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This whole time I always felt like I was missing a part of me,
That was preventing me from being who I really wanted to be.
This whole time I was passing along the blame,
Pain is like snow.
You look up—
And no matter how hard you squint,
You can't quite see where it's coming from.
From time to time it may stop,
But in reality,
It's rushing at you,
All at once.
A few still shine-Gold Souls
I'm placed around them to guide
If they alone choose to accept
push, pull or reject, its still alright
I know what it's like, to be stubborn
It turns on you and will for-sure burn
“A disastrous war will lead to our freedom.”
Or so, you say.
“There is no path. It’s the only way.”
Fight to the bitter end
Now, I’m beginning to wonder
how many people are left to flounder
and crack, breaking
under the world’s ever strengthening squeeze.
i’m supposed to be doing homework,
but how can i focus on vectors when i’m picturing you on the edge,
fire out of your control and closing in?
will i be enough for you
Her skin is the ebony of tree bark,
Her hair and her uniform are both writhing shades of blue,
Medusa wasn't cursed
she was protected
her Goddess wanted to give her the world
but when men take without mercy
Athena did what she thought best
even if Medusa was hurting
Scars
Still present
From when
My old self
Died
And I began
To hide
And stay away
Small scars
On my legs
From when
Writing
Couldn't keep
He spots Her; She notices.
He's so fucking hot!
She's so damn fine!
They meet, they flirt, they hit it off.
The pups develop "feelings" for eachother.
They hook up, date and fuck.
It was just the fall of October when the skies were still sleepy
The sun had pulled its blankets, yet the naked trees looked creepy
Amongst the golden rays lies a mysterious yet recognizable shadow
I stare up at the height of the now lonley, very damaged, fifty-five year old wall.
Her once brightly colored bricks now faded, and weathered.
She and He made me, just a short 18 years ago.
"The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along." Federico Garcia Lorca, Yerma"
This evening I press my ear to your chest,
hear the ocean's waves and laughing gulls
My body is the tree of life
Bearing fruit to all creation
You are nothing more than a bee
Only needed for pollination.
I birth flowers of beautiful colors
Shades, of reds,purples and blue.
I realize now it was probably a bad decision.
There was no plan.
We were just living in the moment.
Making discoveries.
Hat on straight,
a shiny badge pinned
to a crisp, white shirt.
I watch him through my big, young eyes.
He smiles at me,
lacing his boots,
then kisses the top of my head.
Seek and listen for that silent sound of surety, in the stillness of peace succumbs your confidence. Time will surge the hardships from its hands, but patience brings triumphs, if you stand against the strikes.
That empty-headed smell lingers in the house chanting his name as it swims through the chilling breeze. His name. His name spits out of mouths and into my ears.
I got aids.
I got em real bad.
Every day i get up to find true love,
i look in the bars, and the cars and the stores,
but when we hit the sack and do loves chores,
I give them my aids.
I was looking for a reason
to be alive,
Then when my hope was lost,
I found five.
They welcomed me in,
Kept me safe and secure,
But others invaded,
And I became unsure.
I didn't know...
that...
It was a crime...
To be real...
So I guess ive been sentenced to life in prison for 1st,2nd, and 3rd degree words that burn your skin because you don't like the truth
"I wanna be a police officer when I grow up!" A little boy of just a few year said to me.He must not see the news.
I reach out
Then I pull back
And squeeze my eyes shut
After all,
They don’t need me anymore
I stand in the dust
I heard the hurricane
Felt the air pressure change
Terrified for my crouching child
Holding her as tight as I could
Blocking her from danger
As my master cracks his whip
I heard the hurricane
Felt the air pressure change
Terrified for my crouching child
Holding her as tight as I could
Blocking her from danger
As my master cracks his whip
It hurts to see you fall apart
But rather I see it
Than look right past it
And not see
Even if I can't help
It hurts to hide my pain and cracks from you
But rather I hurt a bit more
"The darkness of a shadow
The trickle of a stream
The sweet grass in a meadow]
As light cuts through the trees
The little barn owl swoops low
As a mouse rustles the leaves
Escape from your pain,
Let them take you to a better place,
A place where nobody will judge you,
For thinking grey skies and dark waters are beautiful,
Where danger is in the mix,
Swirling winds,
There he stands, framed in the doorway
In his hand the black leather strip sway'
Oh how it sway,' and the mother cower away.
Cover the child, hide him from sight
Of eyes hazy with whiskey-demon light.
Peace of mind is
Lying sandwiched between my parents.
I am half a man with an ego bigger than he is,
And half a woman with a temper shorter than she'd like it to be considered.
I am half afraid, half fearless.
One day, a while ago, the sun was shining a bit too bright for my eyes, and for fear of not being able to see and to protect my face, I put sunglasses on. And well, you see, I am still wearing them.
"Your Honor,
I didn't mean it,
I know it's my fault,
I didn't mean it.
My intentions were good,
won't you believe it?
It happened so fast I couldn't see it."
He ain't wanna hear it
They took an oath of protections
and we gave them are trust.
Yet in the end it's those we trust our protectors.
That are our demise.
I trace the outline of love with your hand:
A feeling that can come in many forms;
Someone strong as rock simply turned to sand,
A new protection from the passing storms;
Get big
Get fucking BIG
There is nothing stopping you now
Stand tall
Chest out
Make those mother fuckers shake in fear
You're angry, yes
And hurt
Even though people think that they have the right to kill animals,
Even if they think that animals provide us with what we need,
Don't look now, child
The world has gone to war
They don't care that you're just a child
To them, you're one soldier more.
-
Those aren't gunshots you hear now
Those aren't dying screams
Me.
Who am I underneath this costume?
They want to define me.
I let them.
Family is the world.
Suffocated by loving arms.
I'm cute. I'm smart.
I'm gentle, docile,
Outside is an illusion,
While inside shows reality.
Outside is accepted and liked,
While inside is hidden and safe.
Inside is tainted with past mistakes,
Embarrassed of weak moments.
You were young, but old enough
to remember it all.
Your eyes fillled with hope,
Ideal to take as their own.
The environment is fragile,
And we're on the gradual
decline and in the stare of mind were losing the battle
we are going down instead of up,
so how are we going to shape up?
Wondering down the road,
Waiting for me to find myself.
As I look into my future,
I see the colors swarm,
I just want to help everybody
Save the world
But at times it gets overwhelming;
Frost thinks the world will end with ice,Or maybe heat and flames.I think the world will end with us,Mother Gaia would be ashamed.
“we, the jury, find the defendant guilty.”
a decision made so quickly
determined the next four years
of my brother’s life.
Why do we protect things?
What does it really mean?
Is it putting your life on the line to save another?
Or is it hiding from everything that could ever hurt you?
Are you acting as the protection?
I am a revolving door
People crash into me
In tears they
ask me
to move.
People ignore
my dirty glass.
They never wipe
tears from my face.
I am a revolving door.
The dirty beasts
Scuttling around
Keeping to the shadows
Trapping
Biting
Saving for later
Waiting
For the opportune moment
To kill.
Fantastic in duty,
Unappreciated by man
hush , dont cry my love
you refuse to show it
but the fire glows inside you
and the embers ezcape from your mouth from time to time
my dear its okay...
i feel helpless in waiting
Take my hand, sweet child of mine
And let me guide the way.
Just wrap your hand around my fingers
And hear what I must say.
Listen close to what I speak
And I’ll show you how life is true.
You stand alone on a street corner
In a gray city of steel and cold
Your arms full of blankets
Woven from sunbeams you plucked
From empty skies
You give them all away
The sun smiled down upon the summer trees
That waved back with delighted desire.
Yet it shown not where she stood amongst herself,
Afraid to touch the face of death.
When you were in school, what did you learn?
Did they teach you how to hide the fear in an urn?
Did your teachers ever face the problems that burned
Prove to me that you're still there, And prove to me that you still care.It's hard to put faith in what you can't see, But let's just keep this between you and me.Sometimes I have to question myself,
Looking back to the times, We laughed so hard.Can't you just seeHow perfect you are? The ideas we share, The words exchanged, And when we mess up, Each taking our blame.
I know you do really mean it.And I can feel it in your touch. But I can't take a compliment.I'm used to the downs, not the ups.
You ask me to stay, Yet push me away.But I want to know, So I just can't let go.One day you'll realize, All the bad was lies.You're perfect to me, One day I'll make you see.
Hoping I'd find love,
Couldn't see how it'd be you...
The others that broke my heart...
Somehow I know this is true..
Since the time we danced,
The first time kissed,
The first time we met,
I don't think I could ever explain,
Everything I'd like to say.
I don't think that you could see,
Everything you mean to me.
Most of all, I don't think you understand,
Just how in love with you I am.
The way you leave me breathless,
I knew this form the start.
So here's to us, saying,
Until Death do us part.
Fleeting glances, Silent passes, Your eyes locked on mine. Sway to the left, Just out of breath, All for the very first time. Sway to the right, Feelings, don't fight,
Can you pay tribute to love itself?
Loyalty, passion, curiousity, Love.
It can't be seen, can't be touched.
An abstract concept we Love so much.
Together we're like fire,
And you need to be mine.
It's like apart we're still alive,
But the fire burns inside.
And I know you feel the same as I,
And now I'm starting not to fight...
Never take what you have for granted,
As one day soon, you may not have it.
I wish I'd known this when I was with you,
Because now our moments are precious and few.
One year ago right now,
Their hearts were still beating,
Their lungs, still breathing.
But one year ago today,
Two precious lives were taken away.
Midnight, September Seventeenth.
I hate how you never escape my mind.
Every song reminds me of you.
I can’t quite erase you from my life.
You’re there no matter what I do.
I knew it would kill me if I accidentally fell.
So when I did, I swore I’d never tell.
I suppose the only words left now are Oh Well.
I promise I will love you,
With all of my heart,
I swear I'll be with you forever,
Until death do us part.
Everything you’ve made me feel,
None of that’s in the past.
Everything I feel for you,
That’s something that’ll last.
Someday you’ll move on,
Riding for miles, Your perfect smiles,
Silent conversations, Innocent flirtations,
The hot, sunny days, They passed me in a daze,
Mindless texts, Not knowing what comes next,
Sometimes we disagree,
But that’s okay.
To be perfectly honest,
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
You’re always there,
You’ve helped me grow,
And you always know what to say,
Roses are red,
State tests make me blue.
Does any one else hate them?
I SURE DO!
Love...
A dangerous game for two...
I know I should ignore it...
But I'd give it all up for you...
Lies I Believed,
Over a period of time...
VERY DANGEROUS.
Everyone should avoid
(AT ALL COSTS!)
Your eyes, your smile, your hand in mine,
Your laugh, your serious face, secrets that've bound us over time.
Your jokes, your craziness, your special kind of mess,
Your swears, your promises, the things we've confessed.
The art of the heart,
Love grows because you make it.
My heart's been through tough trial and error,
So be careful, it's easy to break it.
To love you is to need you,
To need you is to want you,
To want you is to not have you,
So I guess that's where I stand with you...
To love you is to need you,
To need you is to want you,
To want you is to not have you,
So I guess that's where I stand with you...
It was less than a week ago,
You told me you were mine,
It’s time to face the truth…
I know you lied.
No matter how I try to deny it,
I’ll always know it’s true.
I guess I should’ve known,
If you love me, I hope you’ll tell me,
If you don’t, I hope you won’t.
Because I’d rather think you do,
Than know for sure you don’t.
When I said my life was perfect,
I actually might’ve lied.
I lied again when I told you,
That I was entirely fine.
I lied when I told you,
When I said I’d be okay,
I also lied when I insisted,
When you said I had you,
I think you might’ve lied.
You don’t realize how much I know,
But I know what you tried to hide.
You made me fold away my conscience,
You were a temporary fix to the pain,
If I gave you my hand,
Would you take it and lock your fingers in mine?
If I gave you my time,
Would you take it and Make it last a lifetime?
If I gave you my love,
We finally confessed,
To each other, our love,
Since then I realized,
You're more than I've ever dreamed of.
Something happened the very first time I had with you,
You melted my world and I felt something true.
And everyone around me thinks I'm going crazy...
But I don't care because I love you baby.
Who are you in the eyes of me?
What a silly question to ask; can't you see?
If it only could be answered so clear and simply,
But I don't think you'd understand how much you mean to me.
As everyone's rushing around the streets,
I'll sit back, relax, and kick up my feet.
I've no need to spend money on stuff,
I already have what you're getting for Christmas, love.
I wish I could say we'll be together forever.
(But that can't happen, we both know.)
I want to say the kinks will work themselves out.
(But we both know they won't.)
I love you more than life itself.
You felt the same way all along,
We are in love.
This is everything and more,
Than I've ever dreamed of.
I've had a few broken hearts,
And I know those few are only the start.
Loved without holding back,
And ended up using tape to stay intact.
Wished upon a shooting star,
I've watched you play the girls,
But this time you've sworn your love to me.
Do you really have a soft side?
Or am I just the same?
You talk with them a week or two,
And you walk away without shame.
A good poem will always start from the heart,
And the heart doesn't have auto correct.
So just pick up your pen, put it to paper,
You'd be amazed at the words you collect.
The day I don't have to lie,
Will be the day we'll tell the truth.
When they finally see eye to eye,
I won't have to worry about losing you.
But for now I'll just keep wishing.
Saying I don't want to lie.
If today were my last,
I'd know I gave it my all,
And I'm okay with that.
If today were my last,
I'd smile with my last good bye,
And I'd have no regrets.
If today were my last,
If I died today,
Would you wish you had've told me?
Would you regret what you didn't say?
Or would you even think of me?
Would you wish you had've been nicer?
Would regret playing your games?
Middle school can be so tough,
Friends can so mean,
Love can be so.. ugh.
It's not worth it, that's how it'll seem.
But you'll live without holding back,
You'll wish on some shooting stars,
I feel your hands around my waist,
My heart beats at a steady pace.
Laying on me, I feel your eyes,
It's like a bunch of butterflies inside.
I've loved like I should,
But lived how I shouldn't,
Acted like every day was my last,
Loved like most wouldn't.
I've hidden my share of secrets,
Erased every bit of doubt,
Memories held,
Never to be told,
Between the two of us,
This'll never get old.
Constantly running,
Covering us.
This must be how it feels,
How it feels to be in love.
We took a chance,
We took our shot,
I hope this plan works out.
But foolproof? It's not...
We'll keep our secret,
It's under lock and key,
There's no one to confide in,
Since the first time we danced,
The first time kissed,
The first time we met,
I've wanted us to be it...
Hoping I'd find love,
Couldn't see how it'd be you...
The others that broke my heart...
Somehow I know this is true..
Forget the regrets,
Ignore the truth,
No matter the price,
I'll run to you.
This'll end in disaster,
I'm no good for you,
I still don't care,
I'll run to you.
When I start coming undone,
Love me like there's no tomorrow,
And when something goes wrong,
Slowly gently, let me go,
With the words of our sweet song.
I could never ask for anything more...
You and Me.
And when the rain begins to pour...
Just Kiss me.
And when you have to walk out my door...
Just Miss me.
And when we're together, just being bored...
I never thought I'd hear you say it.
"I love you..."
I never thought I'd be saying it back...
"I'll always love you, too..."
The stakes are high,
The water's rough,
The things we'll do...
What we'll do for love...
We know this isn't right,
But we choose to be wrong.
We're supposed to go with the flow,
But we're writing our own love song.
I miss that soft silence,
As we both breathe in.
I just hope that one day soon,
I'll get to hear that silence again.
We know we're a little bit crazy,
And probably not meant to be,
But it'll take more to make us see,
We're off the walls, just slightly,
But we can make this easy,
Because now it's just you and me.
I've never felt so close,
With you I can be me,
I've never felt so secure,
If only we could really be...
More stories of you,
Start to fall into place,
They say you're amazing,
They don't even know your name...
A secret held between us,
Easier for you to overlook,
The only way to spill for me,
Is the ink on the notebook...
Only a few more years,
It'll all fall into place,
Give me one more moment,
And I promise we'll run away.
Just one little secret,
And love you I may,
I can't promise I'll keep it,
Just a kiss on the lips,
Waiting for you to pull away,
I never wanted it to end.
Yeah, that was the day...
I toss and I turn,
When I try to sleep at night,
This time it's all your fault...
You've brought my senses to a new height...
It's like a millon shining stars spelling out your name,
From the moment I said I hated you..
I love how somewhere in between,
That changed to an I love you...
You swore to me you hated me,
I swore my hate for you...
I had my fingers crossed behind my back,
Now I know you were lying too.
My heart is in your hands now,
Please handle it with care.
If you're not ready to care for it,
Gently put it down and leave it there.
If I left, would you chase after me?
If I cried would you be there for me?
If I died, would you shed tears for me?
And if I said I love you,
Would you say you love me, too?
Let's make today last as long as we can,
For all we know, it may never happen again.
Like it's the last time we'll live, we'll touch,
Like it's the last time we'll kiss, the last time we'll love.
I'm a strong girl.
I keep it all in line.
Even if I'm not okay,
I manage to mumble the words "I'm fine."
They ask me if I'd lie to them,
Of course I'd never tell.
After two long years,
Came to short days,
I hope they're right,
About true love always finding a way...
Weekends gone and days passed,
I know you'll be there until the very last,
By my side or miles away,
I know we'll always be okay.
Your dark eyes get me,
as the world fades away,
please, hold me closer,
and kiss me in the rain.
It's just wrong enough,
Enough to feel right.
We smile at each other,
as our hands intertwine.
My footsteps.
They mark the schools,
The trace my home,
But best of all,
They're next to yours.
Meeting you was fate,
an act of destiny.
Being your friends was choice,
The right one, I think.
But loving you? That was beyond my control.
But hey, I'm not complaining.
They're crazy; they lie.
But who cares what they say?
They're full of themselves and jealous,
We know it'll be okay.
Soem people think I don't see it.
But I promise them I do.
When I stick to one boy for a really long time.....
I just really love you...
The memory of love is bittersweet,
Though the love itself was insane.
I used to think of it as perfect,
Now all I find is pain...
Love is blind,
as it tries to make life great.
But life is too freaked out,
Too crazy to see straight...
My hands are shaking cold...
I love you.
Your hands aren't meant for me to hold...
You said you did too.
I sincerely swore that I'd be true...
I believed your lies.
Somehow I still love you...
Yesterday night we went out to wander,
Still just children, chasing after love.
We ran around, hoping for,
That sweet feeling so unheard of.
We laugh at the stars and the shapes they make,
Somehow you brought my walls down,
Never failing to make me smile,
I hope I didn't make a mistake,
Letting you sit down and stay a while.
Just another girl,
All the same,
Ordinary and simple,
Just a different name.
In love she may be,
In love with you,
But would she write,
A poem? For You?
Now helplessly in love,
The first chance she got,
The hurt she'd found before,
She quickly forgot.
She'd made a mistake,
The negatives return,
It ripped her to bits,
As her eyes began to burn.
The faces pass and the places change,
Often I feel I'm all that stays the same.
But after stepping back and looking out,
I realized I've not got anything to worry about.
Do the words still matter?
Are they worth saying to you?
It's easier to keep quiet,
Hiding all feelings from you.
Remembering the past,
When it did matter to you,
When I should've kept quiet,
That girl in the mirror,
Isn't what she seems,
But I CAN promise you this,
That girl is me.
That girl in the mirror,
Is who she is.
She isn't everything,
But she is His.
Held down with love,
Trapped by you,
You stole my heart,
I love you.
I thought I was just a shadow,
On a dull grey wall,
Now I know the truth,
Now I know I was wrong.
The rain is quickly falling,
And I don't know what to do,
Time is slowly passing,
I wish I was still a part of you.
I regret the words I didn't say,
The things I never told you.
On the front porch steps,
We shared a smile.
In the moment we shared,
We hugged a while.
You pulled me in close,
We smiled again,
I like you a lot...
You're more than a friend.
And so when you're trapped,
When you're lost off in space,
It seems there's no one that's left,
I'll be calling your name.
From you I can't run,
From you I can't hide,
I just can't believe,
What you make me feel inside,
From you I can't flee,
From you I can't be,
I just want to believe,
That you are the one for me.
You're like the raindrops,
you fell from the sky,
You opened my heart,
You melted good bye.
You're something that I so badly want,
You're something that I can't not need,
You are what I have to have,
You're the someone that's meant for me.
Something that we want....
Something that we need....
You put your hand in mine.
I can touch the sky.
You look into my eyes...
All the pain quickly dies.
I belong to you, as you do to me.
Just a year ago I'd never have believed.
I'll always be the one that loves you and always cares,
And anytime you need me, I promise I'll be there,
I'll keep you safe, keep you warm.
I'll never let you go because you are the one.
I used to feel as if my heart could never love another,
And now with you I feel like we're meant for each other.
There's nothing I wouldn't do, boy, you know you drive me crazy.
I know I love you,
I know you love me, too.
It's as simple as you and me.
As simple as "We're meant to be."
On binders and bookshelves,
My hands and jeans, too,
On pages and papers,
I'll write of you.
On a strip of duct tape,
Across the top of my shoe,
On all my school folders,
I'm wishing on a shooting star,
Wishing it could take us far,
Wishing we could only be,
Us. You, and me.
You're wishing on a shooting star,
Wishing it could be less hard,
Wishing it was easy,
They swear it happened overnight,
But we both know the truth.
We know just how long it's been,
Two years going, me and you.
They swear it'll never last.
you know you're in love when...
you see each other,
and you just blush.
a blush leads to a smile,
a smile causes a giggle,
a giggle to a laugh,
a laugh becomes a hug,
a hug to a kiss,
You've had me hooked for a while now,
You've got my walls coming quickly down,
You make me smile, I want you to stay,
What can I say, when you make me feel this way?
Every time you hold me close,
He's the only thing that keeps me wishing,
And hoping, needing, and wanting.
He's the same kinda crazy that makes me think,
Think about everything I want "us" to mean.
I know there could be heartbreak.
That crossed my mind a little to late.
I'm busy thinking of your soft hands,
the expectation of your sweet kiss,
And of course what we'd become,
What we would make of this.
Memory after memory,
time after time.
It shouldn't have taken quite so long,
So long to call you mine.
The chances I've taken,
All the risks you took.
The possibility of us being mistaken,
Every little, lost dream,
Every little everything.
Never did I stop to think.
You were where they were leading me.
They've lead me straight to where you are,
Taking me evey where we'll be,
Side by side,
Or miles apart,
It's always you,
That's in my heart.
Day to day,
Year after year,
It's always been you,
That I hold so near.
Time after time,
Friend after Friend,
This castle is bright
Soup of beef and leek
Peace, quiet, and darkness
And it does not feel tight
It is a blanket that wraps me
It is armor that protects me
It is life, the protection of life
I thought I had it all figured out
I thought I knew
how to stop the walls
from falling in again.
But they fell
and I'm begging of you please
to come save me again.
She left us behind with my uncles.During that time i wish i had some muscles.They bet us and torture us with no one to help us.Knowing these things I toughen up to protect us.
I write because I never could throw a punch.
I never could run fast enough jump high enough or beat you in sports at recess,
But I could run circles around your head with unparalleled linguistic prowess.
I spoke daggers,
Tears of saddness
Fears of abandonment
Reckless disobedience
Heart broken and unwanted
Is anybody out there
Life seems so unfair
Just when it seems life is going to end
You're always there
Please excuse me for a moment,
because I have to say something.
I'm about full to burst,
but I don't want to say it.
I know I have to, though.
We have a year, almost exactly,
that's all and you'll be here
You reel me in,
I cringe from you.
You toss me aside,
I hold you down.
You throw me out,
I run away.
You long for me,
I stay in the sidelines.
You lure me back,
I come back,
Who blesses this child that cries alone, when the place that’s safe is farthest from home.
To whom does she thank for the large dreams broken and who will wipe her face when tear stained shirt is soaking.
In a universe
That exists today
Inevitably will obliterate
For this too shall pass away
A kingdom stretching across the sphere
Authority’s on different feet
How could you fight the unknown with no remorse?
When they are simply… the unknown?
Like in wars, or battles
How could you go about, scream and shout, over people you have never seen?
I have come to the realizationthat as a woman of colorI will one day havewith the bittersweet blessingto give birth to a beautiful black baby.Only the third timeI have labeled somethingbittersweet.
I have trained to be a great house, with thick walls, doors only to open on my account.
I needed to separate, to investigate, to deny and to approve for them to come in.
Its under my control.
I write for you
To hear these words
They seem to fly away
Like helpless birds
I write for you
To understand
The love and the pain
All that I can take and all I can stand
A mask of happiness,
Hostile glances,
Confused & timid -
A bubble
Translucent, vulnerable, easy-to-read, small.
With one prick, it is gone.
Every hand held taken back,
Every smile erased;
Diamond dust dances from the frozen frontier.
It clings to my eyelashes, but I see him rush to linger.
Ahead he guards me; protects me.
Beyond the beyond, the mask of danger veils.
