#unleveled

[sybyr]

shibur

[foryouiwouldntmind]

Head Held Captive

My head and my heart

They tend to have a strange relationship

Like this one time

My heart laid her eyes on you

And she fell head over heels for your beauty

My head was truly confused

My heart truly naïve

So from behind my iron ribs

My heart began to show my head

She began to describe in detail

How my nails had to be painted to compliment your piercing green eyes

How my outfit had to be not too much but just enough to draw your attention

How my body position at any moment had to mimic yours

How every word that slipped from my mouth had to be thoughtful

My head became a puppet

My heart a puppet master

And days flew by before my head realized the cage he lived in

He began to plead with my heart

He described all the flaws

How we barely spoke

How we lived in different worlds

How you didn’t even know my name

How coming out unscathed was impossible

My heart pointed to her bruises, cuts, and scars

She asked “How much damage do you think he can do?”

Kayla W. 2014

[mortalnothing]

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mi primo y yo

[eublawg]

City of Vices

My head is unleveled.  I won't throw the dice without rolling a lie. Teach me how to deceive myself, and forever I will be yours. Deal the cards and make it quick. This high is fading and my life is returning. In a self-destructive circle that has always revolved.  Much like the chamber of the revolver I keep beneath my pillow. For the day when my exaggerations come back home for me. Around the same self-depriciating halo,  that hangs below my neck and not above my head.  City lights set the streets afire, and all the sinners and saints scramble away from their sanctions.  Bare skin to bare supple skin. Blind for the moment and drunk through the next. My head is unleveled.