you could write with the feather of a phoenix
and still not resurrect your career
you'd think that they'd treasure your genius
but find their neglect for a mirror
if flesh is a room and death is a door
i'ma step in as soon as you rest reassured
i'ma settle my quarrel with this fucking earth
and tear at the moral you say it is worth
one hallowed evening
when the candle burned low
the shadows crept in
the handle turned slow
i welcomed my visitor
we sat and we spoke
me and my inquisitor
condemning what i wrote
step in the door slip on the floor
land on the ceiling just how i'm feeling
this 2020 hindsight ain't glitter in my eyes
i see what is to come without reason to run
you could write with the feather of a phoenix
and still not resurrect your career
you'd think that they'd treasure your genius
but find their neglect for a mirror
if flesh is a room and death is a door
i'ma step in as soon as you rest reassured
i'ma settle my quarrel with this fucking earth
and tear at the moral you say it is worth
one hallowed evening
when the candle burned low
the shadows crept in
the handle turned slow
i welcomed my visitor
we sat and we spoke
me and my inquisitor
condemning what i wrote
step in the door slip on the floor
land on the ceiling just how i'm feeling
this 2020 hindsight ain't glitter in my eyes
i see what is to come without reason to run
The woman gazed dejectedly at the Lilac Tree. The Lilac tree, which witnessed her morphing from child to adult, was blossoming with many beauteous purple flowers. Rich in beauty and life, the tree seemed happy, despite of his loss. The woman looked enviously at the plant, jealous of his seemingly apathetic nature. Whilst the tree gladly decorated himself with flowers, she was getting uglier and uglier, as despair devoured her.
She closed her eyes, and began to ponder about the past. Memories came flooding back, happy and sad ones. But, all reminding her of lost treasures. O, how much she missed the games of childhood, which are a taboo for a
i lingered in my mother's belly
like a hunger
five days after i was due
to make my grand appearance.
it's almost as if i was hesitant to leave the womb,
to break upon this empty sky as dawns do,
spill my colors like glowstick syrup on this bleak world,
or maybe, let the world
spill its bleakness onto my beauty
a newborn baby
wrapped in cotton and swaddled in fate
as i grew older,
i witnessed the other kids losing their baby teeth and
i wanted nothing to do with it
i let my teeth dangle like christmas ornaments
hanging by threads,
didn't want to sever the ties i had to the past
the first food i ate went past these very teeth
they erupted fr
LOCKED INSIDE THE MAGICIAN'S SUITCASE by RJBG, literature
Literature
LOCKED INSIDE THE MAGICIAN'S SUITCASE
Mind contortionist,
and the ventriloquists of mime
Counting sheep backwards,
losing sleep
Seasoned voices all the wile
A broken lullaby,
stolen from a child
Eyes that see through the night
Sleeping rough, playing Alice
Head amongst the clouds,
chasing faces in a crowd
The soul of a clown,
in a world gone mad
We shall rise higher and higher
building atop the works of our fathers
raising all upon the altar of progress
until in our grandeur and majesty
we shatter under the weight of plenty.
identity crisis
emotions in play
walled off by lies
division grows every day
violence seems easy
push comes to shove
for ourselves and others
hatred replaces love
political prisoners
you and me
societal divorce
no more we