#obprompts

[angelus-a13]

if language had a taste

she speaks in tongues only we know vanilla scented lips move around words meant for me learning love in 100 dialects scented skin, relearning to write everything i’d want to say against her strawberry mouth souls speak to one another (try to overhear, the waves crash before you catch us) every laugh is the apple of sin and eden is long behind us

[mychemicalseal]

shapeshifters in chinese silk - day 6 for #OBprompts . #haiku #poetry #moths #poem #poet #writing #spilledink https://www.instagram.com/p/B6-ff7AlQ_O/?igshid=yb3fdh088lqk

[ocean-blind]

O-B Prompts

19/01/18

Sign of the times

Corruption

The last dance

Hierarchy

[angelus-a13]

the lotus on the oil lamp

flickering, life bright flashes each petal peeling back to reveal each new flame drop back, sparking back into life beauty consumed, burning back sweet innocence lost soft glow rises, turns and twists flowers fall to fire in their final breath

[angelus-a13]

sugar veins drowned in honey

overused metaphors grow stale and sour taste changing on my tongue honeycomb falls into cinders too much, much too bitter a little bit of a bad thing goes a long way, dissolving the beauty sweetness too sickly dripping from mouths already poisoned suffocated on saccharine smiles golden blood flows and freezes my heart isn’t a hive eyes no longer see your sweet smile and i’ve outgrown sugar such a long time ago

[angelus-a13]

shadows quivered like lace

ghosts hover like smoke above flames, secrets hidden behind screens, within screams gowns turned to ribbons leaves scattered to the breeze wedding dress whispers in window casements rattling like bones left behind the shadows in the closet shake and shriek until all that’s left is silken silence

[angelus-a13]

the art of manicured mannerism

perfectly out of proportion the fires engulf nothing at all kitten licks appear to drown to imagine you’re a hundred miles away on the other side of a room days pass like seconds fleeting, eternity drags on hands reach across our oceans a holy imitation, put in our places warped pieces fall back into place home is here, i’m sure of it

[angelus-a13]

panic begins to mushroom

thick spores clog the air the sky is overcome, suffocating breath battered from bodies scattered along streets fear is the new disease outrunning infection (they’ll catch up, just you wait)

smoke and mirrors you’ll choke when you can’t see them they’ll take your breath they’ll steal your reflection panic blossoms, taste it on your tongue shark teeth shine bright blood-red skies drip into our eyes

it grows, overflows, overtakes mutations spiral out of control time to meet your fate