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 Jul 18 Jay Jelly
Ashes
i carve pieces of myself,
laid bare,
not for people to understand,
but for people to see themselves in me.

feel free to carve your own,
lay yourselves bare,
people may never understand,
but at least you'll see yourself,
and what you've gone through.
 Jul 18 Jay Jelly
Ashes
the smoke from me is a bubble,
a repellant of sorts,
unspoken words from me,
saying no need to come by,
there's nothing to be said.

this is too much to be felt,
too much
to be contained,
too much
to be expressed,
too much
to bear.

i'm not weak,
i'm not scared,
but i can't walk any further.

i'll try anyways,
for there is nowhere else to go.
by spending money
on continuous warfare
the empire didst fall
it ate up its cash supply
until there wasn't a cent left

Empires of the past
had also done the same thing
yet America
ignored history's lesson
that should've of been well heeded
 Jul 18 Jay Jelly
Grey
It takes strength to look inside,
To figure your stand—
Your war, your battles,
And to surrender.

To understand that pain—
No matter the site,
The origin,
The type—
Still stings the same
When the world moves on without you.

To see you're the only one held back,
While life goes on like nothing cracked.
Your agony?
Whoosh—
Gone with the wind
Of other people's better days.

But it takes a hero—
A Hugo for you—
To know:
This is your fight alone.

That moving forward
Doesn’t always mean healing.
That sometimes,
Standing still
Is surviving.
19 stones in the satchel I carry.
Some are huge and lots are small.
I hoist them up each morn at dawn
And stumble through another day
Looking for a place to put them down.
ljm
Issues, life, well being.  All of it.
I bought my peace in silver flakes,
from shadow hands in quiet breaks.
They said it shimmered, said it flew —
but gravity still pulled me through.

I lined the stars on bathroom tile,
called it freedom for a while.
It sparkled like a borrowed sky —
but burned like comets passing by.

I chased the night, I chased the glow,
until the stars fell down below.
And when the morning asked for me —
I left in dreams I’d paid to see.
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 Jul 18 Jay Jelly
Gabs T
it's what you called me

took me by surprise

sticky summer heat

tying stems with tongues

dig out the pit with bare fingertips

juice dripping down

looks like blood

tear the flesh away with your teeth

forbidden fruit has never tasted so sweet
i always want what i can't have
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