Sunday, December 8, 2013

brittle

You are the most incredible woman I've ever met. 

Those eyes, dramatically painted in the color of royalty with lashes for days,
a pale shoulder slipping through an oversized neckline -

She will pull you in
and lift you up
  up
                p
          u  
   
and the world falls away
because you are the only person that matters

Mon amour...

You might become addicted to that rolling high
of everything she embodies
for you -
a challenge and a novelty, adventure and good fortune-
undeniably there is no one like her in the world -

yet suspicious
of all who came before and after 

presently
you may find yourself
passionately compelled 
to snatch her down and smash her up
claiming a piece for yourself
before she gets to thinking
she's got it all

with
or
without
you











16 comments:

  1. I'm still hanging on your every word.=]
    This feels true, don't they always try to claim a piece for themselves? What was once so amazingly unique they begin to try to fight its individuality?

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    1. Perhaps the most incredible parts they fall in love with are the most difficult parts they no longer want to strain against in the end.

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  2. so easily addicted, but i do think it's the challenge they become hooked on... it's enlivening.

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    1. And so it becomes your fault when they no longer want you to be who you are... Addiction or not.

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  3. Every line is striking. Too good for words. ♡

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    1. Thanks, Ryan. I can always count on you to come around and say so.. :)

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  5. LuLu, you never fail to deliver... you always make me think and ponder all you words...;-)

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  6. God, I could live in this poem. Beauty beyond words. You write with such grace and clarity.

    Em
    Tightrope to the Sun

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    1. You are most certainly too kind.. thank you thank you.
      xx

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  7. She will pull you in
    and lift you up
    up
    p
    u

    and the world falls away
    because you are the only person that matters

    I love this absolutely beautiful
    missed you
    ER xxx

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    1. Many thanks, ER. I hope you are doing well in your neck of the woods.
      xx

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  8. Sweet holy fuck this was awesome.

    WHO OR WHAT OMG POETRY YOU ARE DELICIOUS AND CONCRETE AND EPHEMERAL ALL AT THE SAME BLOODY TIME

    *Fangirls and passes out*

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    1. Peri, you made me laugh out loud a bit. :) Thanks for that!!
      xx

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