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Pigeon

  • The Truth

    Surrounded by noise And movement And peopleI can pretendThat it's ok.I convince myselfSometimes.But when I'm alone,The truth finds grabs me by the neckAnd slams me up against the feetDangleOff the ...

    2 min read
  • Fallen Idol

    I gave you my heart,Knowing you would break it.Hoping that,While it was still intact,It would be in the hands Of someone worthy.But in the endYou denied me even that.I don’t ...

    1 min read
  • Elf

    She's a little slip of a thing,Ethereal and insubstantial.I'd reach out and take a hold of her,Pull her to me and keep her there,Safe;Act quickly, before she disappears.But I'm afraidThat ...

    1 min read
  • Shiver

    A shiver. What you are to me; An inexplicable quiver. A thump in my chest, Which puts me off-guard - Throws me off-beat. And I tremble, And there's a buzzing ...

    1 min read
  • Mercy

    It is a sort of perfectionwhich buzzes and whinesover the tableshimmering and glisteningwith unearthly glamour,wings catching the lightand throwing it backbroken into rainbow is a sort of perfectionwh

    1 min read
  • My Most Constant Concern

    menacing creepingmalevolent malicecalcified creatureuncaring and callouslurking deceptiveostensibly benignsubversive subnormalseemingly supine*equated with slugsand with puppy-dogs' tailsthere is no e

    1 min read
  • Letting Go

    It swallowed me whole – are you listening? It swallowed me whole, like Jonah's whale, and made me feel so guilty for not letting it do so sooner. It was ...

    2 min read
  • Red

    bare skin and clinging kisses – no, hush, that was later – first was meeting. Or rather, seeing. Well, my seeing of you, not reciprocal seeing. That was as it ...

    2 min read
  • Mother,
    1 min read
  • A sonnet

    for my person.

    1 min read


The only person I know for certain I am better than is the person I used to be.
— CandyWizard