#reject'scorner

[belleslettres]

fallow

She peels secrets from him as if she were peeling a clementine. She drops pieces and bits to the floor her hands sticky, bitter to the taste, but smelling pleasant. He looks at her, raw and naked, and asks if this is enough. She says no. No, never enough. It is never enough. It will never be enough.

She cleans her fingernails of residue washes her hands and then plants seeds of him in ground she never plowed.

[punnypearl]

Trivial Things

Why must I get upset?

Over such trivial things

If no one died, or wronged me

Then why must I feel so angry?

Angry at the world

For making me need braces again

After four and a half years of pain

Angry at my mother

For making me do dishes

With dry food cemented to them

Must I be so ignorant of

The world’s suffering?

Why do I need something

To complain about?

Why can’t I be happy with what I have,

Right here and right now?

[the-axemaniac]

First, I turn my back on this world

Loneliness; roll the dice again

settle in

And now i turn my back on these wolves

grinning like bad advice

a cosmic sin

and i shut my mind off; these words

are fading fast

it never lasts

I fill the gaps

with sentiment

and blame

and re-bar

and frames

of buildings

looming  up ahead

I’m waiting

and imagining

how it’s supposed to be

you and me

suffering

forgiving

but ultimately

living

[the-axemaniac]

Happiness is like headlights

blinds the one upon which they shine

And loneliness, it strikes

like a bullet in the back

or a snake bite

full of venom and lies

Are you the cure?

I’m full of doubt

but can’t seem to live without

the games you play

I never win when you don’t say

the magic words that free my mind

One day I will shine

and you will regret the times

you could have saved my life

What did you do

to make it right?

Don’t worry love,

it’s all right

One day I will rise

up and free myself

I will get down from this shelf

I’ve been put upon, collecting dust

and I will make a life

for me and for us

Even though you are difficult

at times

you still get an invite

to move along to better things

when the time is right

[killingtimewithwords]

Pray for the wind to take us away... or not. It's not like it would matter anyway- guys and girls come out to play in thriving sun  (or pouring rain) sex is the game you like to play.  China dolls and cheap perfume always seemed like home to you- I mean, you never lacked anything to eat that way (if you know what I mean). Just leave my heart alone- I am not prey. 

[iloveyou-ja]

Truth be told

I hope.

I know.

That one day, I won't cry for you.

I now see

That it was never me.

And I see

That I just filled in the blanks

Of your lonliness in a new place.

I was there when no one else was

Because I was the first person you met

And that made you feel, or rather think,

That you needed me.

That you loved me.

But you did not.

And while it wasn't real for you.

I want you to know,

That it was for me.

[writingbreathes]

Nostalgia

I’ve known times when my cheeks 

grew numb from happiness, times 

that I’d wish I could relive at a press 

of a button when the sun

hangs heavy on the sky and its rays 

scratch on the tips of the mountains 

and singes my heart dry until my lips

beg for the kiss of morning dew 

There is something about the middle of

the day that snaps the spinal cord 

of my mind and spills forgotten memories 

and I’m left to wonder why they ever 

got buried so deep, why I forgot the 

things that left me catching my breath 

And then the sky begins to darken

and the sun fights to leave something 

behind and I realize the loneliness that 

comes like a fog when empty boats 

crash so violently onto shores 

[punnypearl]

She knocked. It echoed through my house and pounded on my eardrums. I tried to ignore her, but where ever I went, she followed. If I went shopping with my friends, she would tap on my shoulder in every aisle, every store, and every mall. Insistent, and seeming like a form of Chinese water torture was her tapping. She was unavoidable. I would try everything to get away. Anything to rid my mind of the retched tapping. I went skiing in South America; she danced lightly on her skis next to me. Reminding me of the tapping just by seeing her beautiful face. How bittersweet was she with her horrid tapping and her illuminous face. She distracted me from anything I did. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get away. One day I had had enough and I responded to her tapping. I looked her in the eye and said, “Even though you frighten me to death, I think I can accept you now. You are a part of my life, of almost everyone’s life. I must face my fears eventually, or I will go insane. In a way you have saved me. Thank you.” She vanished half a moment later and I knew what I had to do. The next day I went out. Not with friends and for once not avoiding her. I went out with this boy for laser tag. Yes I know laser tag is a weird first date. But he knew me and knew I wasn’t an ordinary girl. I was happier than I had been in weeks. Thanks to that girl with the tapping. She told me without words to stop avoiding people. And I’m glad she did. Thank you Fear.