ten thousand miles from home

By Six-Out

dry.tonight- have you seen the world [end]

.tell me a story of my life. as seen through beautiful eyes
bright- and the trail of passion/silk in the sunset
brok.en, and I'm so fucked

drunk and lonely, sometimes: we all need a hand
on the face of my clock- counting down the days until september
a dream of color and gold. and your breath is drenched in atrocity
taste the tip of a bullet, and hope it splits your skull
swallow. our faded tomorrow

and your hands dance an outdated symphony.
orchestrated chaos, as your lips kiss a paper sky-
hearbeats kicked in tune to neverwhere
and perfection is an illusion. voice cracking on the line


drunk and lonely, and I'm brok.en/
and somehow- I hate tomorrow. a bookshelf in the corner

as faces are forgotten- we're lost
fixated.with a chapsticked lip- and a tongue of poison
it's over. fin. the grand finale

and we're all so broken/ this world is fucked

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Copyright 2004 Six-Out
Published on Sunday, December 12, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • PoeticHellion On Thursday, May 25, 2006, PoeticHellion (191)By person wrote:

    I hate you for being so brilliant.

  • A former member wrote: Damn man this was great, especially the second and fourth stanzas and the last line. Awsome fuckin work. ~Ryan

  • BeautifulCalamity On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, BeautifulCalamity (428)By person wrote:

    "and your hands dance an outdated symphony. orchestrated chaos, as your lips kiss a paper sky-". . You always leave me fucking amazed with your words, you're damn great . . you're the talent that I wish I could come close to..

  • Kittichoo On Monday, December 13, 2004, Kittichoo (37)By person wrote:

    true. but atleast we get the comfort that it may be blown up any day now. -Kittichoo

  • glasshouse On Sunday, December 12, 2004, glasshouse (530)By person wrote:

    "orchestrated chaos, as your lips kiss a paper sky-" You make me want to cry with this. I understand it all too well. Nicely done. -Glass

  • girlafraid On Sunday, December 12, 2004, girlafraid (479)By person wrote:

    and somehow- I hate tomorrow. a bookshelf in the corner- i don't know what it is about this line, but i suddenly felt like i understood the stoned mindset you had...and it all came together for that fleeting moment...very cool

  • sIo On Sunday, December 12, 2004, sIo (898)By person wrote:

    *tear*

  • Alacer_Cogitatus On Sunday, December 12, 2004, Alacer_Cogitatus (140)By person wrote:

    this world is indeed fucked, my friend. very well captured. A_C

  • A former member wrote: amazing write

  • Northstar On Sunday, December 12, 2004, Northstar (374)By person wrote:

    wow six---this piece is exceptional--the imagery is so captivating---and your word choice is perfect

  • A former member wrote: lovely. i loved it


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