You know what my favorite aspect of committed life is? When you snap Yell Bite But it’s ok. Because you didn’t MEAN it. But when I’m left with the Reservations of your actions, It’s me who’s the difficult one. Because I didn’t cater to your Waves of instability. Laugh out loud. You remind me of your father Your remind me of my father. I guess it’s a guy thing.
I mean, I get it by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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I mean, I get it
I mean, I get it, right? Why would you want to be my friend. There are boundaries and reservations to be upheld, and I’m not allowed to cross those. Because they’re not my reservations, Grown organically from personal apprehensions. No. They are spurned from your own thoughts, that say my authority is to be feared, Not fraternized with. So I’ll spend another day, Staying mute so others can be vocal. I will ruminate in my loneliness, And remember not to provoke the emotions of others, By being myself. I can stay this way. Quiet and alone. “Maybe they will like me now.” Maybe now you’ll be my friend?
Alone But Married by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Alone But Married
I guess I’ll die in isolation while surrounded by people I’m literally screaming and crying for one on one time just some fragment of love And instead I’m told how acts of service show love and I need to stop being So damn demanding Taking the dogs out is great Thanks But maybe ask how my day is Or just want to kiss me without being asked. Nothing but wishful thinking, clearly I’m just waiting here for someone to care enough to want to love me Instead of having expectations for how I should be loved Sun rises, sun falls And my aspirations fall with it Down into the dusky moments when you’re not really sure if you’re here or there Just always lost Always searching For a hand to hold that is readily reaching for mine Instead of blindly grasping for some sense of solidity. I’d say I’m lonely but that doesn’t seem to do much these days So I guess I’m just apathetic Because why should I care about a nonexistent love Or a selfish one that only listens to its own interpretation of my heart
I can’t just type this into the vacuum of the internet apparently Instead, I have to deal with the rude remarks of spellcheck Hammering into me how poor my grammar has become Or perhaps, simply how “out of sorts” I am. How comical. Even now the tiny, angry Little Blue Mark Under my PUNCTUATION Laughs at me Shit. I’m going to have to start over now. Whoops.
Oh that#8217s right by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
Literature
Oh that#8217s right
Oh that’s right These are the moments That invoke the feelings That make you feel numb. Thanks for the reminder. I feel real existence once more.
Reflections
I sit here musing in the embrace of a king sized mattress
With sheets the color crayola would call “blue”.
These thoughts keep permeating my head
To the point it’s hard to identify reality due to their
All consuming essence.
I wonder what it’s like to be alone
Relinquished from this duty to be present in another’s daily routine.
I think I have been struggling with feeling alone while present around others
As though I’m just
Not meant to be
Understood.
I try so hard to be conscientious
Of the tides of others’ waters,
And yet no one sees my little dingy floating absently away,
Forgott
A nameless thought by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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A nameless thought
The vastness of infinity is what lays on the outer reaches of my mind
And I feel like I touch upon it
Now and then
Without ever an inkling of intention to.
Here I find myself sitting in a state of
Utter
Discontent.
What am I upset at?
Those who fail to see me,
Or me for failing to be seen?
Maybe it’s just the in my head.
No one faces realty like I do.
But then, maybe it’s because we face different realities.
What is our life but a decomposition of memories to fertilize our futures?
Fragile Bouquet by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Fragile Bouquet
These words are being pulled from my heart Like an anchor pulled from an unforgiving sea current. Again and again it happens. I find myself giving away my emotions like a bouquet, To anyone who is willing to stop for a moment And admire my fragile beauty. With such utter care am I placed in a glass vase, But the vase is not placed within the hands of the sun; rather I am confinded to the corner of your kitchen counter, Hidden from plain sight. “Maybe you don’t know what I need” I say to myself, My stem leaning towards the warmth catching onto Irish lace Pouring in through the window. “Maybe if you just see that I’m asking for nourishment”. I can hear voices from the hall, Grizzled tones of familiarity And a lilting whisper of secrecy. “Who is that?” Auburn locks and olive skin block out the sun I am so hungry for, And doe like eyes meet my inquiry. I stand straight and tall, allowing my bloom to expand out As fingertips would towards the sky. Questions are asked, and brushed off, And I
Speaking on the Greater Magnitude by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Speaking on the Greater Magnitude
There is a magnitude greater than myself I wish to speak on,
if this audience would humor me if only for a
small allotted section of time.
The grand weaver has truly strung His strings today,
in the most chaotic and turbulent sense
of the phrase.
The pastels bleed into the neon,
and there's no sense of clarity,
even less so when the occasional black thread spools out into a spiderweb,
interceding all in its path with minimal consideration.
There are instances when our fingertips are soft against a butterfly,
causing it's wings to beat breath into the air
as the winds of change take hold.
These consequences are but unconscious careens
I can’t just type this into the vacuum of the internet apparently Instead, I have to deal with the rude remarks of spellcheck Hammering into me how poor my grammar has become Or perhaps, simply how “out of sorts” I am. How comical. Even now the tiny, angry Little Blue Mark Under my PUNCTUATION Laughs at me Shit. I’m going to have to start over now. Whoops.
Reflections
I sit here musing in the embrace of a king sized mattress
With sheets the color crayola would call “blue”.
These thoughts keep permeating my head
To the point it’s hard to identify reality due to their
All consuming essence.
I wonder what it’s like to be alone
Relinquished from this duty to be present in another’s daily routine.
I think I have been struggling with feeling alone while present around others
As though I’m just
Not meant to be
Understood.
I try so hard to be conscientious
Of the tides of others’ waters,
And yet no one sees my little dingy floating absently away,
Forgott
A nameless thought by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
Literature
A nameless thought
The vastness of infinity is what lays on the outer reaches of my mind
And I feel like I touch upon it
Now and then
Without ever an inkling of intention to.
Here I find myself sitting in a state of
Utter
Discontent.
What am I upset at?
Those who fail to see me,
Or me for failing to be seen?
Maybe it’s just the in my head.
No one faces realty like I do.
But then, maybe it’s because we face different realities.
What is our life but a decomposition of memories to fertilize our futures?
Fragile Bouquet by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
Literature
Fragile Bouquet
These words are being pulled from my heart Like an anchor pulled from an unforgiving sea current. Again and again it happens. I find myself giving away my emotions like a bouquet, To anyone who is willing to stop for a moment And admire my fragile beauty. With such utter care am I placed in a glass vase, But the vase is not placed within the hands of the sun; rather I am confinded to the corner of your kitchen counter, Hidden from plain sight. “Maybe you don’t know what I need” I say to myself, My stem leaning towards the warmth catching onto Irish lace Pouring in through the window. “Maybe if you just see that I’m asking for nourishment”. I can hear voices from the hall, Grizzled tones of familiarity And a lilting whisper of secrecy. “Who is that?” Auburn locks and olive skin block out the sun I am so hungry for, And doe like eyes meet my inquiry. I stand straight and tall, allowing my bloom to expand out As fingertips would towards the sky. Questions are asked, and brushed off, And I
Speaking on the Greater Magnitude by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
Literature
Speaking on the Greater Magnitude
There is a magnitude greater than myself I wish to speak on,
if this audience would humor me if only for a
small allotted section of time.
The grand weaver has truly strung His strings today,
in the most chaotic and turbulent sense
of the phrase.
The pastels bleed into the neon,
and there's no sense of clarity,
even less so when the occasional black thread spools out into a spiderweb,
interceding all in its path with minimal consideration.
There are instances when our fingertips are soft against a butterfly,
causing it's wings to beat breath into the air
as the winds of change take hold.
These consequences are but unconscious careens
Holy grace is held within cupped hands
Crinkled with eroding time
Extended invitingly,
Will you suckle their
Honey nectar?
Molten gold may lap at your tongue
Giving off an odor of faint florals
And newly hedged grass.
But mayhaps it ferments as your tastebuds
Rise to greet it,
And the rotten potion leaves you
Spewing sacrilegious bile on the
Broken floor your stand on.
Was it the drink or the vessel that such carried ill-intentions?
Waning Love in the Candlelight by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Waning Love in the Candlelight
I have these dreams
I’ve only just come to accept as realized.
I am striving actively towards that which I can see
As a reflection of my utmost sins and desires.
Bid me welcome with open arms
May you,
And act as a basin for my
Ever trickling thoughts.
I want you to drink in my fragrance
As your fingers shift between the layers of hair
Protruding as a wild mane;
Stark against trembling pale edges.
Act as though your arms have never met mine
And every freckle is a new location on the treasure map
By body has created before you.
Fingerprints should be smudged on glasses,
Lilting intimacy whispered in the ebbing glow of
Candles.
My re
Railroad to Clarity by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Railroad to Clarity
I'm walking through a lateral landscape
Where time lapses inadvertently
which I can't help but find
quite extraordinary.
Hickory laced smoke finds passage into
my transmission communicators,
and I'm marooned on a plain of thought.
Grey erases the luminescence of my body
and my shadow arises.
Fractals of light
pigmented with the ruby under-glow of flesh and blood
disperse from my being and I am only
dark matter.
Suspended aloft in mindful purgatory,
a light pierced the murky gloom,
leaving its saber pointed path onobscured.
Though the echoing dimness lapped at its river
of golden glow,
there was not a darkness so hollow that could con
Appetite for Flesh by HeartShapeGlasses007, literature
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Appetite for Flesh
A primitive gnawing for flesh
Knots my stomach
And makes jelly of my legs
My passion is denied
Perhaps even detested
I look at other romances with
An unflattering jealous air
Wanting warmth to settle beside me
Instead of cold nonchalantness
I want to be wanted
To be needed and feasted upon
Where I am the most delicious morsel
And your appetite is never complete
Smell me, see me, taste me
Consume me
The nature sleeps so I must be awake In dead of winter My blood boils and my fingers twitch My mind reaching out To the twisting roots hidden underneath The sea is frozen so I must run In circles waiting for a signal to slow down Snow-white wind chills to the bone And the moon is silent As if also waiting for salvation In darkness of the mighty woods Here I stalk threads of my innocence Frail and shaking to the core I do not let up Until I leave my earthly body and its mind Until but the idea of me remains Branches rustle anticipating My return to the soil that feeds them And I wonder if I ever was at all Or if the trees are merely dreaming of me
Dear all the important numbers in my life:
Social security number,
I’ve known you since birth
School year,
I’m glad I outgrew you
Years of my life,
You never match the age of my soul
Credit score,
We’ve had our ups and downs
Years I’ve lived under the same roof,
Never long enough
Library card number,
You’re the most important number of all
I feel like I'm trying to balance a Tonka truck On a toothpick But if the shoe fits I declare I am in fact aware of this mental illness That leaves me impaired Compared to those who don't stare At the jumbled numbers expecting Some deep life changing message to be there
Alas, my dear, You shall not fear the wicked. Their scimitar spines may protrude through their skin, Their boxcutter tongues may lash out and lay waste, And their hollow point bullet eyes may pierce your heart, But you needn't fear. For those wretched apparitions have but one sustenance, A quality found in most but not in you. Despondency. You, my dear, are the pinnacle of high spirits and hope. Your broadsword spine, the defender of innocence. Your razor-sharp wit, solving life's puzzles. Your machine gun mouth, spewing bullets packed with pride. You needn't fear.
Eyes that see
The taste of geometries
Tongue provoked by
Light-assaulted lenses
Blood circulates through
Pulsating teeth
Into the throat wide open
Tendrils extend
From the gray matter
The turbulent surface
Of the sleepless brain
Hands chase shimmers
Fingers twisted backwards
Stroke the atmosphere
Growing louder
The selfness itself
The whisperer inside
The unknown of the known
Consuming everything
With its subjectivity
Knowing, feeling, guessing
What’s normality
Searching for the Other
In need for identity
Let it all melt
Into itself
Break the illusion
Of safety in boundaries
Eyes that taste
A tongue that sees
Cells electrified
Merge
There’s nothing more exhausting than expressing your emotions and having them fall on aggressive ears
Being called psycho for displaying sadness and loneliness is just a display of insecurity and defensiveness.
What to do when the one who owns your heart, keeps it in a box but doesn’t speak to it.
What to do when you love so hard but feel empty.
Being alone and feeling unrelatable is torture.
There’s nothing more repressive than being told your feelings are invalid, and to get over it.
I’m trying to build a bridge over these troubled waters, I promise.
I’m trying to decide if you’re a stepping stone
Sometimes I really do forget the sensation of sitting on here for hours on end, finding new connections through my computer screen. I developed into something greater than I thought I could be; I become myself, and accepted every moment that is compiled into me.
So as this feels like a beginning, this is me saying Hello. My name is Juniper Jones, and this is the bearing of my honest thoughts. This is where I reveal my reality.
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