GentlemanI can't pretend to be a gentleman:Gentleman
"I want a gentleman to love me," you tell me carelessly. I just laugh. Gentlemen may open the door for you but I can open the world for you. Run through the parking lot with me and we'll play cops and robbers together. Climb to the top of the water tower with me and we'll watch the stars together. Drive past the turn that leads home and we'll speed towards nothing and everything together. Jump off this cliff with me and we'll fall into the water together. You say you want a gentleman but, darling, I'm in love with you.
Don't hit a ladyHaven't you heard, "Don't hit a lady?":Don't hit a lady
Day has given way to heavy darkness. She has given way to weighty guilt. He is gone now but not before leaving his mark. Standing shirtless before her mirror she studies her abdomen, mottled with bruises, swollen and tender. Blue and purple, freshly given; yellow and green, fading with time. It's almost beautiful- his perverse masterpiece on her pale canvas. Colors were never so violent before him. Turning away, she delicately slips on a shirt, erasing his disappointment the only way she can. Turning off the light, she feels she can finally disappear. Maybe he won't come b
Work and playWork and play are never okay to mix the way we do:Work and play
He can barely look at you now and you can barely speak. The others say nothing but you see the curious stares and whispered conversations behind guiltless hands. You wonder how the balance was lost as you take one last, slow drag on your final cigarette. (You promised him you would quit- it's the least you can do). You whisper a goodbye into the void, crush your cigarette beneath your heel and step inside. He passes you in the hall and his eyes flick immediately to the door behind you, avoiding your uncertain gaze. You say a soft hello anyway.
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When I'm down, I want you above me.
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Ear cataracts?
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Web comic Lashes > [link] ♥
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light ~ Dylan Thomas
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I Rly Lk Fllng n Th Blnks
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"This is our daughter Dottie. And this is our other daughter...... Dottie's sister"
"Litter this heart" very cool...
welcome to DA...
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I am just ONE YOU are the MANY
P.S. Thanks about the name, by the way. It's from a poem I wrote. Maybe I should post those... lol.
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~For what, we ask, is life without a touch of Poetry in it?~
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