Once again, I want to watch her dance amongst the lilies

I want to see her smile, my darling little Achilles

As she fills the night chill with lights

Invites out the fireflies, the simple delights

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She bathes in the dark and in bioluminescent glows

The tarsal claws of the insects gripping her clothes

And soon, I know, there will be a time she outgrows

Midnight lilies and fireflies, that’s...

I felt it spark for the first time, in what I believed to be my chest

Like a flame warming my ribs and settling in my breast

‘Belief’ was the word that echoed without sound in my skull

I was born from the words of mankind and their unfathomable will

I clawed my way up through the dirt, tore up mountains with my birth

With me, the fluid that nourished me flowed out and scorched the Earth

I laid th...

Sun drunk on ecstasy burning away your melatonin

There’s no sleep for sinners, so spin as you begin

Your descent into addiction, plaster a grin on your chin

You’re ‘fine’, the dark circles are just a trick of the light on your skin

I’ve seen these patterns on you before

This one last time, I’ll let it be something I ignore

Since I abhor the way you pour your soul away as you explore

The boundarie...

I’m told I’m just a little bit too much

A little too strange to touch and the such

There’s a bit a bit out of place in the domain of my brain

Which reshaped my mind’s terrain in ways I can’t explain

It’s in the movements of my hands, the focus of my attention

Something behind my eyes that defies social convention

And instigates the struggle of my social incomprehension

Resulting in my peers and I...