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from where i stand, it is just a four letter word
by Lauren Pearlwe live in a slipspace universe
where lovers tear at the bedsheets.
where you and i sleep, under this city
of busy streets and quiet places, is a
blanket of heaven waiting to smother you
waiting, as I have, to take its fair share
of your heart, bleeding out your imperfections
until you are bone marrow and molars
and not much else.
we speak in silences, scared to open
our mouths for all we touch turns
numb, cold and dying, then dead.
i gasped your name from my dying
throat; sobbing, whispered breath-
lessly into the mouthpiece,
i would believe in love
if it wasnt so easy to fall out of. 06/19/2004 Author's Note: this has holes and it feels incomplete. i think it will patch itself with time.
Posted on 06/19/2004
Copyright © 2025 Lauren Pearl
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Ginette T Belle on 06/20/04 at 05:21 AM beautiful...i like a lot |
| Posted by Max Phineas on 09/05/06 at 11:47 PM This is probably the most deserving POTD I've ever seen! I just love it! |
| Posted by Ava Blu on 12/10/09 at 03:34 PM $#%@. this should have more comments. love it. |
| Posted by Cassandra Leigh on 06/07/13 at 01:55 AM the last stanza. WHAM. |
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