Anablephobia and The Faded Stars Between Us

By Bella Butchery

Shadows on a dim one way street
We pretend we found someone
That we finally found someone
But every game must have its end

Ever special?
Nothing special?

This is a lesson on how to fall...

We speak white out lies
And massaged truths
Blank stares swell
Like waves
And tears burst

A halt to heavy shoulders

Looking down we watch our step
Anablephobia sinks our feet
Into grey silhouettes
That feels like a warm bath
frozen in a single moment

You say my imagery
Is perfect symmetry
And you think
I am filled with hate

I say your flattery
Is needless sympathy
And I think you
Are full of shit

Locked into a trance
Blocked into a silence
But somehow the void collapsed
Into itself
Like lack-luster stars
Or a day dream that blinks
In the passenger seat

Tattered nightmares leads restless sleep
Into our half in half out
That speaks volumes
As a buoyant lingering touch
Fades away like the color
From your face

but our hands are tired
from the grip,

the frost graced
our eyes,
And dew spits your lashes
Through a fatal gaze

You still are all that I dream

So please…

I would rather keep sleeping

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Published on Monday, February 5, 2007. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Anablephobia and The Faded Stars Between Us"

On Saturday, September 15, 2007, Reefer_rave (146) wrote:

ditto... love the part about being full of shit, can't believe I hadn't found it before. I can definatly see why it's on someones favs.
A former member wrote: i'm not exactly sure how to comment on this..it's beyond beautifull..
On Saturday, May 12, 2007, BeautifullyRuined (94) wrote:

"you say my imagery is perfect symmetry"honie your imagery is beyond perfect...loved this.
On Thursday, April 19, 2007, anakronistik_me (24) wrote:

i agree with vaultgirl; amazing. and the last three lines are just splendid. been there before; reminds me of a time long ago when i didn't have the one i wanted.
On Friday, March 2, 2007, vaultgrl (185) wrote:

this is amazing....."you void collapsed into itself".....i love this line....and the last three lines....been there before, great wordking.....i love your diction :)....awesome write...
On Friday, March 2, 2007, vaultgrl (185) wrote:

....."shadows on a dim one way street".......i love this imagery.....creates a vivid picture in the readers mind.....ready to go where ever you take it...which you did so well....
On Saturday, February 17, 2007, Tania (197) wrote:

After reading all your stuff *i have decided this is my fave* :)
On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, Tonights Decision (137) wrote:

fantasic poetry..emotions truly felt
On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid (480) wrote:

i love the flattery line, but it's all perfect. you chose the exact words and images to describe this, like plucking thoughts from a racing mind...
On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid (480) wrote:

and thank you for your comment as well...
A former member wrote: kick ass write! blistering imagination.
On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, PoeticHellion (191) wrote:

This is fantastic.
A former member wrote: "...a dim one way street We pretend" Love the internal rhyme (a fave free-fom style of mine). "We speak white out lies" Well, just shoot me in my Anablephobiac face! Feel like I'm falling when I'm looking up; all the buildings like bent words "Into grey
A former member wrote: ...silhouettes" The perfect poetry here is "half in half out" in that " Tattered nightmare_" way; tatterdemallion waves of vivid imagery, volumes, color(s). Read this poem and be prepared for that "fatal gaze" that will graze your senses like wild Waits..
On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, carlosjackal (3011) wrote:

A great opening and the rest..the rest was an amazing rollercoaster of emotion and beautiful language..Write the hell on..
On Monday, February 5, 2007, TropicalSnowstorm (1703) wrote:

Indeed your imagery is perfect symmetry. : ) Like this piece very much! Aptly described as a mindfuck...a pleasant mindfuck. Ciao, T/S
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Dissolving Poet (564) wrote:

Wow, the best way to explain this is a major mind-fuck.. I was really zooming into this piece until my head was spun off my shoulders, you my friend are magical and incredible ~Mirrored Nymph
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Tania (197) wrote:

your talent is amazing..no bull
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (724) wrote:

sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (724) wrote:

just so no one has to look it up to unersand, Anablephobia = the fear of looking up
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (724) wrote:

Your fear of looking up can result in the following symptoms: breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sen
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Lynaes (859) wrote:

Ditto to Midnight, the last three lines still get me.
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Sin (1168) wrote:

*smiles* im glad you reposted this...i thought it was good the first time and i must say it still rocks ~kristy
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Aunty Depressant (434) wrote:

I forget who it was that said lies are what actually hold together a relationship. I really like the blunt observation regarding flattery.
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Mylissa (845) wrote:

"I say your flattery Is needless sympathy And I think you Are full of shit" Not to flatter...but LOVE it. Can't compete with that. Perfect.