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Oh Lucy, Where Art Thou?

Between the "every-once-in-a-while"'s And the "once-upon-a-time"'s There are Heroes and Villians Empires and Fiefdoms Operas with belting singers Marching armies with war drums But there are also cracks in the foundation Through which to slip through There is the static between stations Where there is too much information for music There are personas neither protagonist, nor antagonist, nor peasant or specter They are the sinew connecting darkness They are radium in the heather They are in the background of the crowd shot Looking straight through the camera One of them is Lucy They always told her she's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. But more than they ever could have known Conventions wouldn't have her story told But I don't care, so here it goes... Born under the star of the antivaxer Wasn't as dumb as the others But crazier than ever Led chip diet and inhaling the fumes That the bus stop below blows into her room No questions needed, the truth she already knew. Like how the senators are

Everyday Life

234 deviations
Literature

Mine

My art takes many forms- subtle brush strokes touch down... in my mind- not on the canvas. Paper folded over, origami, my way. Out of focus and that is on purpose delighting in the bright lens flare. Riccardo- that's my muse, plays hide and seek sometimes. He adds sugar and sprinkles to the mix; inspiring fattening fantasies. Writing pretty stories can come easy sometimes... the words stubborn they just fire when ready. My masterpiece made in only periwinkle crayon says everything I need. Riccardo winks, hands me a glass of wine smiles indulgently- knowingly I turn another page, begin again for me.

Writing Without Thinking

147 deviations
Literature

Earthen

If the ego that we build For ourselves is living Then this is a destruction An apocalypse That no one made-up can survive Take my hand, now withered by pain Caress the moss on my fingers And come with me where horizon never ends Where the time is always present If memories are ocean waves Then I will be the sun My lava scorching the seabed that we walk Ash falls upon bleached corpses And new life sprouts, cleansed of spirits We have no future For we’re not built on abstract wishes We have got no past For it was not us who came into this place If blackness is fright Then let me wrap myself in darkness Underneath rocks and entangled roots I will hold the very earth with care I will seep into it naked I will leave my flesh and bones behind Not afraid to disappear For there is nowhere that this mind could hide And I will let the earth absorb me I will hear its rumbling within my own breath "Stone, sand, mud and living creatures There is need for all shapes and forms They all belong

Long and Wordy

98 deviations
Literature

The Beast's Landfall

Каию You dared reaching your greedily sprawling hand into Europe again... It wasn't even 24 hours before rockets slammed into civilian homes A fitting aesthetic for what was a War Crime all along I heard your speech It was like Goebbels wrote for Stalin Revisionism 305 Advanced Propaganda that harkens Back to glory days that never were While spitting husks of language into the camera You are a liar, a murderer, in short, a dictator and to you the world is a house of kidnapped whores I live two hours of flight next door In a country that has done the same shit you try to pull before Blitzkrieg Lebensraum Blood and soil Something we claim can happen nevermore ...then we turn on the news And we see that one man's madness stands above international generations efforts of change As it always has I know I'll see all politicians in hell When you get there you might wanna holler at Cyrus the Great He could tell you about some S.H.I.T Regarding Empires and their

Dark Angst

287 deviations
Literature

snowy crescendo

Winter is dancing Sweeping flurries crystalize Grand jete blizzard

Haikus

316 deviations

Emotional

590 deviations
Literature

The shadow and the mask

Who’s the shadow underneath the mask Who’s the sad clown With a knife behind her back Who’s the secret whisperer And the maker of all dreams Who’s the fragile thread That connects present with the past Who’s the conqueror of pain Who is the child hurt and who licks the scars Who’s the voice that never stops As long as time ticks Who’s the watcher behind the tinted glass The true self never dies Covered by dirt and shame it hides It struggles its way through the tides The shadow and the mask The nameless one behind both lies

Philisophical

298 deviations
Literature

Straightforward Ingenuous

I’m lost in the world in my head, don’t think I’ll ever go back. Don’t wanna stay in the cruel “real world”. I’d rather have my dreams. Don’t ask me to be a real person. Don’t tell me to be like everyone else. I haven’t found my true name yet, but when I do…. I’m going to be the one and only me, the one I always wished for- who sees the things I seek. I’m gonna make my dreams come true. I’m gonna do things my way. Of course you can watch if you’d like, but make sure to heed what I say: I don’t wanna be part of the real world- I’d rather live

Song and Lyrics

99 deviations
Literature

Common Enemy???

Common Enemy??? No, There Is No Common Enemy!!! Now: Half of us is the system. Next Moment: Half of us is the system. but not the same half. Eternal Common King: Gold Or Hunger.

Quotes

4 deviations
Literature

Endure and Prevail

Parting was an awakening then a curse, but I knew, evermore, that Winterfell would stand. Fantasies replaced by realities and war but I knew, faithfully, that Winterfell would stand. Blackened and broken, pieces have fallen, then I woke, from being naive, could it always stand? The night was dark and full of great beasts creatures of legend reborn, taking their own stand. The dead, they rise and walk throughout the night and as the daylight wanes, does Winterfell still stand? The wolf and the dragon, their armies unite taking charge together, for us all they take a stand. Fire and blood is not enough, nor is his sacrifice, he will do h

Fan Related

15 deviations
Literature

Black Flag

The rats in the hallway just might be humans It feels like a whole „first-half-of-the-20th-century“ in here between twilight and evening before I can return to feeding I don’t collect blood in goblets I‘m looking for something more involved Walk with a hobble to hide your sword I always use flags for oil rags I‘m looking for something less revolved Around the bends and blues Of a Spirit or a Ghost I‘ll point a Ouija board south To where my trash is I hope I wont add it to the island of plastic When I toss it When I admit that I lost it When my joints produce creaking groans You’ve seen the things I wrote You wouldn’t feel the same about me If you saw my humble abode Sometimes I‘d prefer it if I could be Nothing but my liner notes I‘d just hunt the neophytes That try to take my city for ca$h Take your anemic ass back to university, stat Gentrification disturbed the BeatniK combat class Consummate a Black Flag mass It’s just another day down The Left Hand Path The way

Musically Inspired

16 deviations
New Day

Visual Poetry

39 deviations
Literature

Chocolate is Dog Poison

The Sun is an endless Explosion Here to give you cancer Fun is a short lived convulsion That doesn't make you a dancer Your running TV is an IV drip For the fleeting Escapist And simply statistically speaking Your neighbor is probably a rapist Don't tell me about the serotonin In your suburban people farm Don't tell me about the diet of your Unicorn Don't tell me about your trip to a country with a warmer climate There are freezing kids in Canada with icicles on their eyelids I could have been in a better mood But then I woke up I could have had a more successful breakfast but I threw up I could've taken my own advice But fuck that guy You could've taken my advice But fuck me right? Don't tell me about the oxytocin You get from having fun with lotion Don't tell me about your lack of locusts I feel like we are loosing focus It's much more important to analyze why it enticed me to run that Grandma off the freeway. Or why I'm pushing buttons I don't understand in

Depression and Anxiety Works

24 deviations
Literature

Wings of White

snow falls gracefully floating and fluttering down winter’s butterflies

Nature

70 deviations
Literature

Worth

When you finally lie in all this darkness, you realize the light. It’s that flask within his hand. “May I?” He’s just like you, eyes blank and gone. That stare of his, it just pierces right through. “Are you the same? Do you want a drink too?” He gives you the flask and smiles. “Where is your light?” Flask, oh heavenly flask, it’s in your hand, it’s worth more than your soul. Drink, drown, desire. That’s you. That’s me.  That makes us two. Let us go down that path of stupidity. Let us drown this can empty. Let us desire every drop of high and darknes

Contest I

1 deviation
Literature

Book

I remember sitting by the riverside, watching the sunset. I remember waiting endlessly, for my end to be met. But then she came, up to me and said, "If you end it now, what will happen to the future? There's still hundreds of pages left, waiting for you to see and love. There's still so much life, full of smiles and stress." Her words struck me hard. Her words hit me into hell. Life is like a book, a rising action, climax, and fall. But then it starts over again, building more mountains and all. I can't just watch myself, tumble off this mountain. Brush myself off, and trump up the wall. It will be steep, it will be rigorous. But there's

Contest II

3 deviations
Literature

Empty Without You

Empty Without You This hollow, emptiness I feel inside Came from what I no longer want to feel. I had decided to no longer hide What my heart had accepted to be real. I fell head over heels in love with you. I couldn't mask the feelings that had grown. You made me believe fairy tales were true When I thought I saw the same feelings shown. But love enjoys seeing me deal with pain. It loved how my heart sank when you said "No." It loves to see me surrounded by rain. It took away Juliet's Romeo. Now this has left me with nothing but tears. Now I have completely cried my heart out. Now you have resounded all of my fears. Now you are what I ha

Contest III

2 deviations
Literature

Your Light

You used to be here Right beside me Night after night Day after day. As the black closes in I can't seem to find your light Warm and bright The light that held me alive. You long for my end As my mind and heart wither away As I move further away From all that was once ours.

LIGHT Contest IV 2015

2 deviations
Literature

I'm Not Ready...

I am not ready for you. I am not yet worthy. Tender flower, not yet should I watch you bloom. Yet like a moth drawn to a flame, I long to embrace you. Though away I turn, not to get burned. No matter the cracks forming in my chest, or the tears flowing from my heart. I’m not ready, to shine in the sky with you. Yet I long to.

CONTEST V: I'M NOT READY 2015

2 deviations
Literature

Inner Storm

A tempest time fast rewind as uncertainty of the future dooms. Insecurities in shadows trapping potential struggling to escape, fearful of so much at stake. Despite the cyclone’s roar inside, his voice is clear; he says You’ll do fine. Just give it time.

SURREALISM CONTEST

4 deviations
Literature

Nasturtium

Nasturtium Flushing faces Reaching curling tumbling Round green bowls cup grace, resting place for perfect eyes Pushing dipping reddening Pleasant View Cheeks

CONTEST VI

4 deviations
Literature

Foundation

Oh, 2015, how much was contrived… Whirlwinds abound made the days pass by fast. At times, I do not know how on Earth I survived, While others, I wished the moments would last. Resolutions were made for personal improvement— To draw every day something that came to mind, Fitness goals such as daily ten thousand step movement, Embrace a special someone’s love, and my career path to find. My employment situation quickly turned bleak, Becoming a living nightmare of sharp tongues and knives, My confidence destroyed and my will to live weak. Some days I battled myself just to remain alive. It took months of treading water to se

Contest VII

2 deviations
Literature

Subway Adventures

She told me that her tattoos Were her way of charting breakthroughs “Why?” I asked “For when life wears a mask.” I gawked at her, she had so many While I myself didn't have any I had moved to New York to be free As far away from home as the eye could see She told me to keep my chin up Everyone is different in this crazy world With unique ways to counter what life hurls She nodded, saying to follow my heart If I did, home and I would never be far apart She was a strange old lady, But her wisdom rang true I got off the Subway with a new point of view She told me to follow my dreams, Which I will never fail to do

Contest VIII

5 deviations
Literature

A Foolish Love

Play me a fool So once more I can see your eyes on my heart Which shows me you care With your face saddened by pain I know you can clean the stains So stitch me up And make me okay again Make me happy and Make me smile again THEN I'll let you apologize Make me smile again Make me happy and And make me okay again So stitch me up I know you can clean the stains With your face saddened by pain Which shows me you care I can see your eyes on my heart So once more Play me a fool

Palindrome Poem Contest

4 deviations