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Carpenter Ant Integrity by betwixtthepages, literature

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Carpenter Ant Integrity

At the precipice of much too much me but not nearly enough you, I cling to casual and dare my hopes to leap. Carpenter ant sturdy in the midst of quivering quickenings, I clamp my jaws around strong words and swallow bravery-- a looming lunacy of been here too many times before, a parsing parching of patchwork pieces I could no more make sense of than mosaic. This is an awakening, a fungal infestation of never felts and cannot bes-- a broad scope brooding not faced, not forced, not named. This parasite haunts brittle veins in the silence of stillwater thoughts, a tempting tightening threatening to topple my resolve and tip me headlong into tomorrow's uncrested crevices. At the precipice of be mindful what you fight for and chances worth the breaking, I loose captive sap-spore words with feeble breathbeats and unearth a budding, bleeding you. Please be careful what you outline with calloused tips and sun-spurned eyes. I'm not as hardened as the morning makes me seem.

A Curse of Unmooring by betwixtthepages, literature

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A Curse of Unmooring

Nestled in the deepest pits of the shadows lining my ribs stands a darkened, drafty cobwebbed door.If you tilt your head J U S T so and listen closely, the weathered man In the skeletons of my past's moon whispers the secrets I've forged into ironwill and cast into empty cages.Unmoored, unbound, untethered , these ghosts haunt the corners of my every distraction singing, slinging, stinging the nettles of all the thoughts I cannot falter and all the poisons I cannot leash.I am human, I am broken, I am misty eyed and unraveling, a reveling of ribbonbreaths, a revealing of lingerself I could no more lay claim than pay homage to...

grief by betwixtthepages, literature

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grief

praying mantis, you hold my heart tattered at half-mast, a mantra to the sanctuary the solace your voice once providedI hear it screaming in the chasms of silence left between breath strokes and withered stars-- haikus of misunderstanding, a poetry all its ownthere's a breaking to the madness, a confusion of who I was and who I am; there's a madness to the breathing, a reckless nonchalance tempting the web I've woven around my woundsbandages can't fix this, stitches are bound to rip in the sunrise, and your claws are too clean to be strangling me so quickly so pull me close and tear me openI'll figure out the rest under a different weather...

Heavy Mourning by betwixtthepages, literature

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Heavy Mourning

In the absence of you, my therapist asks how I'm coping. I cop a line about finding healing in art, lie about how honest I am about how much this hurts, tell a tall tale about keeping busy when really, these walls stopped talking the day you died and I stopped finding anything but safety in my sorrow net. Happiness is fleeting-- a dream you appear in, your voice saved in my phone, the last gasp of a scent that takes me, however briefly, home. In the absence of you, silence is heaven and hell-- a friend to embrace, an enemy to defeat, an abyss I can't drown in. My therapist asks how I'm coping and all I can think is how dishones...

Forging Foundations by betwixtthepages, literature

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Forging Foundations

there is part of me that knows these walls in the same ways I know unrequited was the dream I used to tie my strings to, unrequited was the hope I used to fill myself up, unrequited is just a word I used to be friends with because you've crooked your fingers into the hooks of my jeans and you've hooked my heart, dangling, a stranger to safety learning how to let someone lead-- there is a piece of me that fears these feelings like I fear insects that sting, like I fear wildfires that rage, like I fear porcelain dolls with cracked faces and scarred chests because so far in this life, all the beautiful things I've ever held have come to me b...

Flaming Moth by betwixtthepages, literature

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Flaming Moth

My heart is a campfire; we're gathered like fireflies to hear the eulogies of my drywall veins, a silent nod to the flickering hope that stubbornly clings to my breath beats, my eye shine, my razzle and glow dreams. You are quiet in your gasping, a beacon I've set my destination for but can't quite reach out to pull close-- like moon dust or phantom velvet or the softest of night sighs, you slip through even the loosest clenched fists, a will-o-the-wisp with an alluring face and an ever changing façade. In my aching, I crackle and crinkle your name across the typography of my skin, a topographical error in lusting and loving that I can't b...

Pillow Talk by betwixtthepages, literature

Something Worth Hoping For by betwixtthepages, literature

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Something Worth Hoping For

My relationship with you is like a dive, and I don't mean the leaping from tall buildings hoping to sprout wings or spontaneously combust on the way down kind.No.I mean my car got a flat on the side of the road two miles passed and I'm twirling the plastic ring of a one-ply napkin in a corner booth at the back of a just off the beaten track diner because I left my spare in your trunk and I don't know how to handle a jack and there is no cell service here, anyway.I mean the payphone in the vacant lot next door ate ten dollars worth of quarters before connecting me.I mean I finally got a dial tone and then dialed the wrong number; the lady o...

Nesting Doll by betwixtthepages, literature

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A Curse of Unmooring by betwixtthepages, literature

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A Curse of Unmooring

grief by betwixtthepages, literature

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grief

Heavy Mourning by betwixtthepages, literature

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Heavy Mourning

Forging Foundations by betwixtthepages, literature

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Forging Foundations

Flaming Moth by betwixtthepages, literature

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Something Worth Hoping For

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the things history has taught you by betwixtthepages, literature

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the things history has taught you

hooded heart: history has taught you that men who hide their truths are wolves who stray behind turned backs; that leashes are only effective when they don't hold knives to cut thin ties; that whispered words and heavy gestures mean more in dark corners and you can't keep a wolf from hunting when you're too hopeful to lure a snare and trap them in their place.past hurts dictate present fears-- you are cowed by the teeth memory flashes, weak-tongued and vein-tied in the face of seeding saplings: an erasure of courage more biting than the bruises of phantoms passed.broken spirit, history has taught you that men who hit use words more than fi...

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Literature DDs 2/24 - 3/3 by Barosus, journal

Literature DDs 2/24 - 3/3

Mar 3, 2021

2/24 - Grief by @betwixtthepages Featured by @Barosus "This truly captures the apocalyptic passion that is grief." - @Barosus 2/25 - The Damned by @LavenderCorpses Featured by @Evangeline40003 "Sets a nice scene and goes into a state that is unexpected! The twist is presented very clearly too." - @Evangeline40003 2/26 - The Hustling Breeze by @cereal-in-a-bowl Featured by @Malintra-Shadowmoon "A poetry prayer filled with beautiful sceneries of nature, hope, faith, praise, gratefulness and self-confidence." - @Malintra-Shadowmoon 2/27 - [WoS Track 11] - Quota by @MidnightDaybreak Featured by @Zara-Arletis "This story reminded me very much of The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt. I loved it!" - @Zara-Arletis 3/1 - Sechste Rauhnacht by @Xenaris (German Piece) Suggested by @Flammenfeder & featured by @Malintra-Shadowmoon "A nice little poem that on the one hand outlines a ritual in very clear words, which in itself has

February DD RoundUp! by Zara-Arletis, journal

February DD RoundUp!

Mar 2, 2021

It's been almost a year since our lives were impacted by COVID-19, yet here we are still creating and sharing with each other. I hope you will join us in reading and enjoying some of the best literature on dA. Features by Barosus DD Suggestion Guidelines Features by Evangeline40003 DD Suggestion Guidelines Features by Malintra-Shadowmoon DD Suggestion Guidelines Features by SingingFlames DD Suggestion Guidelines Features by Zara-Arletis DD Suggestion Guidelines Thank you to our suggestors this month! @Asahi-Taichou @DelightfulDolphin @Sagittarianism @PutYourBraveFaceOn @DC-26 @EmbersandAshes1 Save the Date for our DD Chat! This month's DD Chat will be announced soon! Please keep your eyes peeled for the announce journal! Have questions that need answers? Found a great literature deviation that needs love? Need support for a contest, event, or literature feature? CVs do that and more- so reach out to one our fantastic Community Volunteers!

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