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JL Dec 2012
what a facade you hold around your inner self,
how awesomely it masks your true composition!
at what price did you pay for such a splendid veil?
JL Dec 2012
Old skeleton fingers
aged with centuries of rain and frost
crevices deepened by the gnawing of the random bug
whose home he found inside a dug-out grave

bones that have yet to erode
fine lines and textures
yellowed in hue
darkened in shade

skinless hands that gracefully sleep
deep within the earth
JL Dec 2012
I fell in step with a beautiful boy on an undefined path in the woods
Eyes of melted caramel, lips of bitten cherries
A face of dazzlingly white sun rays

His fair composition had caught my eye
Several grown oak trees away
An intensity of gamma rays and morning light
mixed in with a dash of candlelight

As I neared, I became drunk on his sweet fragrance
Of burnt wood and hot chocolate
and lying outside in the midst of a spring day
Tender breezes that smell of rain and cold earth

This boy, how softly he stepped, catalyzed a desire deep within
A compelling to touch, maybe taste his beauty
My white hand reached out, an extension of billowing feathers
With risk, attempted a gentle, gossamer graze on his back
and my face, a blush burning, consumed my whiteness

But this boy, so beautiful, had a bitter back
And soon my white feathers frosted
Ice caked in between my limbsĀ 
Spread with an intensity like wildfire
And my nimble body no longer white
So cold, so heavy, I fell
JL Dec 2012
Outside my skin, I pose as a perfectionist
Inside my frame, I am scars and words unspoken
and desires kept mum
and cravings kept bolted
Bottled-up screams quieted
Sentences entangled with hatred

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