My name is Perfection.

By Dei

I wore "cold" like a too sheer dress that never fit quite right.
And I held tattered unsent love letters like a shield over my chest.
And every time I shivered and my bones cracked, I swore. It's for the best.

But you stared just a little too deep and a little too long and you noticed
Just a little too easily the way all that ice on my chest reflected your silhouette
In crystal prism just a little too beautifully even before we met.

Your fingers leapt. forward. fearfully. and when they grazed my skin
I saw the shock of it sizzle your eyelashes. and you grasped so tight.
Then with out reservation We completely conquered Us. Breaking down while tearing up.
You kissed my cerulean lips till they blushed. My soul begged you to say my name.
And you called me "Perfection".

The resulting rush. The crush. of gravity into the singularity forming in my chest
And making my eyes sing. This is what it is to LIVE poetically. And not just write it.
This is the sum of Day-mares and Night-dreams that drowned me too many times
Till I tired of choking on lonely while calling it "apathy".

This is what all these people fear and lust and beg for like addicts and whores
Conjugated like fragmented sentences running on forever and tripping on critics.
Let's waltz badly to the sound of familiar hearts screaming in hoarse voices,
Pleading for this kind of Serenity.

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Copyright 2012 Nefarious
Published on Friday, November 1, 2013.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Damn Good Poem.. Well Written..

  • Ravenblade On Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Ravenblade (307)By person wrote:

    Your use of imagery shows how beautiful your words are...I wish I could describe visions in such detail...keep up the great work

  • A former member wrote: cant really say enough about the feeling and energy this radiates... simply glowing.

  • Melancholic VIncent On Monday, December 31, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    Poetically written, I loved the whole poem, really heart felt, you are a wonderful writer and an intense lover, I would say

  • Alchemist On Monday, November 26, 2012, Alchemist (679)By person wrote:

    I'm so many things but mostly I'm an addict and a whore and your works are my drug. Your words are like a muse to my most inner thoughts, get out of my head.

  • A former member wrote: This is really brilliantly written. I showed 6 of my friends this poem~

  • dwells On Saturday, November 24, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    And who could argue, and who could deny that which comes unanounced, to grasp it completely - and jealousy guard it. Cheers AD!

  • FadedBlues On Thursday, November 22, 2012, FadedBlues (2096)By person wrote:

    ...the beauty of being in the poem, where love is an ode, & time is iambic...

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