A little black fly,
with bulbous black eyes,
landed on a brick wall.
it looked around,
through a multitude of screens,
then he settled down and thought .
he wondered at the size of the world,
and at this smoke which burns his eyes.
he tried to comprehend the nature of,
these enormous speeding insects,
that nurish him not.
he tried to understand the purpose of,
these looming cold mazes,
that feel the joy and pain of nature not.
he watched large soft fleshy creatures,
in their millions walk about.
he pondered the morals of their right,
to give or to take his life.,
and he wondered why only they are different
and set apart fro
Across my thigh today,
I scrawled a word.
In pink marker,
A four-letter word.
Early today was found,
An unidentified victim,
A brunette teenage female,
A suspected case of suicide.
No cause of death apparent,
No exit wounds or bullet holes,
No slash\'n\'dash or hit and run,
Requires further examination.
They pulled away her clothes,
And off white undergarments.
They opened up her stomach,
And examined what lay within.
They weighed and measured .
They drew blood and tested.
Trying to unravel the mysteries of,
Their brown haired green-eyed Jane Doe.
\"Victim Jane Doe 226,
Recent scars visible on,
Arms breasts and abdomen.
Tranquility Is the Soul Killer by altruisticlies, literature
Literature
Tranquility Is the Soul Killer
I heard the storm,
Which was unremarkable,
Standing in the heart -
Belly of the night; depths of
The beast -
I get it.
A boy, a lightning rod made of wood
And his ardent hopeful wish that children
Will begin pouring from houses screaming,
Though it\'s 4:12 am and no one is alive save the wind
And boy, staff clenched tightly in one hand.
The rain picks up, driven; a hateful rush
In which he wondered if sheer genius,
Dashes of tenacity and the lesser fear of death
Would keep him through the night.
He always had answers before questions.
It hurts, I can barely breathe
Taunted with the clear inviting surface
I am shackled to the rock laden bottom
Consumed by pain, nothing left to believe
Dead weight refuses to keep me afloat
As leeches cling fast to my corrupted body
Feasting on an indescribable deadly fear
I should find a way to stop them, but I won\'t
The sharp, salty water claims my tears
Greedily taking them on as their own
Denying me the last bit of a sick comfort
It seems they were always with me, always here
Dead weight dominates, I am no longer sober
As I close my drunken eyes, just wishing it was over
When I was a child I thought I knew everything
And that I didn\'t need a coat.
But now as each day\'s sun burns the fog from my fanstasy
And my leg catches in the folds of my long school skirt
I see how utterly stupid I really am
How naive, how fickle, how innocent and faithless
And I really do need a winter coat.
nearly thirty days without honest contact
--funny how lonliness counts for itself even after the wanting has gone--
agreements seen in movies force a smile and tops off my rebuilt self rather nicely
the adrenaline refuses to allow resting up needed for the next morning,
for which he arrived right on time.
wondering why you ever doubted his punctuality
as the doorbell reminds you why you\'re up and showered so soon,
the sole reason that directs a hand cautiously on the small of your back
subtle gesture to hurry up and begin all that was planned
yet awkward and almost painful as that palm shifts the glaze still waiting to be fired
sho
The Winter Philosopher v2 by altruisticlies, literature
Literature
The Winter Philosopher v2
He doesn't feel strong
Anymore, an
Ache in his face
and giddy laughing
Muddle the soliloquy.
Back bent, watching that spiral -
talent infallible
which failed to reach past confusion
Seize a signal and grope
the bottle
Of success.
On hollow excess he would relate the tale,
two mice in a clock,
and winking
Slyly skip the metaphor completely.
He spends days in the cafe, sipping
water.
The cutest girls escape notice,
eyes too wide,
White and guilty
For a past slinger of hopeful hate
and wicked truth.
Day ticks by,
His bones feel weaker at night.