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Alyssa May 2019
pale from altitude
architecture of a soul
rugged cliffs, broken rocks
peaks, slopes and valleys
grinding plates below the soil
standing tall in depths unknown
fainting at the very touch
of winds coming from above
Alyssa Mar 2019
you drink the poison our lies pour
I drink it too
in agony our bodies entwine
for fear or love or neither one
in unison we die
held in each other's arms
but worlds apart
Alyssa Feb 2019
I wish my parents hadn't been musicians
and hadn't transformed into sound
and hear all their absent parts play loud
Alyssa Feb 2019
transcending all manners of dimension
time counting its passage
by the rhythms of the world
in an organised crescendo
and the ephemeral speed of light
in lieu of interference
will forever go through the endless
stretch of night
expanding in a cosmic event horizon
limitless indefinite mechanism
holding the stars and graviting quarks
aether beyond the skies
Alyssa Feb 2019
long growing in my soul
the most bitter wrong
threatens to dissolve the marrow
to make a model from the shadows
and hoping to elude hell
I carved a marble smile
and stood on a half shell
veiled in artful wiles
but still my hands are sharp
and my skin is cold
and all the glass in the world
shatters if I say a word
Alyssa Feb 2019
I went too deep and drowned
looking for a pearl, holding in my breath
pressure burst my heart
water filled my lungs
the day went dark
and it got cold
pockets full of stones, I sunk
Alyssa Jan 2019
you have to break your body first
before you find your soul
so I'm pulling my teeth out
and scratching every sore

but it is in dreams alone
where I can see the hole
and dig a little more
until I find my ghost

if by the morning I'm still whole
make sure to cut me up
break my body first
then rip apart my soul
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