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Reflectivedepthless eyesReflective by ~portraitinflesh
seeing what you can’t and you
never know they’re their
dreaming eyes
living what you won’t and you
can’t see how fair they are
even though your reflexive eyes
have seen the end
of the curve, wrapping around
to start all over again
you’re startled, overwhelmed
wondering how you’ve been so blind
Outraywhat’s mine is mineOutray by ~portraitinflesh
to twist or unwind
I know what I hold dear
the end is near
if you had your way
each night you’d erase the next day
the price you had to pay
was far too high,
you ripped apart the sky
no explanation why
other than wanting to play God
you needed no encouraging nod
my ally was odd
even to you, yet she
also betrayed me
I can finally see
the truth you tried to hide
I saw once I died
so I turned the tide
you are out of time
what’s mine is mine
Inside OutNausea, not me:Inside Out by ~portraitinflesh
I boil within
my own skin
is a stranger
flaming and searing
me, not me.
The pain is in plain view
if only I weren’t hidden
if I could see me
would I recognize
or avert my eyes
knowing it has all
been taken away.
Me, not me
not since she,
or it, or them
Me, why me
a chosen vessel
without my consent
I may not have been much
but I’m all I’ve ever had
and now, no
nothing, nowhere.
The skin—my skin—
taken, broken
bruised, flayed
I fade
because of her
or it, or them
I will end;
even my wasted time
is torn away.
I’m tearing now
she-it-they want out.
I want to shout, scream
But my voice is al
Outside InLook at the beautyOutside In by ~portraitinflesh
There is shit everywhere, every
breath drags it into me.
There is beauty all around
The ground under my feet is poisoned
I look up, and the sky is dying.
I see what you cannot
We avert our eyes, our
sighs we bottle up inside.
So much potential, so much
A shell of protection,
we’re so close to breaking apart.
You ignore your treasure,
this precious world, a shining
reflection of infinite possibilities—
you don’t deserve it
and you won’t miss
what you never noticed
Day in, die out
it’s all the same.
No one knows my name,
I’ve grown OK with that.
Life should make sense by now
instead, it
Odyssey II with Clive BarkerFAQOdyssey II with Clive Barker by $techgnotic
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