

I Could PretendI could pretend that I don't see your face every single time I close my eyes,I Could Pretend
or that I never skip up flights of stairs to make it back to you, heart pounding.
I could pretend I have forgotten that your scent reminds me of breezy summer days,
or that I smile at the sound of your voice-- the most beautiful of cliches.
I could pretend that I don't think of you all day-- and in my dreams,
or that I don't feel more alive than I ever have before.
I could pretend that I don't love you with all of my heart-- but I would live a lie.


53. Keeping a SecretMessages from a Morning Hell53. Keeping a Secret
The heart churns poison
into delusions
of grandeur.
Paper cranes tear apart the
perfection she hides behind
so well.
She becomes a rotting blanket
in the sun's chokehold; each rip,
peeled from gangrene fingertips.
Yearning for a little affection-- neglect is a beautiful thorn
inside her mind.
She vomits beauty from her pores: black spiders fallen through
porcelain safety nets.
Each one screaming; devoured, until the body &nb
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Congrats to ~megandurnford and ~LeahBatstone-xo for winning my Collab challenge with Her heart is colder than the ice around her finger [link] !
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Breathe-in experience,
breathe-out poetry.
--Muriel Rukeyser
cheers!
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Breathe-in experience,
breathe-out poetry.
--Muriel Rukeyser
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Hello! I the friendly person. Always well I perceive criticism and I like to communicate with People.. I am always glad with you to communicate. But the matter is that I do not know English .. I from Moscow also write all this only by means of a translati
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Breathe-in experience,
breathe-out poetry.
--Muriel Rukeyser
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Breathe-in experience,
breathe-out poetry.
--Muriel Rukeyser
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