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59 · Mar 2020
Sovereign
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
Continue to exert your influence
And savagely gather your power
As you watch your kingdom shrink
Until you rule over fields of ash
And crumbling infrastructure
Share your ideas and wealth of experience
And watch your nation grow
58 · Mar 2020
Vertigo
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
I stood atop your highest peaks
Satisfied in your expression
Of safety in all things
I stood by sheer cliffs
And knew that you would
Protect and hold me
But your omnipotence was failing
'
You claimed to see all
But you never saw me at all
You swore you heard everything
But never noticed me sobbing
Your smell was uncompromising
But never noticed the scent of salt
You boasted of infinite sight
But you never saw me

I perched on your highest peaks
My head in my hands
I knew it was over
But never wanted to believe
As your crystalline falsehoods
Began to shatter apart
I began to fear your heights
and fall
58 · Apr 2020
Thread
Michael Stefan Apr 2020
Use care or scissors
When pulling on your threads
Lest you unwind
From beginning to end
The sweater of your heart
58 · Apr 2020
The Machine
Michael Stefan Apr 2020
They counted each and every wire,
Strewn about your room with ill intent,
Copper mountains unwound like veins,
Multicolored like rainbow spiderwebs

Seven separate screens flickered-
Status reports to keep you up to date,
Well-informed on the internal temperatures,
Digital pressure gauges - warnings in red

You build this broken complexity,
The heavy smells of oil and iron,
As gears rotated on steel shafts,
Maintaining your machine's inner workings

They'll never know the purpose you built,
Circuit boards sparking, illuminating

They'll never understand your utter complexity,
Nor fathom the logical depth

And you'll never understand,
This jury-rigged monstrosity of logic,
Can never replace or repair,
The structural damage to your heart
57 · Mar 2020
Hungry
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
I hunger
for you
        to fill me
and slake
my ravenous thirst

Your taste
intoxicates
me
as I slide
soundly
into addiction

Your scent
fuels me
driven to the edge
searching
with fervor
to use you to plug
my emptiness

I would
lap you from the floor
like a beast
as I gaze
In puddled reflection
hiding
my self-respect
Yeah, this one's sad and was written in the middle of the night when we all invariably have those dreams that we aren't able to shake off of love's long past and people that are able to manipulate us
57 · Feb 2020
sweet
Michael Stefan Feb 2020
your touch, it Tingles
your Hand, it soothes
your heart, might Ache
but i'm Not alone with you

your Kiss, electrifying
Your smile, gratifying
you Own my gratitude
you're so sweet, it's Unifying
#love #thankful #romance #beauty
56 · Mar 2020
Short Stories
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
hold...
hold on...
hold on to...
hold onto me...
hold me onto you...
you hold me...  but you hold on...
          ...you held me, but I hold you...
hold my back...
we hold on, being back to back...
I hold on tight...  holding your back...
          you hold me...
          ...but I only held you back.
53 · Apr 2020
Sink
Michael Stefan Apr 2020
Sometimes
I wish that I could sink
Back into the red earth that bore me;
Into the hard clay
That springs life into plants;
And I think to myself
That maybe this earth
Could finally force life
Back into this collapsing husk;
If only I could sink
back into the dirt.
52 · Mar 2020
Sleep
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
hush, child
close your eyes
and rest

quiet, mom
and drift away
to sleep

be still, soldier
and slip below
your fight is done

stifle yourself, love
and say goodbye
to consciousness

close your eyes
our strength is gone
and forever we'll be
together
in silence
eternal sleep
52 · Mar 2020
White Winds
Michael Stefan Mar 2020
Oh winds
Bring snow
To blot out this day
Sweet white blanket
Covers the land
Holds me tight
Creates adventure
Over lead-paint landscape
Surreal
And oh so quiet
52 · Feb 2020
Untruth (10w)
Michael Stefan Feb 2020
Sweet beautiful untruths
To ease bitter pills
Are still lies

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