Sunday, March 23, 2014

from june



hello, you.

can you be quiet for a minute, so i can look at your eyes and gauge if you're whole? yes, i've seen them in pictures (a lot) but i can't tell through a screen. smile for me now, the smile that comes in the corner of your couch when it's kind of dark. next, show me your veins, please say they're untouched. i'm so glad to see those freckles glide down your bone.

now i hope you know you made me burn. all the way down to ashes. black and gray, it only made sense. i hope you know you made me red (literally) (well you certainly didn't help). i want you to understand that you emptied my tank of gas and filled my head with plans. those plans are still here, broken remnants of the storm you leave in your wake.

i'm glad you came and smashed those windows, that's when i finally jumped. then i realized clouds aren't actually soft, just pretty, and at least concrete is honest. that's when love leaked onto the street and you sat down with me to watch.

you're when blood became beautiful, and i became broken.

don't worry, i healed without you
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14 comments:

  1. Priscilla BelleMarch 23, 2014 at 10:32 PM

    "i want you to understand that you emptied my tank of gas and filled my head with plans."
    " then i realized clouds aren't actually soft, just pretty, and at least concrete is honest."
    "you're when blood became beautiful"
    You're killing me. Too good. Such good images. Such good mixes of adjectives that shouldn't go out with the nouns but then they dance so perfectly.

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  2. Sam TseMarch 23, 2014 at 10:42 PM

    "you're when blood became beautiful, and i became broken." This ending. And then the ending after that. Magnificent.

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  3. amandaMarch 24, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    oh. my. gooooooodness. ahhhhh.

    "i'm so glad to see those freckles glide down your bone."

    just. YES. mmm hmm. Yep. yeeeep.

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  4. Insolence is BlissMarch 25, 2014 at 2:07 PM

    "next, show me your veins, please say they're untouched"

    You have an incredible way of letting your imagery flow in such a raw yet eloquent manner.

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  5. NelsonMarch 25, 2014 at 9:39 PM

    At least concrete is honest.

    Whoa.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 2:30 PM

    Ahhhh I love this! I can relate! And it totally spoke to me!!

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  7. indiesunshineMarch 26, 2014 at 6:46 PM

    So glad I saw your blog... You're speaking my feelings right now!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM

    This is filled with so much emotion that I can relate to. You are so talented with words and your writing is impeccable!! :)

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  9. pleasefindmehereMarch 27, 2014 at 6:17 AM

    Too many lines to quote. You're abstract in just the right way. The picture. The transitions. I love your endings in small print on all your posts. Even your blog address is interesting. One of the good ones.

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  10. Tim TincherMarch 27, 2014 at 10:47 PM

    you capture such a like... a mood that is one hard to emulate on paper, well done, the abstract and concrete details, I'm enjoying your posts and I'm pleasure to read them

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  11. Peter MckellerApril 16, 2014 at 7:04 PM

    "i want you to understand that you emptied my tank of gas and filled my head with plans. those plans are still here, broken remnants of the storm you leave in your wake" I could live in these sentences.

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  12. Kenzie PetersonApril 16, 2014 at 7:24 PM

    " that's when love leaked onto the street and you sat down with me to watch"
    Oh girl...the things you do to my heart.

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  13. UnknownSeptember 5, 2014 at 9:20 AM

    "you're when blood became beautiful"

    like what the hell does that even mean

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