This is where my words are raised

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across vast horizons II

a poetry anthology containing the wonderful work of several poets on tumblr

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[ "II" you say? the original is here. ]

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

"The whole breaks his fast is not broken."

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

I don't know how to be rash

I think too long about us.

I think too little

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Love you body

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Misery loves a company of discarded petals.

A sidewalk story told in seconds passed beneath one's feet.

Turn around. Look down. And marvel for a moment.

Roses are red.

Concrete is gray.

Love is fleeting.

Or so they say.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

I don't pray.

I have something less than faith.

I expect what my condition allows.

I hope without wanting.

I want without deserving.

I'm the captive of my conditions.

I'm the slave of my situation.

That is all.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

“She left teeth-marks in places I’d never been bitten.”

— 10 for the breathless

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Every year a few more souls sink their teeth into a phrase made for someone else.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

I scrubbed my emails the other day.

Pictures, audio clips, and a short film of pale flesh.

The past is a haunting crypt, who maw is filled with sharp and painful reminders.

Why did I play ▶️ with my own feelings?

Slick. Warmth. Imagination.

Damn what a fool I be.

Maybe I'll delete the memory like the others.

Maybe.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

I don't know what dreams I was chasing... they've all gone beyond my reach.

And she is with them

Beyond my reach

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Mistakes

Endeavors

Regrets

Remembrances

Yearnings

The more, the merrier.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Mr. Winter.

Cold hands play tic tac toe on tender spines.

Collecting quiet coughs and quaint moans.

Tic tac toe

Xoxox

Ask my name when warmth returns.

Mr. Winter.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Fishnets and forked tongues.

Wares and wear and tears.

Strokes of genius and ecstasy.

Long drives, legs, and love affairs.

Bite your lip and my thumb.

Honey pot and honeysuckle.

Stretch marks bidding for attention.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

I dare you to love me in a way I can no longer forget your name. Reindeer games and love affairs. Long tongues and promises. A long night eating other people's dreams.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Her lips are a knife to cut the night.

A devil with sharp details glossed in pink.

Flesh, both humbled and humorous.

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Let me lay my bones in you.

Ivory in dark damp soil

Lungs that know joy

A heart with earthen vibes

Let me lay my bones in you.

A garden without birds

A sky without stars

A daylight without either.

Let me lay my bones in you.