The Pale Effort
Written During a Period of Time When Working 27-Hour Shifts Was Regular
You're the crumbs, left not found.
The novelty won't fade.
By the ridge, I would call.
My crime was with no one.
Needed to know, needed to know.
Answer me!
You told me I was lost inside, I whipped away your smile.
If it has given you a reason for life, then I must go away and be left alone.
You told me I am lost inside and I wipe away your smile.
It's the right thing, do you know?
At least everyone thinks I am saying so.
The violence was home, and it made the lies, it made the love.
Answer me!
You told me I was lost inside, I whipped away your smile.
If it's given you a reason for life, then I must go away and be left alone.
Told me I am lost inside and I wipe away your smile.
Sickboy Lecuyer
"Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe paints a fairly clear picture.
"Everyone rushes in here so damn fast." Jokingly I say to my husband, "they remind me of the horses at the gate at the Kentucky Derby."
Perfection
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Perfection I want to be a dancer But my dad says that dancers are skinny. I want to be an actress But my mother tells me
False Light
DQDonna Quigley3 years ago
False Prophet Fake King Lying Lover Narcissist You said I was perfect But then I could do no right You said we were destined
I've been floating up here for over an hour. At first I was reading the doctor's lips. They found her frozen. That's crazy, I thought.
Social Anxiety
Taylah Alexandra4 years ago
I stand and wait, My hands clammy and my throat tight, I recite it over and over in my head, I fear I'm going to fumble, humiliate myself.
Basement Dwellers
Andrew Arnett3 years ago
We had spent the day trudging through an abandoned ghost town, in the Rocky Mountains. but there were no ghosts to be found.
