when lips taste like ashes.
By Six-Out
tears.
they taste like hot ink
and wet paper. when
she turned
I met heartache with a closed fist.
and said to myself
that
today- I wish
I wasn't invincible.
because my words
bear extra weight
and I'm tired.
of forgetting what broken
feels like.
so I threw
indecision to
the stars.
tasting tattered love
reminded me of tears on notebook
paper.
and my pen treats poetry
as if it's dead.
then- I
can trade secrets
with postcards. love in letters
and beat the
sky
to displace the silence
in my chest.
and I never thought
I'd long
for the way
a heart can shatter.
but tonight.
I miss feeling alive.
-pieces inspired by a talk with Diviana
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Copyright 2009 Jon Rodgers
Published on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
Filed under:
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On Sunday, August 24, 2014, soul_versing
(774) wrote:
I'm left with a chalky taste in my mouth now. I've never read a sort of distant rage with such softly written tones before. I'm really speechless here. And I was so definite on what I was going to display here. Well... I loved.
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A former member wrote:
The last six lines were the most powerful for me. The beginning and the middle were extraordinary, but the ending... Awesome write.
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On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Cattarax
(210) wrote:
"today I wish I wasn't invincible" = incredible. I have read this time and time again and still I am at a loss for words. Jon you never cease to amaze me!
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On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, Dilated View
(582) wrote:
Well damn. This left me wounded.
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On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, sIo
(898) wrote:
i've read this several times but never left a comment.
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A former member wrote:
This turned out lovely, babe. I wish we'd written it together
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On Sunday, October 25, 2009, Narcissa
(391) wrote:
Some hearts brake so beautifully...and its sad when the well dries...so the longing starts all over again...you always know how to thread your words with pure poetry...
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A former member wrote:
Where do those beautiful words come from anyway? =)
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On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Moonflower
(298) wrote:
.....i can relate.
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A former member wrote:
"Today- I wish I wasn't invincible" . +tpu+