
Not a number told on dying breath.

Age can not be measured,
For none can seem to find,
That age refers to the memory,
Of the thing within your mind.

And whence you forget what your mind holds,
The age is lost as well to the abyss,
And the hourglass drains the last grain of sand,
And the pure void, ensures pure bliss.

Just scaredYour words were scaring me,
What can i say?
Whatever it is, is nothing to stay,
Let me walk for that i shall,
I wont ever even be found.

ArtistWhat skill with your hand you do lightly draw,
connecting lines to form dazzling dreams,
without being able to make a flaw.

Sparks fly in your magic, persistant eyes,
creating a new world in your image,
with confidence that reaches new highs.

Your efforts always seem unrewarded,
the public turning a cold, blind eye,
with nothing to keep your ego fed.

But what dif'rent message is seen in scribes?
Nothing but a meaningless textbook here.
A school's reading has no creative vibes.

A generation that does not read out,
only wants to see words in the pictures,
though there are those who read Poe's works about.

Though literature can on

The Imperfect LineWritten by Josiah Shockency (JCS)

Life is an imperfect line,
We all have ups and downs,
Positives and negatives,
And even smiles and frowns…

It’s a pleasure to be born,
And your life’s a treasure,
But there are stains that won’t budge,
While having all pleasure…

ANGER! DEPRESSION! SADNESS!

Life, what is life anyway?
With all this love and hate,
Mixed together into one,
A huge stain on your plate…

JEALOUSY! STRESS FROM MADNESS!

With bullies in life of school,
Mugs and thugs in cold streets,
With enemies that lurk on,
Seeking for one’s defeats,

FEELING IGNORED! LOSING HOPE!

Bills to pay, mone

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Your Song.My record player
Spins no more,
Since the day
You walked out the door.

The music inside me
Is all but gone.
The only thing left,
This lonely song.

A chorus of dying,
A rhythm of tears,
A melody of heartache,
The lyrics, my worst fears.

So now you are gone
But here's the worst part:
The song's out of my head,
But not out of my heart.

Leave MeGo on and leave!
Leave me with your kiss upon my lips.

Leave me with the image of your smile
Burned into my mind.

Leave me with the sound of your laughter
Ringing in my ears.

Leave me with the impression that you would be there for me
Like I was for you.

Leave me and take all of my love that I gave
With you.

Leave because I can never get that love back.
Just like you...

A Lesson That Never Took.Sitting all alone,
Reflecting on myself.

Wondering what I did,
To deserve this private hell.

Maybe I have done nothing
And this penance is for naught,

But I wish that life's lessons
Were less severely taught.

The lesson is a hard one.
But I find its reason just;

No matter who the person,
Never place too much trust.

For trust is like a sword,
A double-edged one at that;

And if you turn around,
It'll stab you in the back.

The other half of the lesson,
Is on the topic of love.

Something, you would think,
Would be as gentle as a dove.

Everyone has an opinion on it,
But the theme is quite the same;

So why then would someone,

Why Do We Bother?The rain's soft tapping
Echos the beating of my heart.

Reflections in the puddles
Show a world of utopia.

A mirrored image
That my soul steps into.

I see myself and others
Milling through the world,

And it often makes me wonder
Why we bother at all.

How can I go on?How can I go on
When everything I did
Was for you?

When all of the time I took
Was for you.

When all of the words I spoke
Were for you.

When all of the mornings I awoke
Were for you.

When all of the emotions I felt
Were for you.

When every breath I took
Was for you.

When all of my heart and soul
Was for you.

Now that you're gone what can I do?
Who can I give all this to?
How can I go on?

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by ~naturalfailure, Oct 4, 2004, 7:42:12 AM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Traditional Fixed Forms

God oh why did you not tell me
Hearts weren't made of sticks and stones?
Words no longer go right through me,
Now they stay and break my bones.

Hearts are not easily mended,
Sometimes they cannot at all.
Knocked down far too many times
Now it's easier to fall.

Late at night I hear the voices
Of memories that long since died.
Drops of blood straight from the heart
Every time I broke down and cried.

You said that you would always love me,
"Forever and Always" in June.
Now August comes and it seems that
Forever ended a bit too soon.

So now hell is laughing at me
Heaven joins them in their taunt.
Ghosts of past come always to me,
My heart the grounds they love to haunt.

Insanity keeps on pushing me
Always closer to the end.
I look around at all the faces
But ne'er do I see a friend.

Alone I'm on this empty freeway
That used to be the road of life.
Every exit that I come to
Marked always with pain and strife.

The end of the road is coming too slow
So I say "Full speed ahead!"
Seems these phantoms won't stop haunting
Until I am gone and dead...

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~mistress-macabre Feb 18, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

Wow... I am faving this. It is fan-fucking-tastic.

I can relate to this so well that it feels as though yuo took marrow from my bones and created these words with my cells.

Beautiful.

~naturalfailure Feb 20, 2005 Writer

Maybe I did...

~mistress-macabre Feb 22, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

~eastbaytj Feb 5, 2005

" my only freind the end" listening to the doors again huh. i told you never befor bedtime . fantastic peice by the way keep it up champ . i ecspect a complete book of lyrics whan i come back from blowin stuff up

~KrazyJellyBean Oct 15, 2004

DO YOU FEEL LOVED?

Sorry, I'm always a bit nutso at this hour...

~naturalfailure Oct 15, 2004 Writer

I used to feel very loved. But then she broke all of her promises to me...and didn't seem to care.

~KrazyJellyBean Oct 15, 2004

This reminds me of Corpsing by Toby Litt... this man has just broken up with his gf and then she meets up with him in a restaurant and is shot dead... and eventually he finds out that she had cheated on him, but her lover had dumped her because she was pregnant with his daughter and because his wife threatened to have him killed if he went to meet her (at the restaurant). He warned her, but she went anyway because she wanted to die and wanted her ex to be killed too, because the way she saw it, he was to blame for her being dumped.

OK, maybe it's not the same. Sometimes I go off on one... sorry! Promises are easy to make, easier to break and hard to keep. She obviously wanted to prove that true. Foolish girl.

~naturalfailure Oct 15, 2004 Writer

Promises are just empty I think. Just words. They vanish as soon as they are spoken.

~KrazyJellyBean Oct 16, 2004

Promises are not always words and not always empty, but in terms of love especially, they are hard to keep.

~naturalfailure Oct 17, 2004 Writer

Yeah...I always kept mine though...

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