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"
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  • Reefer_rave On Saturday, September 15, 2007, Reefer_rave (139)By person 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..

  • BeautifullyRuined On Saturday, May 12, 2007, BeautifullyRuined (93)By person wrote:

    "you say my imagery is perfect symmetry"honie your imagery is beyond perfect...loved this.

  • anakronistik_me On Thursday, April 19, 2007, anakronistik_me (24)By person 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.

  • vaultgrl On Friday, March 2, 2007, vaultgrl (185)By person 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...

  • vaultgrl On Friday, March 2, 2007, vaultgrl (185)By person 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....

  • Tania On Saturday, February 17, 2007, Tania (192)By person wrote:

    After reading all your stuff *i have decided this is my fave* :)

  • Tonights Decision On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, Tonights Decision (132)By person wrote:

    fantasic poetry..emotions truly felt

  • girlafraid On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid (479)By person 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...

  • girlafraid On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, girlafraid (479)By person wrote:

    and thank you for your comment as well...

  • A former member wrote: kick ass write! blistering imagination.

  • PoeticHellion On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, PoeticHellion (191)By person 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..

  • carlosjackal On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, carlosjackal (2787)By person wrote:

    A great opening and the rest..the rest was an amazing rollercoaster of emotion and beautiful language..Write the hell on..

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Monday, February 5, 2007, TropicalSnowstorm (1580)By person wrote:

    Indeed your imagery is perfect symmetry. : ) Like this piece very much! Aptly described as a mindfuck...a pleasant mindfuck. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • Dissolving Poet On Monday, February 5, 2007, Dissolving Poet (560)By person 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

  • Tania On Monday, February 5, 2007, Tania (192)By person wrote:

    your talent is amazing..no bull

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (696)By person wrote:

    sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (696)By person wrote:

    just so no one has to look it up to unersand, Anablephobia = the fear of looking up

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, February 5, 2007, Bella Butchery (696)By person 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

  • Lynaes On Monday, February 5, 2007, Lynaes (854)By person wrote:

    Ditto to Midnight, the last three lines still get me.

  • Sin On Monday, February 5, 2007, Sin (1135)By person wrote:

    *smiles* im glad you reposted this...i thought it was good the first time and i must say it still rocks ~kristy

  • Aunty Depressant On Monday, February 5, 2007, Aunty Depressant (423)By person wrote:

    I forget who it was that said lies are what actually hold together a relationship. I really like the blunt observation regarding flattery.

  • Mylissa On Monday, February 5, 2007, Mylissa (825)By person 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.

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