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There’s this pressure building
in my chest that I don’t know
what to do with so I cram mason
jars with cookies, craft mix
tapes full of Americana punk, leaf
through used bookstores, looking
for a taste you never savored, songs you never
heard, books you never read and maybe
I can give you that instead of my feelings.
in my chest that I don’t know
what to do with so I cram mason
jars with cookies, craft mix
tapes full of Americana punk, leaf
through used bookstores, looking
for a taste you never savored, songs you never
heard, books you never read and maybe
I can give you that instead of my feelings.
Literature
matches
i.
i brand broken sentences into the
most hidden parts of my body,
words i never wanted
you to hear -
words i can't ever let you hear.
dictionaries shine through my scars.
ii.
i'm ablaze.
i burn like wood; i burn like a thousand
acres. i only meant to torch this photo of us, dear,
i only meant to burn these last couple of letters.
oh, god, i promise
i didn't mean to burn the bridges, i'm looking for
a way to stop the fire but there's smoke in my lungs
and smoke in my eyes, i can't even
breathe -
iii.
i look up.
you are there,
black match between your thumb and forefinger.
you smile.
Literature
You Will
I
Catholic school can really fuck you up.
Petty insults;
“you have ugly hair”
“got milk?”
Breasts at the age of nine.
Bullying makes you someone you don’t want to become;
hide all that blackness in your heart
with overly cheerful hyperactive personalities
(that make others think you’re a little strange),
quickly forgotten.
Friends can’t tell when you just want to
scream
and cry
and be alone
because of how deep you’ve dug yourself in.
Afraid of yourself, you think and think, and THINK,
until you are terrified you’re going to give in
to those dark thoughts -
(and if you do, then y
Literature
coffee talk
they speak in the
rattle of coffee cups—
sea bent lungs await the press
of the espresso crave lips
as taste fills curling limbs
settling the
stars
in—.
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giving gifts is fun.