.Bleach.Seasons.

By K_Love

I suffocate myself in maple stems and swallowed dead grass.
The congestion of cluttered skies makes me cough.
Looking through melting bark and buildings.
I fall into place with the death of a season.

Paralyzed by the sound of rain.
I run my hands along the windowsill.
Wishing I could feel more than cold glass.
Wishing I were more.

Than cold glass.

&.

I feel nothing when I’m stuck between last breaths and stationary hearts.
Beating out a rhythm that no one can comprehend.
I fall against disintegrating buildings.
And I breathe in air that doesn’t satisfy my lungs.

Disassemble.

The mouth cut into tulips.

Bury.

The [lie]lacs cut into pieces.

I choke on a season never meant to be mine.

While you fucked my heart, I always made love to you.

Smothered with your contamination, I bleach my insides at night.

The cords stick out from my ribs. The lace twisted through my spine.

The leaves crumble as they fall.

Fall crumbles as it leaves.

Just like the seasons.

You always twisted my words.

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Published on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Filed under: "Poetry"

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March 8th, 2017

Comments on ".Bleach.Seasons."

On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Queazenart (200) wrote:

What a powerful piece. Your images of nature colliding with anatomy is striking. The bitter sadness and the reveal in the fourth cluster of lines (I hesitate to call it a stanza) are painful- but not in the sappy sort of way. It's like a visceral, literal pain. Brilliant piece. Congrats of PotD.
A former member wrote: The first stanza really produced a truly unpleasant flavor to the taste buds in my eyes. I don't mean that in a negative way at all either. I found it SO well written, I actually tasted medicine and sickness in my mouth as I read it. The rest was most expertly administered with surgical precision as well. Well done, poet. Congrats on potd.
A former member wrote: Congratulations on getting Poem Of The Day! Queen Reb:).
A former member wrote: I love ur style of writing. Great imagery. ][][
On Monday, November 22, 2010, Corinthian (306) wrote:

Dances soft circles across my tongue
On Wednesday, July 7, 2010, A Life Without You (146) wrote:

hey excellent write
On Thursday, May 13, 2010, alex herewane (149) wrote:

I have just become a fan your work is teaching me
On Thursday, December 3, 2009, K_Love (525) wrote:

Thank you everyone :]
A former member wrote: You have a really unique and wonderful way with your words. I truly enjoyed this and I thank you for sharing!! =)
A former member wrote: You have a way of twisting words into dreams. I've always admired that. Bravo.
On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, ashottothetemple (37) wrote:

this was beautiful k, long time no see and bravo on a breathtaking work
A former member wrote: this is gorgeous "fall crumbles as it leaves"... it feels like my lungs are being compressed while reading it.. followed by such a brutal revelation.. your pain is deeply felt.. with the seasons..