beloved v
beloved, i am not indifferent to how you’ve bled / my ears are getting worn from your arrogance, but i swear you are cherished / i know you can’t handle the hurt in your chest / i know it’s getting...
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Filed under: slave Tagged: 2012, art, little boy, little girl, pencil, portrait
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beloved, i know the hell in your chest. i know you’re claustrophobic from the thoughts in your head. i know you struggle to trust my intent. beloved, i know you wish you hadn’t left her wounded. i know...
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beloved. i know your chest feels hollow, but my arms are in it. i know you feel as if you were betrayed, and i know how the tears rolled as you felt your cheek kissed. beloved, here in our garden, i...
View Articleas if (part iii)
would you abuse my daughter, as if i hadn’t entrusted / i know she’s in your heart, but would you not leave it in my chest / as if you both weren’t precious, as if i had anything but the best / would...
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i know it feels as if even my ears are worn out / i know it feels as if it’s a bad dream, & you can’t make yourself get up / i know it feels as if your heart’s been wasted, as if i’ve left it...
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beloved, i know you’re struggling, but my arms are under your shoulders / i know you feel as if you were nothing, but i swear i cherish you as if there’s no other / beloved, i know how your chest is...
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i cherish these moments you pursue my heart, even after your knees have bled. i cherish your chest, and how it leaves you desperate for my strength. i cherish your hands. i know it aches to make them...
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Filed under: slave Tagged: 2013, art, little boy, little girl, pencil, portrait
View Articlelittle boy i
little boy, has your chest buried your heart in your hurt / have you let it decay, did it cry out as you felt as if my eyes turned / little boy, would you let your wounds form lips & curse / do you...
View Articlelittle boy ii
has your heart grown hard, would you make me tear it from your chest / before you’d let go of it, are your eyes still as arrogant / have your hands held tightly, even after i left them broken / i swear...
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can you hear my throat through my arrogance / do you know my heart from it’s shame / would you remove the hell from it, despite it’s sins / can you see the green in my eyes through their pain / do you...
View Articledid you think a few nails a better inheritance
you bled from wrists i punctured, as if you intended my salvation / you knew it’s pain, but you spread my arms as you whispered “beloved son” / my ankles couldn’t support my weight, even before you set...
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i’ve handled myself as if i weren’t your son / my ties to you feel as if they’re water, & not blood / the ache has swelled, as if i’ve struggled, but it’s won / i’ve given in, as if you’ve left my...
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