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Literature Text
it is
too late
and i
had forgotten
to be, and you
had forgotten
how to love and i -
a pile
of throw aways,
a mess
of nothing and you,
a line of things
unwritten and unsaid and how
am i supposed to tell you now,
speaking to dust and spiders
locked inside of me,
and you, always too much
(i can't breathe) and i
had forgotten
how to be
too late
and i
had forgotten
to be, and you
had forgotten
how to love and i -
a pile
of throw aways,
a mess
of nothing and you,
a line of things
unwritten and unsaid and how
am i supposed to tell you now,
speaking to dust and spiders
locked inside of me,
and you, always too much
(i can't breathe) and i
had forgotten
how to be
Literature
...you ask me, and i say...
i.
you ask me how i feel
and i say,
"fine."
you don't hear it in my tone,
but what i really mean is,
"terrible."
i don't tell you
that my skin is sagging from my bones
and
my heart skips two beats at a time
and
my lungs are wracked with pain
because i'm holding back.
i don't tell you
that when i wake up in the mornings,
it feels as if my dreams are drowning me
and all i want to do
is fall asleep peacefully for once.
ii.
you ask me what i'm thinking
and i say,
"nothing."
you don't see it in my gaze,
but what i really mean is,
"everything that matters."
i don't tell you
that my mind is a tornado
spanning the distanc
Literature
perfection, LOVE, imperfection
Describe yourself in one word:
i'mperfect
"no, no, love.
you're putting apostrophes
where they don't belong."
"no, no, no.
one, i'm not your love.
two, i'm not a grammar freak.
three, i don't be long anyway.
i don't be long anywhere
i don't be long (to) anybody.
it won't b
Literature
love poem for a linguist
I love you
without modifiers,
without anything
additional, optional—
like the skeleton
of a sentence,
the essentials of meaning.
I love you
with nouns and verbs
and prepositions,
with the barest
of intentions,
a paring down
of poetry,
a grammar of my own design
in which everything
is integral
and necessary.
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i need sleep. it's too late to be up, my roommate says, i should be sleeping. why aren't i sleeping.
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