Art is not dead

"I'm so far behind, I thought I was first." A collection of my favorite poems or quotes from books I've read. (Some might be a little nsfw)

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“Everything I know About the desert, I know From bones in the sand.”

— Jesús I. Valles, “Mexican Standard About a Desert,” published in Palette Poetry

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Sober - Drama Moth

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Miss me

like archers with a bad aim

lose me

like hands on a rope

incapable of holding on

regret leaving me

like the sun

does the sky

my absence

like a slow death

that you'll struggle to survive

look for me

like eyes struggling

through darkness

reach for me

like lungs strugglings

for air

search for me

like the meaning of words

search for me where you left

me

and I will no longer be there

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The night will fade away

and so will the darkness

the moon will float into the abyss

and the sun will announce itself

with a ray of light and hope

and warmth and beauty

the morning will come

the day will begin

and the corners of my room

the dark corners of my room

will be filled with a light

that will kill off

all the things

and all pain that haunts me

during the rising of the moon

the sun will sit in the sky

and it will shine

providing it's light

giving me enough time

and a peace of mind

to evade you

because you live in the midnights

where I feel hopeless

filled with despair

you live in the night

the darkness, the restlessness

the air of uncertainty

[justanotherart-blog]

What we love

should inspire us

who we love

should inspire

our strength

but you have fallen

for hands

not worthy of your skin

you have fallen for a mind

that will never understand

your value

you have fallen for a heart

incapable of loving you

the way you need

what we love

what you love

should feel like paradise

during the storm

the person you love

should feel like stillness

during an earthquake

but you've fallen

for someone

who will never be able

to be brave enough

to fall for you

[justanotherart-blog]

Behind those walls

behind the barriers

that keep the world

from your heart

is a woman worth

fighting for

behind those walls

that tall, strong

separation from the world

lives a love worth

wishing for

you are greater than what has happened

you are far more greater

than the what occurred

in your past

behind those walls

behind that cement

that has kept others

from hurting you

like the ones from before

lives a love

that only you can provide

a love like yours

is worth climbing the wall

that sits in front

of your heart

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The heartache will teach you

then peace will find you

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You don't even see

how often the stars

perform for you

in the middle of every night

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I hope your flowers bloom

through the rain

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A man child will love you quietly

but a real man will be loud

in his appreciation of your heart

[justanotherart-blog]

The broken girls

are the flowers of the earth

they grow through tough conditions

they bloom for themselves

[justanotherart-blog]

Foolish of me

to believe

that a dysfunctional family

could function in a way

that made me feel loved

just like any and everything else

things are never what they seem

people change or maybe they simply

revert back to everything they're supposed to be

[justanotherart-blog]

He only loved you

in the dark

in secret

behind closed bedroom doors

he was yours

until he came

and then he left

whenever he was done

draining you of everything

he never deserved

aren't you tired of a love

that feels less than everything

you claimed you wanted

has your soul grown weary

of being with someone

who only wants you

for a nut

someone who cums

but never stays

your heart deserves better

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You, reading this

your eyes dancing

on this page

you, the one who knows

how it feels

to have their heart

racing out of their chest

overrun with anxiety

desperate for relief

it is you who wants to be loved

understood for everything that you are

it is you, the one reading this

the one who is close to tears

so close to breaking

it is you who will save yourself

because this is what you've always done

because you are strong enough

to do so

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You are not a phase

you are not some trend

you are more than just something

to do for the moment

more than a hobby

more than you may even know

you are more

and you deserve more

than what they're willing

to give you

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Someday your soul will no longer linger

in places where pain exist

[justanotherart-blog]

You began as roots

but you blossom into more

you are not your past

be here, be present

no more