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contortionism by *ohsostarryeyed:iconohsostarryeyed:

Categories Literature > Poetry > General Poetry > Open


my spine breaks because
i bend over backwards
so that you cannot get hurt,

but black still seeps through
the cracks between the fingers i
lay across your face, and
you turn cold with every exposed
patch of skin i cannot cover.

you are the bird to my nest,
falling free from its husks and braids
to the beautiful stones below.

we breathe but not too deeply
for fear our hearts may burst.
the sun undresses and the moon
stands bare, black surrounding
its silent wings.

i am the band-aid stretched
across a deluging wound,
the sponge in the flash flood.
i stretch my limbs until they
snap

in hopes that maybe i can
hold you
together for another breath.
©2009 *ohsostarryeyed
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~xxbrokenmemories Sep 30, 2009, 1:55:12 PM
"my spine breaks because
i bend over backwards
so that you cannot get hurt,"

gorgeous line. you're fabulous. :heart:

--
love is giving someone the power to destroy you, and trusting them not to.
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~lildoodles Sep 30, 2009, 1:57:35 PM
the words that come to mind here are "shoulder blades" for some reason that just is what I think of
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~without-aim Sep 30, 2009, 2:05:39 PM
amazing. this is, gorgeous imagery in a kind of twisted way.

i love it nonetheless.
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~kindfullove12 Sep 30, 2009, 2:10:49 PM
stretching sure can be beautiful if said correctly :heart:

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what do we love others for?

animeanimeanime!~

obsession with writing and drawing, even if i'm not that good.

:D i'm a active watcher, not uploader on dA OTL
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=Corina90 Sep 30, 2009, 3:17:42 PM
oh, hi, my name is melissa and i write amazing things. no big.
:heart:
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~WokeUpFromDreaming Sep 30, 2009, 3:39:51 PM
im a fan for life

--
When you're dreaming with a broken heart,
The waking up is the hardest part...
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~Quixoticxx Sep 30, 2009, 4:57:09 PM
Brilliant as usual :)

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Please let me be a coward, for today I am afraid
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~xcaroline Sep 30, 2009, 6:22:05 PM
ah gosh. i wish i could write poems like this! it's amazingly amazing.:heart:

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sparkle this city baby,
this city baby.
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~like-yesterday Sep 30, 2009, 7:00:29 PM
"but black still seeps through
the cracks between the fingers i
lay across your face, and
you turn cold with every exposed
patch of skin i cannot cover."

o ma gosh!! :heart:

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see the fog there, iced over with your breathing, see the fog over there? see her float down apple creek, listen closely, because she almost stopped breathing.
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