Tales of broken dreams

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Nothing is written in stone, until they write your name on a grave

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Airplane

Wandering light in the sky. Moving star that isn't any. Beautiful speck of light traveling from one place to another. Oh Wanderer where do you go? Where does your journey end? Do you ever stop? Stop bringing people together? Stop carrying all those souls over oceans of water and land? Stop leaving people to wonder where you are headed? Oh Wanderer where do you go? You give people new hope, leaving all that was behind taking them to brand new shores, never seen before. You bring pople home to loved ones they saw way too long ago, just barely remembering their faces, voices completely forgotten. You see so much yet you never tell. Oh Wanderer I wish I was like you!

-Alex James

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New t-rex tattoo

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Rules for talking to the fae

1. If they ask for your name, don't give it to them unless you don't want it anymore.

2. You are allowed to lie but try to avoid it as much as possible. They don't like it and it could make them angry.

3. If you don't want to answer a question, try telling half truths or be as vague as possible.

4. Don't ask too many questions. They may think you are asking for favors. And favours always come at a price.

5. Always carry some sweets or shiny objects in your pocket. You can offer them as reward for answered questions if necessary.

6. If you want something from them, bring them flowers. They love flowers.

7. Never bring them flowers with thorns. They prick and you may find them in your next meal if you're not careful.

8. They also don't like red flowers. Red makes them angry and they will disappear.

9. If you feed them, be careful for they often bite. Faerie-bites are painful and burn like fire.

10. If you've been bitten by a faerie, run three times around the oldest tree you can find and place a strand of hair next to a river. Then go home, fill a small bowl with cream, put a purple flower in it and place it on the porch.

11. If you wake up the next morning and the bite is gone, you are safe. If it isn't, they might come for you and there is nothing you can do.

12. Do not step in a faerie circle (for obvious reasons)

13. Do not blink with one eye while looking at a faerie circle ( for less obvious reasons)

14. The faeries will start laughing as soon as they see you. If the laughter sounds friendly you can stay. If it sounds malicious, run.

15. Don't carry anything in your left pocket. If you do, it will be gone afterwards.

16. If the woods stare at you, stare back, but do not blink.

17. Don't try to touch them, they don't like that and might curse you.

18. Don't let them follow you home. They might bring their friends and you don't want that.

19. If a faerie is following you, face them and tell them three times that you want them gone. If that doesn't work, cross a river, they cant follow you there (but look out for the trolls)

20. If the king himself shows up, you can make a wish. If he likes it, it wil come true, if he doesn't, you will pay.

21. NEVER eat anything they offer you. They won't keep you, but you will starve to death afterwards.

22. Always go alone. They won't show if you have company.

23. If the fae change color, it means danger. Run, run for your life!

24. Never think you know exactly what they are saying. They can't lie but they will trick you by telling you the truth.

25. They will try to make you stay by singing. If you wish to leave, give them food to make them stop.

26. Never cover your ears, something else is only waiting for you to do that.

27. Always remember rule 21.

28. Never forget to thank them for their time when leaving. Not doing so is rude and you don't want to anger the fae.

29. If they don't say goodbye, never come back.

30. Avoid crossroads while going home for they will trap you.

31. If you here the fae sing under your window, lock all doors and windows and don't go to sleep that night. They will trap you in your dreams if you do.

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If I die before I wake

I pray no one my soul to take

Because my soul is mine alone

And it's for no one else to own

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Beauty

Happy smile

Happy face

So much beauty

So much grace

Cherry lips

Ocean eyes

Freckled nose

And butterflies

Don't you know

To what extent

You have bewitched me

My dear friend

Don't you know

How sad I'd be

If you weren't here

To laugh with me

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Evil in the Room

Maybe you shouldn't have opened the door Maybe you shouldn't have looked inside Maybe you should just walk away Maybe you should just run and hide

For there is something in the dark For there is evil in this room For now you will be evil's bride For evil will be your dark groom

There is no escaping him There is no hope left for you There is no chance you'll get away There is nothing you can do

Say goodbye to all you know Say goodbye to everyone. Say goodbye to your old life. Say goodbye for you'll be gone

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Trains

You´re standing at the train station, waiting for your train. It should have come half an hour ago. The voice announces the train headed to nowhere is going to be fifteen late.  Everybody thinks they mean fifteen minutes, you know they mean fifteen years. The train will not come today. The train will not come tomorrow, in fact, the train will never come. Trains are not real. There is no such thing as trains. The people don’t know but you do. Some people knew but they forgot. You wish you could forget. They can make you forget. The voice announces the train headed to nowhere is going to be fifteen late you think they mean minutes. Everybody thinks they mean minutes.                                            You flinch as the brakes of an incoming train screech like a dying harpy. Some people around you flinch as well. Some don’t. you can see how long they’ve been waiting, by how much they flinch. Some of them have been here for years. They don’t even hear the sound anymore.                                                              A ghost train rushes through the station. You can hear it, but you can’t see it. It never stops but it always arrives on schedule. You don’t know what its schedule looks like, but you know that it is on time. Always a different one, but always the right one.                                                                                                            Your train arrives, and it is completely empty. There are ten other people waiting for the same train. You enter the train. There is no seat left. There are only ten people on this train. It is a very long train. There are no seats left.                       A man sits on one of the seats. He always sits on this seat no matter which train you take. He always sits there. A ghostly figure hovers in front of the toilette. You do not talk to this figure. You do not look at this figure. And you do not, under any circumstances, use this toilette.                                                                      On your way, you pass many towns. Towns you know don’t exist, towns you don’t know they don’t exist and towns you know exist somewhere completely else.                                                                                                                    You got on the train at noon. The ride only lasts two hours. One hour has already passed. It is dark outside. It is only 1pm but it is dark outside.                          You get off the train. It is 9pm. It is always 9pm when you get off the train.        You go home, glad that you survived another train ride.

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Prisoner

You can scream,

you can shout

but no one will hear you

.

You can wave

you can jump

but no one will see you

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In my castle of stone

you are lest on your own

no one knows you’re there

.

They know you are hidden

somewhere forbidden

but no one knows where

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Witches

There is always a dog lying where the witches were buried.You wonder how you know where they were buried but then you remember you were buried there too

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Lullaby (a song)

Let me sing you a song

So you won't stay awake

The darkness it came

Our lives to take

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Let me sing you a song

So you can sleep

The darkness it came

Our freedom to keep

.

Let me sing you a song

You will never forget

The darkness it came

To hide under your bed

.

Let me sing you a song

Of darkness and fear

The darkness it came

To kill us my dear

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Lonely Wolf

A lonely wolf made of shattered bones,

broken pieces of glass and stones,

watching over his kingdom of wood,

not being evil and not being good.

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His eyes are glowing in the night,

like shining stars, so blue and bright,

no one ever saw him cry,

never will you see them die.

.

On the highest cliff he stands alone,

knowing that he's on his own,

black birds flying over his head,

their songs are scary, bloody, dead.

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The god of the forest does not sleep tonight.

He's standing there 'till the morning light.

It's dripping like blood over the top of the trees,

cutting every leaf, like a deadly disease.

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"Lemons"

"Have you ever tried to eat a lemon?" She asked, hanging from a tree.

The wind lifted the skirt of her pink flower dress and she giggled like a little schoolgirl.

He looked at her, slightly confused but intrigued. "No I haven't" he said with a faint smile on his lips.

She giggled again and jumped on the ground.

"Then let's go eat some lemons."

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The Fay Forest

She walked through the woods, careful not to look back, knowing that if she did, that horrible fear would not let go of her, until she was safely back home.        She walked through the woods, careful not to step on the beetles, knowing that if she did, she would never get rid of them.                                                        Sometimes, if she stood very still and listened, she could hear the woods calling for her. But she would not answer. She never answered.                                  She could hear things, quietly following her, hidden in the trees by her side, watching her every move.                                                                                      She never took the path on the left, trying to avoid whatever was waiting for her at the end.                                                                                                                She was never scared but prayed with every step, that she would not wake up the horrible things buried under the soil she was walking on.                            And she always remembered her way back home, knowing that if she got lost, she would be just another piece of meat

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They did not care

She screamed at the top of her lungs, but nobody listened.                              She cried bitter tears, but nobody bothered.      Now her voice is gone and they want her to speak.                                                Now her tears have dried and they wonder why she does not seem to care.

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The Girl taken by Faeries

She walked through the woods, the branches scratching her face, the thorns tearing her dress and the stones cutting her feet.                                              She sat down under the oldest tree and sang songs as old as time.                  Songs of the Fae Folk.                                                                                            She sat there, listening to the laughter in the trees, knowing, that she would never return home.                                                                                      Knowing they would take her with them.