Salamander dreams A clownfish out of water Of labyrinths in the clouds of carnivals in the sea Underneath the big top of the Milky Way tonight A mermaid's tale and a sailor's message in a bottle Playing on the silver screen smuggled in on the lunar tide Doing moonshine at the drive in Of a Blues Soul salvation and Rock 'n Roll As a record 45 spins on the juke box machine tonight Doing the jive, a street fighter looking for a knife fight A broken down pick up truck looking for a hit man on the hitch Caught a ride, riding shotgun Looking for a one way trip down memory lane Down the boulevard of discarded evangelists and discarded religions No Hope or Hell a rebel without a prayer Riding in the fast lane overtaking in the slow lane LA. Woman lit up in neon lights
alone I walk thru the halls of the night remembering the light elusive and bright back when I was strong and I wanted everything before the days came when I settled for nothing so alone I walk these halls of the night where the shadows fade into the unblemished sheen of darkness, my friend
I want to cut out my uterus,
I want to rip apart my insides,
Untether my fallopian tubes
And burn the eggs.
I’m drowning in this crimson nightmare,
Being stripped away from the progress I’ve made,
Thrown five years back into the hell I lived,
Reminded of the body I despise.
I want to pour my vitals out,
Open up my veins and embrace the end,
The bringer of life is slowly killing me,
This can’t be part of me…
I will kill it before it kills me!
The gushing of blood,
Involuntarily spewing out,
Sliding down my legs,
Pooling at my feet,
My head is heavy like stone
Yet lighter than air,
My guts are twisted and tangled,
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The Mourning of July by Thediamondintherough, literature
Literature
The Mourning of July
Welcome to America, Land of the greed, home of the slave, The stripes of blood upon the flag, Symbol of war and genocide. Welcome to the USA, Where the guns are worshiped And mass shootings are a bore, The flashing lights of the cops Suffocate the black men, While the children take shelter under their desks. Welcome to America, The laughing stock of the world, With leaders obsessed with an old fantasy book, We are starving from the rapidly climbing inflation And suffering from the crushing weight of medical debt, While the 1% takes a vacation to the stars. Welcome to my country, I’m scared and ashamed As my basic rights continue to wither away, Will someone please save us? Today we burn the flag of lies And adorn black as we mourn, This nation was never great, Between the children in cages, To the separation of black and white, The hunting of women and girls over superstitions, And the murders of the native tribes. This is the land of hate and ignorance, Where we can’t say gay