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
Comments on "Anablephobia and The Faded Stars Between Us"
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On Saturday, September 15, 2007, Reefer_rave
(139) 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.
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A former member wrote:
i'm not exactly sure how to comment on this..it's beyond beautifull..
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On Saturday, May 12, 2007, BeautifullyRuined
(93) wrote:
"you say my imagery is perfect symmetry"honie your imagery is beyond perfect...loved this.
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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.
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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...
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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....
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On Saturday, February 17, 2007, Tania
(192) wrote:
After reading all your stuff *i have decided this is my fave* :)
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, Tonights Decision
(132) wrote:
fantasic poetry..emotions truly felt
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid
(479) 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...
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid
(479) wrote:
and thank you for your comment as well...
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A former member wrote:
kick ass write! blistering imagination.
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On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, PoeticHellion
(191) wrote:
This is fantastic.
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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
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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..
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On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, carlosjackal
(2788) wrote:
A great opening and the rest..the rest was an amazing rollercoaster of emotion and beautiful language..Write the hell on..
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, TropicalSnowstorm
(1580) wrote:
Indeed your imagery is perfect symmetry. : ) Like this piece very much! Aptly described as a mindfuck...a pleasant mindfuck. Ciao, T/S
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Dissolving Poet
(560) 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
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Tania
(192) wrote:
your talent is amazing..no bull
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery
(696) wrote:
sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery
(696) wrote:
just so no one has to look it up to unersand, Anablephobia = the fear of looking up
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery
(696) 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
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Lynaes
(854) wrote:
Ditto to Midnight, the last three lines still get me.
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Sin
(1135) wrote:
*smiles* im glad you reposted this...i thought it was good the first time and i must say it still rocks ~kristy
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Aunty Depressant
(423) wrote:
I forget who it was that said lies are what actually hold together a relationship. I really like the blunt observation regarding flattery.
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On Monday, February 5, 2007, Mylissa
(825) 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.