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I Dare You to Cross the Moat

You talk about standards.Are mine too high?Or maybe you just set the bar too low. (It’s barely off the ground, baby.)You want me to see you with a crownSet you on a throneTreat you like a king.(Trust, I’m able.)While all I request Is a text back,A smile,A laugh. (But you can’t even do that.)I’m no princess,I’m a fucking queen. I don’t want your money,I don’t need protection. I have my own…

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The stars stare back when I look at the skyI can hear them laughingLittle twinkling sounds In an otherwise quiet night.Their laugh petrifies meAs if they simply needed to remind meThat they are so much prettierThan I could ever be.

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The ocean’s tide rolls over the sandAs if it needs to remind the groundWhich of them there’s more of.Rushing out to deposit clumps of seaweedOr shift the rocks under footPulling the seashells in and out on a whim.Sea glass and small golden shells bespeckle the beachPolka dots on a granular ground.The sand shifts away,Rolling gently down the duneAs a child attempts to slide down itMuch to her…

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Freezing Mare

Blue fingertips on lavender silk Cashmere pulled tight over my shoulders Shivering, head bent towards his chest His arm encircling my waist, reaching behind my knees And gathering me up easily As if I were a bundle of twigs for the fire But treating me like a skittish mare Holding tight But gentle As if I could rear my head up and throw him right off the back… Rather, I’m too contented listening to the…

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Runaway Prince Charming

It’s like standing inside the clock tower I can hear the gears grinding around me The tick of the second hand growing ever closer To the deafening gong of the midnight bells Trilling over head And all I can do is hold my ears, Palms pressed flat over them Begging for the sound to stop Begging for a Cinderella moment. Hell, I’d rather turn into a pumpkin Than admit to having stood here for five hours Hiding…

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Mother Monster

“I don’t want to be hurt” Is what you tell her. Her lips are on fire Burning you with every kiss Smoke pouring into your lungs As you choke on her affection. Her tongue is a knife Every word plunging deeper into your heart Pumping blood faster just to keep up As more pours out. It certainly doesn’t feel like pain… – Right? Her hands are hammers Every flick of her fingers digs her nails deeper into your skin Pi…

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And she stared off into the distance Like a woman waiting on the pier For a ship to come in And reunite her With someone she already knows is gone And is better off for it. The bittersweet melancholy Of missing someone she loved But loving the gentle crashing of the waves Reminding her that she’s free again.

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Spoken

Your words are like rocks They’re easy to understand Straightforward And exactly what they seem. But gemstones are rocks too And sometimes they’ll shine Or come out beautifully, Often they make me smile. But stones and rocks Are nothing like flowers. They aren’t sweet, soft, beautiful, fragile. They support them And keep them going But they don’t whisper sweet nothings Or comfort you when you’re…

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I want to see you smile So she’d better be bringing one to your lips. I want to see you laugh So I’ll crack a bad joke here and there, Pray that you laugh simply despite them not being funny. I want to see you happy And I worry you’re not getting that. She thinks I want more But who says you have to be in love with someone Just to want the best for them? Who made the rule that you can’t care about…

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If you could see what was right in front of you That there are good things in your life And it’s simply that the bad ones like to stand out I don’t think I’d have to worry about you as much But maybe that’s just my optimism speaking And in my shoes, I see the bad things too I just never stopped fighting to find the light.

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Yes, I know that a word is just a word. But honestly? I just don’t need your fucking tone today.

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Spite me.

Why not? You seem to anyways. But maybe you’re hesitant Only because no one has asked you to before.

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Post Chaise

Warning: Not suitable for children.

The wind brushed gently up against Amie’s cheek, reminding her that this was, in fact, not a dream. She glanced up at the ethereal looking shop front. Golden leaves that seemed as thin and as real as that of a rose gently climbed up the sides of the doorframe, multi-colored stained glass orchids popped out on vines made – seemingly – of pure emerald. The door…

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I drown From bright eyes and a silken tongue You overpower me

Even when you’re gone All I can smell is your cologne My lips still tickle where your teeth were

You’re a golden boy Even if you think you’re made of coal Isn’t that what you get for being bad?

Being beneath you Makes me want to give in to you But I’ll never be able to keep you if I do.

I’ll fight for top spot Struggle against your…