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I never write about you. My poetry is reserved for those whose memory needs to be preserved because I know after the fireworks have ended, their impressions will fade. I never write about you. Because I never wanted to let go of the sound of your voice singing sweet childhood lullabies, the glimmering look of innocence in your eyes and the home you made for me in your embrace. I never write about you because I think of you constantly measuring up those I write about to your love’s legacy. I never write about you, but when I finally do… I hope it'll be when I'm with you. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #wordswithkings #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetryhive #artlixirpoetry #doortooursouls #bymepoetryamerica #bymepoetry #untwineme #untwinecanada #abodeofpoets #queerpoet #queer #lgbtpoetry #lgbt (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Floating thoughts birthed from gentle twilight delusions took control over my sanity. They convinced me that I had the capacity to redesign constellations, so I became celestial, capable of realigning stars, exploring galaxies with my fingertips and dancing in meteor showers under the vigilance of his Gods. They serenaded me into uplifting my consciousness liberating me from shackles he bound me with, always gliding beneath his trajectory. Floating thoughts birthed from his love’s tyranny reminded me no man is worth imprisoning my true form. #reflectionsofaqueerman #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #wordgasm #wordporn #writercommunity #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetryhive #artlixirpoetry #doortooursouls #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #untwineme #untwinecanada #wordswithkings #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #abodeofpoets #madewords #heartsofpoets (at Ottawa, Ontario)

I have shed too many ephemeral tears in dreams haunted by his remains. Felt the phantasmal caustic trail they delineated on my face only visible under moonlight as I attempted to escape his cognitive hold on me. He has left and I have hardly slept; deserted to experience the foreboding reality of muted communication, the reflected emptiness inside of me as in my bed, the abrasive side of trust, and the restlessness of a bare soul and a frightened heart. #reflectionsofaqueerman #artlixirpoetry #wordgasm #wordswithkings #writersuniverse #writersofinstagram #wordporn #writersnetwork #writercommunity #poet #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #untwinecanada #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #madewords #heartsofpoets #abodeofpoets (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Me: I have watched you play with fire risking getting hurt for the sake of romantic misadventures and your art. I have watched and taken notes of the form you take, chest out, feather-light, allowing your heart’s center to be accessible to those who will inflict their inspiration. Unscathed and tenacious, you always keep moving forward, attracting the next muse who will be immortalized in poetic subliminal sorrow. But on the days your existence is experienced through the flow of meticulous calligraphy, I pause to wonder, who will immortalize you? Her: I have watched you running your hands over the gentle skin of fate, tempting temperamental misfortune with your roaring energies as your secret seductions seep through your gossamer soul. I have watched you succumb to the growing pains of those who will bury their broken burdens inside your broken heart, I have watched you carry them with diligence, turning their scars into lines of ink that smother your skin in an immortal darkness. But on the nights your being is brought forth in an outpour of careful penmanship, I pause to wonder, who will immortalise you? . . A collaboration between @reflectionsofaqueerman And @wordsbyf . #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #write #writer #writers #writing #writersofig #writersnetwork #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #poet #poem #poems #poets #poetry #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #herheartpoetry #heartofpoets #bymepoetry #artlixirpoetry #untwinecanada #bymepoetryamerica (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Me: I have watched you play with fire risking getting hurt for the sake of romantic misadventures and your art. I have watched and taken notes of the form you take, chest out, feather-light, allowing your heart’s center to be accessible to those who will inflict their inspiration. Unscathed and tenacious, you always keep moving forward, attracting the next muse who will be immortalized in poetic subliminal sorrow. But on the days your existence is experienced through the flow of meticulous calligraphy, I pause to wonder, who will immortalize you? Her: I have watched you running your hands over the gentle skin of fate, tempting temperamental misfortune with your roaring energies as your secret seductions seep through your gossamer soul. I have watched you succumb to the growing pains of those who will bury their broken burdens inside your broken heart, I have watched you carry them with diligence, turning their scars into lines of ink that smother your skin in an immortal darkness. But on the nights your being is brought forth in an outpour of careful penmanship, I pause to wonder, who will immortalise you? . . A collaboration between @reflectionsofaqueerman And @wordsbyf . . #wordsbyf #wordsonapage #words #wordporn #wordgasm #write #writer #writers #writing #writersofig #writersnetwork #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #poet #poem #poems #poets #poetry #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #herheartpoetry #heartofpoets #bymepoetry #reflectionsofaqueerman #artlixirpoetry #abodeofpoets #queerpoet #lgbtpoetry #untwineme #untwinecanada #bymepoetryamerica (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Darkness inhabits the the ink I use to explore you It draws the path leading to your asylum with subtle metaphors that are synonymous with your name I am making my way there by inscribing the words I am incapable of reciting Hoping Trusting You would be my cure #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #untwinecanada #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #wordswithkings #doortooursouls #abodeofpoets #heartsofpoets #artlixirpoetry #queerpoet #queer #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #mentalhealth #lovepoetry (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Dim Edison bulbs lit the crevice we snuck into behind the bookcase at the hipster bar you recommended. We came here with platonic intentions of comradery for the sake of not spending one more night nurturing our loneliness. The concoctions we sipped on were as piquant and sweet as the conversation that exalted our souls through the night. We were celebrating nameless, remote figures we yearned to become and felt time’s linearity cease to exist in prisms full of alcohol that refracted the blurred lines of our intimacy. #reflectionsofaqueerman #artlixirpoetry #bymepoetryamerica #wordswithkings #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #wordporn #doortooursouls #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #heartofpoets #abodeofpoets #bymepoetry #untwineme #untwinecanada (at Ottawa, Ontario)

Sometimes all I need is a word composed of minimal syllables to unravel the chaos that lurks inside my head. A word to give the unspeakable a voice. A word to inspire the unspoken out of oblivion. Let it trigger a cascade of words so divergent, yet strung together in commonality to express all that weighs me down. Let it negotiate a treaty with my anxiety so that we can co-exist in the same body. #reflectionsofaqueerman #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetryhive #artlixirpoetry #bymepoetryamerica #wordswithkings #bymepoetry #untwineme #untwinecanada #abodeofpoets #lgbt #lgbtpoetry #queerpoet #queer #heartsofpoets #madewords #mentalhealth #mentalillness

Isometric lines defined the doorway, which I stood patiently in front of watching you pace glacially towards me. My perplexity as to what seemed colder in that moment, the sub-zero temperature I stood in or your leisurely walk, must have been salient on my face because you offered a penny for my thoughts when you let me in. I smirked and told you that that is a losing bargain I am willing to walk away from. You shrugged and smiled awkwardly. And there we stood, in the doorway, experiencing deafening silence while anxiously waiting for something to prompt the earthly ritual we both existed for. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #globalwordsmiths #poetryhive #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #artlixirpoetry #heartsofpoets #wordswithkings #lgbtpoet #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #grindr #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #untwineme #untwinecanada

The merchant of love passes by my doorstep but never rings the doorbell. He is reluctant, uncertain of whether to initiate first contact or allow one more missed connection to haunt him. I stare out the window as he repeatedly disembarks and hops on his bike wondering if this time he’ll overcome his internal turmoil. He pauses to reminisce of all the failed romances he has sold over the years and frets. Oh how ironic it is, that the merchant of love is emotionally unavailable for the product which he has dedicated his life. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #poet #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #untwinecanada #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #artlixirpoetry #wordswithkings #lgbtpoet #lgbt #queerpoet #queer

We laid bare our souls on a stage made for flesh to be exhibited for hungering eyes in an attempt to satisfy bereft intellect. The verses we chanted acted as veils between our skin and the lingering carnal gazes of beings conflicted by the false eroticism presented before them. Our nudity was bait, this exhibition of human physique was never the objective. It’s the recital of intricate words embodying humane existence that was the intention. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #artlixirpoetry #wordswithkings #poem #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #globalwordsmiths #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #untwineme #untwinecanada #lgbtpoetry #lgbtpoet #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #nakedboysreading #nakedboysreadingottawa

Listen to Comptine d'un autre eté, L'après-midi // Yann Tiersen I have sought inspiration in you time and time again hoping to one day write the ode that would consummate our star crossed lovers’ narrative. An ode transcribed on boundless pages of fictive memories we hold dear in ethereal dimensions confined to our minds. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #wordswithkings #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bymepoetryamerica #bymepoetry #untwineme #doortooursouls #globalwordsmiths #poetryhive #lovepoetry #queerpoet #queer #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #friendshipquotes #lovequotes

You walk around, head high, bellowing your self-proclaimed warning of how you are afflicted with heart breaking tendencies. The phrasing implies that you are the victim of your own actions making light of the path littered with fragmented hearts at the hem of your heels. Beyond the peripheral of our brief embrace, I saw the devastation you wrecked on those affectionate souls and reflected on whether I should defy the odds risking it all or walking away to remain whole. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #wordswithkings #lgbtpoet #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #heartbreaker #doortooursouls #globalwordsmiths

I wrap my calloused soul in silver decorative paper and golden bows before dawn only to expose it all bare again at aphotic times of the night. This cyclic routine of packing and unpacking the burdens left in the wake of Atlas shrugging is confined to phantasmal spaces I call home. Spaces that are forgiving of the nocturnal disease that I insist on continuing to breathe because it instills life into my bones. But you will never get to see my heaving soul. You’ll only see the sparkle of silver decorative paper and golden bows when the twilight starts to bleed into the night and I no longer have a home. #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #wordgasm #wordporn #writerscommunity #poetrynetwork #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetryhive #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #untwineme #reflectionsofaqueerman #globalwordsmiths #queer #queerpoet #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #mentalhealth #nocturnal

I woke up drenched in a pool of nightmares I accidentally plunged into the night before not knowing that my subconscious has forgotten how to swim. I tried to recall childhood swimming lessons, but instead succumbed to the fate of re-mastering how to drown. Gasping for reality, the fluid darkness of fear filled my lungs right before survival; buoyancy awoke my instincts and I regained a sense of lucidity that was misplaced a long time ago. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #bymepoetryunite #globalwordsmiths #queerpoet #queer #gayguy #lgbt #lgbtpoetry #nightmares #mentalhealth

The “good guy” was never my type because he could never shatter my heart into a million poems I desperately yearned to write. He could never inspire impalpable pain that is only tangible through the weighted words of perpetual poetry. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #queerpoet #queer #gaylove #lovequotes #heartsofpoets #madewords #doortooursouls #globalwordsmiths

And then there was silence in an instance that resided between the overwhelming despair and anxiety. When the voices sought asylum and I ran through mental courtyards with nothing but a single thought that stemmed from the hope of seeing your smile again. #reflectionsofaqueerman #words #wordporn #wordgasm #wordgasm #writers #writercommunity #writersnetwork #writersofinstagram #writersuniverse #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetrynetwork #poetryhive #untwineme #bymepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #queer #queerpoet #lgbtpoetry #lgbt #heartofpoets #madewords

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