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Black Kretek by HoaxDreams, literature
Literature
Black Kretek
She knows I've done everything in this life, even die
I watch as she washes my grave with the pour of my own laughter
And somehow breaks my silence until it bends in every direction
I am haunted, there is fear weaved in my soul
And when I nest the thought of being orphaned by universal laws
She peels off of me the continuous black night as clothes
That glide to meet the raven floor, which wavers in the dark room
An ocean frozen by the silver kiss of the moon
Welcomed by the open mouth of the window
Say the word, I'm the aim
Take and eat - unsparingly - the sounds of my soul like an instrument
Laugh, because the music is innocent
It bends to your shifting around me as smoke
The heart can't be instructed in one night
Yet, it was the clove in our teeth as the sum of our wishes, saving us
Life invading me -
Like a heartbeat; a thousand feet
Finally being put down;
Like punches,
Each more violent than the previous;
Fluttering, like a million whistles in the night,
That taught me, that
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Domain by JSnaith, literature
Literature
Domain
Into the deepest reach,
The unfettered mind falls…
Trying to leap,
To guide,
To know all.
Into the winding gyre,
Transient feelings are mixed…
Trying to find,
To feel,
To be all.
Into the darkest reaches,
Beyond the light fantastic,
Into the realm of wishes,
Into the deep domain of the heart…
We travel,
And in the journey,
Understand.