In the Black of Night by FallenAngelsCantFly, literature
Literature
In the Black of Night
Reaching out, I pick up the razor, and smile slowly to myself. Surrounded by these candles as I am now, I feel like a saint. Hah, as if. More like the devils angel. I draw the blade over my skin, moaning softly into the night. Savoring the feeling. I watch my blood pool, then turn to rivulets running down my arms onto my legs. I inhale it's sweet scent, color blooming before my eyes. As my tears and the warm smell of blood and candles join, my little flowers bloom, wither, and die before my eyes. As the sobs die down, I blow out my candles and climb into bed, curling into a ball, trying to ward off the nightmares I know will come. After hours
In the Black of Night by FallenAngelsCantFly, literature
Literature
In the Black of Night
Reaching out, I pick up the razor, and smile slowly to myself. Surrounded by these candles as I am now, I feel like a saint. Hah, as if. More like the devils angel. I draw the blade over my skin, moaning softly into the night. Savoring the feeling. I watch my blood pool, then turn to rivulets running down my arms onto my legs. I inhale it's sweet scent, color blooming before my eyes. As my tears and the warm smell of blood and candles join, my little flowers bloom, wither, and die before my eyes. As the sobs die down, I blow out my candles and climb into bed, curling into a ball, trying to ward off the nightmares I know will come. After hours
When Giving Up is the Only Option by FierySpark, literature
Literature
When Giving Up is the Only Option
You've intricately woven yourself
in every frayed depression
of this hesitant heart,
filling it's hollow vacancies and
sewing me back together.
You keep this tired heart thumping.
When the skies are gray and
ridden with unfulfilled dreams,
you are the single ray of sunshine
that refuses to be blocked by the clouds.
And if you concentrate on that one ray,
somehow, the day seems to be
just a little brighter.
The sidewalk is cracked and
my eyes are filled with unshed tears,
and the sadness is like weeds.
You are the flowers growing in my heart,
and I watch them suck the spirit out of you.
But you still stand by my side,
unwa
Borderline
I've always played victim
to my own demise, periscoping disaster
that's just out of stretch;
if I can reach just hard enough, I will
finally taste that dimension of self-control
that rests beside my
so-called sanity.
Watching a kindred spirit
That resides close to home
But not in my house--
Falling a-part at the seams
Is difficult to witness.
Since she's out of reach,
Just enough to graze the surface,
But not enough to truly touch.
I lock arms with lady destiny,
dancing round and round the room
to the dizzying tune of deprecation-
do I flip her on her back? do I
surrender to her whims? The walls
sprinkle sawdust as I scrape the
Seclusion
Sometimes you need seclusion to reclaim your mind.
Blacken your vision and close your eyes,
Plug your ears from the outside,
As you fall back, back inside of “I.”
And not “we,” “he,” “she,” but me.
Sometimes to find myself,
I must lose everyone else.
What Does Love Look Like? by chromeantennae, literature
Literature
What Does Love Look Like?
What Does Love Look Like?
I often think about love.
I think about the shapes and forms it takes on.
And I believe it is all around us, even when humanity isn’t.
What does love look like?
It looks like the sunlight,
Rays that shine through the clouds,
Eternally keeping you warm and bright.
What does love look like?
It looks like death;
The dwindling of the physical embodiment.
Your hands may never hold each other’s again…
But the souls of true lovers will never fade, true love has no end.
What does love look like?
It looks like the tide of a sea.
The way it flows in and away,
Then back again.
Love is a li
Write away your pain and fears.
Let the whole world see your tears.
Write your blood in letters deep.
Let the world laugh while you weep.
Throw your words upon the page.
Let your tears stream down your face.
Gouge paper deep with all your sorrow.
Let them see you struggle to live for tomorrow.
Cut paper with pen like you would skin and knife.
Let them see your desire to cut short your life.
Make red ink bleed upon pages white.
Let it replace blood that drips on white tiles late at night.
Slice the paper with your pen.
Let them see you try to begin again.
Blur the letters with every tear.
Let the world see you cower while they sneer.
When
I traded my soul for a little more life
And was given a body that isn't mine.
Now I've been employed by death
To be a gatherer of souls.
I use the one life I was given
To destroy the lives of thousands.
Why did I make such a choice?
I should have let myself die.
I never deserved a second chance.
I never deserved power.
Now I must use it for evil.
There's no good in this world.
Evil has swallowed us whole.
All that's left is rotting souls.
Where is your god?
i.
I am the moon walker,
the black coffee athlete
in the star-dotted evening gown.
I am young, but I feel old,
like an antique with
fresh paint.
Sleep lives in my shadow,
a morphine caregiver
with gentle hands,
but I dare not fall into his arms.
There is a sad knowledge
in his eyes
that I do not trust.
ii.
You left me behind,
but my pillow still
smells like you,
and now my bed feels
like a fucking coffin
without you in it.
iii.
Nights like this
make me wonder
what it feels like to die.
It bothers me that
only the dead know,
and they refuse to share their secret.
One day I will find out
the truth for myself,
and that scares me.
i