In progress . . .
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1)
Dangerously passionate
and lethally desirous.
–Welcome to the Inferno of my being
2)
Fingers blazing,
she picks up her pen
careful not to singe
its plastic encasement.
“I knew you’d come back,”
she declares with a heated smile.
— Writer’s block
3)
You were so cold
with me that night.
Perhaps that is why
I sought warmth from
a bottle of whiskey instead.
4)
You always tell her
that she wears
“too much makeup.”
But perhaps this
is the only way
to conceal
the ashen shadows under
under her eyes and
the smouldering blisters
on her lips.
–Burned alive in her sleep
5)
Last night,
I had a dream
that a boy I didn’t
even have feelings for
watched me undress.
We were sitting in a hot tub
(like they do in the movies),
bodies palpitating
against each other,
his fingers pressed
greedily between my thighs.
But I was upset when I woke up.
Because that boy wasn’t you.
–Not even the wettest dreams can extinguish the way I burn for you
6)
Do you ever have those days
where you want someone
to offend you just
so you have an excuse
to be angry?
–Thursday, October 19, 2017
7)
I will love you
until you turn
green
and purple–
the colours of the bruises
that will be inflicted
upon your flesh
from the intensity of
my unwavering embrace.
— Always
8)
I wince
as the pangs of hunger
blaze in my belly,
but–no.
Perhaps I am not so hungry,
after all.
Perhaps I am just bored.
Yes, I am just bored.
I am not hungry.
I am just bored.
I am not hungry.
I am just bored.
I am not hungry.
I am just bored.
I am not hungry…
Right?
9)
There is no need to fret,
my precious glutton;
let me show you a little
trick of mine.
–Mia
10)
I write in the hopes
of distracting myself
from the persistent
grumbling in my gut,
in the hopes that my fingers
will not be tempted
to reach for the last piece
of lasagna sitting on the stove.
11)
- A handful of crackers
- Chocolate milk
- Poetry
–The only things I have eaten today
12)
A 270 calories a day diet.
–I hope it will be enough
13)
“Eat,” pleaded her stomach
“Don’t,” scoffed the Little Black Dress
14)
I want a back arching
hip bucking
toe curling
kind of love.
–Give it to me
15)
I haven’t bled
like this in ages.
–Relapse
16)
Pardon me–
I must apologize
for the destructive
repercussions of my love.
–To the Book of Poetry I dropped in the bathtub
17)
Most people eat
to survive.
But not me–
I starve to survive.
18)
Do not tell me that
the larger I am
the more there is
of me to love
because, right now,
I wish there was less
of me to hate.
19)
Slip out of
this skin like
you would that
Little Red Dress
at the end of the night,
and watch him drool as
you do it.
–Words of Wisdom From Ana (Part One)
20)
To the god I know does not exist:
Please, take away this body.
21)
Sally shares a Pizza with her friend
and cuts it up into eighths.
If Sally’s friend eats 1/2
of the Pizza and
Sally eats the rest,
how many slices
of Pizza does Sally eat?
–Trick question; Sally is not hungry
22)
“There is something you must remember
my dear Mia,”
said Ana,
“While you have your
own way of exerting power over her–
your own way of slipping
your fingers down her throat–
you will always be my bitch.
You would not exist
if it weren’t for me.”
23)
Starve away
your ugliness.
–Words of Wisdom From Ana (Part Two)
24)
Perhaps this shall
be my favourite
kind of emptiness.
25)
I am eight years old.
My grandmother watches
over my shoulder as
I weigh myself on the
scale in her bathroom.
A number flashes
on the screen:
70 pounds.
To this,
she responds,
“Suck in that tummy,
Miss Jade.”
26)
In her depressive sobriety,
she craved liquor;
in her drunkness,
she craved you.
27)
“I love you,” She snarled.
28)
I keep having dreams
about my hair falling out,
little green and purple
tufts lying helplessly
on my pillowcase
as if my nightmares
themselves have
singed away the last of
my sanity.
29)
Throw me a bone and
growl at me,
my sweet canine,
and I promise
to arch my back
and purr for you
like the precious
little kitten I am.
–Dogs will be dogs and cats will be cats
30)
“Make me scream.”
31)
The band-aid box is empty.
32)
Perched on bloodied haunches,
she stands beneath the
swirling blackness of
the night sky,
singing to the
bayonet moon
and gun-powdered stars
a song of heartbreak.
–Love is war
33)
Starve yourself as much
as you want, darling–
he still won’t love you.
34)
He seems to detest
the purple in me.
35)
The roses
have closed in on themselves,
leaving nothing
but inky beads of blood
and slivers of thorn
in the wake
of their witherings.
36)
“Boys at this age
only want one thing.”
Even so, he still
wouldn’t want that
one thing from me,
now would he?
Rejection is rejection
all the same.
37)
I just wanna hold you, baby.
Won’t you let me hold you?
38)
Whatever butterflies had
not been killed by the heartbreak
I burned away with
my midnight drunkenness.
39)
Fuck you.
Or, better yet, fuck me.
40)
Actually, no–
definitely, fuck you.
(I think…)
41)
Or, how about this?
Fuck me for thinking
about fucking you.
42)
Burning the midnight oil
obsessing over you.
43)
Heart pressed
somewhere between
my chest and
the bed sheets.
–Tonight, love renders me sleepless
44)
Sometimes I wonder
if I’ll have to throw down for him
just to make him
want me for a change.
45)
“You are burning up.”
46)
I hate this skin.
Every
i n c h
u r v
c e
hair
and
s
t
r
e
t
c
h
mark.
47)
“Skinny girls
don’t get
hungry.”
–Words of Widsom From Ana (Part Three)
48)
I shall not sleep tonight;
there is far too much
poetry to be written.
49)
“I’d like my soul back, please.”
–To the Devil, from his prodigy
50)
can’t
stop
spinning
–Victrola
51)
Vomiting
rose petals and poetry
at your feet,
wondering what else
I will have to do
to make you reciprocate.
52)
She likes her sex rough
and her drinks stiff.
53)
My sweet Opiate,
how you’ve destroyed
me so.
54)
Staring through
bruised eyelids,
because even the mere sight
of you has begun to hurt.
55)
“Forgive me father, for I have sinned
in the name of Poetry.”
56)
I always feel
the prettiest
on an empty stomach.
57)
Each day
I wake up with
the intention
of not eating
and each day
I fail.
58)
Trace the curves on my body
like I am the moon
submitting to the dark,
tantalizing night.
I will offer up to you
my most precious craters,
dips of sultry grey
impatient
to be explored,
begging
for you to undress
all the parts of me
you’ve never had
the pleasure of touching
under the prudish scrutiny
of daylight.
But the sun has long since
straddled the horizon;
the sun has long since
surrendered to the dusk.
And I am ready for you,
my sweet Astronaut,
awaiting the lustful force
of your gravity.
Take me.
Your skin against
my skin–
the mere sight of us
will make the constellations
redden with passion
and the rings of Saturn
quiver with desire
as they watch as we
erupt into stardust.
59)
He smells like Lemon Pledge and gasoline.
And she fucking loves it.
—Goosebumps
60)
“It’s only a sin if someone catches you, sweetheart.”
—The Devil said to me
61)
“What do you want for your birthday?”
flickered the flame burning atop the candle.
“To die,”
the girl whispered back.
62)
Kissing you like my life
depends on it
(because maybe it does).
63)
My heart has always been
afraid of the dark.
This is why I always
wear it on my sleeve
instead of letting it
beat alone and
fearful
inside the
claustrophobic chambers
of my chest.
64)
I have become desensitized
to the sight of my
own blood.
65)
These days,
I find that
the less I eat,
the more I write–
an abundance of poetry
to compensate for this
fleeting, malnourished
body.
66)
“Eat!”
screamed her stomach.
“You mustn’t,”
replied her Insecurity.
67)
The atoms of my soul
long for the stars,
for the galaxy
from which they were birthed
so many aeons ago.
68)
“Fuck me.”
“Okay.”
69)
I fall asleep with ice cubes
in my mouth
for fear that I will
combust
during the night.
–“Never go to bed angry”
70)
Do not confuse the
sunburn
that has reddened
my cheeks
for the innocence of
a blush.
–When I look at him
71)
The words
“I love you,”
have burned a
crater in my tongue.
It’s no wonder I’ve
been forced to
submit to the
Silence.
72)
Poetry is
my air.
my breath.
my sustenance.
73)
Upon examining
my broken heart,
the doctor prescribed
to me a
proper, old-fashioned
bloodletting
to leach the love
(and the fire)
from my veins.
74)
The pretty girls get angry
when you call them
beautiful
instead of intelligent,
and the smart girls get angry
when you call them
intelligent
instead of beautiful.
Ya just can’t fucking win.
75)
I am as flammable
as Salem.
76)
This heart howls
beneath the rusted confines
of my train-track ribs.
But what it longs for–
the stars?
poetry?
him?–
I do not know.
–Restless
77)
P o e t r y
↓
religion
78)
I love you
I love yo
I love y
I love
I lov
I lo
I l
I
In
Ind
Indo
Indoc
Indoct
Indoctr
Indoctri
Indoctrin
Indoctrina
Indoctrinat
Indoctrinati
Indoctrinatio
Indoctrination
79)
Been shooting for the stars
(in your eyes).
80)
I like my boys
with a little bit of
rock n’ roll
in em’.
81)
These feet are not for dancing,
they are for running.
82)
̶F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶
Flight
̶F̶r̶e̶e̶z̶e̶
–-How I handle my problems
83)
I don’t.
–How I handle my problems II
84)
Breathing down the neck
of the wine bottle
like it’s my lover
because if I can’t have you
maybe it’s the
next best thing I’ve got.
85)
Forgive
Forgiv
Forgi
Forg
For
Fo
F
Fu
Fuc
Fuck
Fuck y
Fuck yo
Fuck you.
86)
P a i n
↓
Poetry
87)
Let them eat Poetry.
–The spirit of Marie Antoinette
88)
Viva le poéte!
–Revolutionary
89)
“Off with thy lover’s head!”
–Reign of ̶T̶e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶ the Poetess
90)
A penny for your thoughts?
A penny for your thoughts
A penny for your thought
A penny for your though
A penny for your thoug
A penny for your thou
A penny for your tho
A penny for your th
A penny for your t
A penny for your
A penny for you
A penny for yo
A penny for y
A penny for
A penny fo
A penny f
A penny
A penn
A pen
A pe
A p
A
An
Ana
Anar
Anarc
Anarch
Anarchy
Anarchy!
91)
Jade
Jad
Ja
J
Ja
Jad
Jade
Jaded
(guess the name makes sense now.)
92)
“You’re a lightweight.”
(by far,
one of the most insulting things
you could ever say
to an Alcoholic.)
93)
Yes,
guys and girls
can be friends.
But they can’t be
best friends–
that’s when things
get complicated.
–The closer you get, the harder you’ll fall
94)
I’d like to think
I’m not one
to hold a grudge
(but fuck,
you really hurt me.)
95)
You are both
my soul
and my defiance.
–To Poetry
96)
Words
Word
Wor
Wo
W
We
Wea
Weap
Weapo
Weapon
Weapons.
–Ammunition
97)
Words
Word
Wor
Wo
W
Wa
War
Warf
Warfa
Warfar
Warfare
–Ammunition II
98)
“Do you love me?”
“Desperately.”
99)
The naughtier, the better.
–The ‘Bedroom’ Philosophy
100)
Verdict:
in love.
101)
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(884 days and counting)
–And no, I didn’t copy and paste
102)
Eye fucking you through
heart-shaped sunglasses.
–Lolita 💋
103)
Drink.
Ignite.
Consume.
Forget.
–Lighter Fluid (vodka)
104)
Let’s get freaky,
Baby.
— ; )
105)
“Go fuck yourself.”
“I’d much rather prefer it if you were the one fucking me.”
106)
Midnights are for
writing poetry
and gettin’ drunk.
107)
“I love you,”
said Poetry to the boy.
“You have my word(s).
Always.”
108)
To c̶e̶n̶s̶o̶r̶s̶h̶i̶p̶:
Poetry
speaks louder
than tongues do.
109)
Beware the
Poetess–
break her heart
and she will surely
write about you.
110)
My fantasy.
His nostalgia.
–Listening to Perfect by Ed Sheeran.
111)
Falling out of love,
p
l
u
m
m
e
t
i
n
g
towards hatred.
112)
For you,
Poetry,
I would die.
113)
“I think I’ve lost my
soul someplace.”
“Be sure to check under
the bed, darling;
that’s where all the other
monsters live.”
114)
With him,
it’s either
fuck
or
kill.
–On loving a Serpent
115)
There’s a fine
line between
love
& sin
116)
I don’t want to be your
good enough,
I want to be your
everything.
117)
Molotov Cocktails
&
Ativan.
–The Lover’s Cure For Heartbreak
118)
What came first–
the screams
or the poetry–
I do not know.
Then again,
perhaps the two
really aren’t so different
from each other after all;
for it is through both
our poetry and our screaming
that we cry for help.
119)
First Rule of Poetry:
Sometimes you just
gotta break the rules.
120)
Destruction’s got your name
(Poetry)
written all over it.
121)
It seems as though I am
always screaming
for the t o r t u r e
of others–
that which I have not
experienced myself,
that which does not
belong to me.
–Confessions of an Empath
122)
123)
Blank pages speak
louder
than words.
124)
He really knows how to
knock a girl’s
s
o
c
k
s
off
(and her clothes, too).
–My Baby I
125)
He really knows how to
make a girl blush
(and scream).
–My Baby II
126)
He really knows how to
…
ya, know ; )
–My Baby III
127)
You’re impossibly
sexy,
you know that?
128)
The mere thought of him–
his body
(on top of
mine),
his lips
(pressed between my thighs
like flower petals),
his touch
(yes, right there;
no, don’t stop)–
is enough to send my
gaze spiralling
and my knees buckling.
–I surrender
129)
Sadness is my master–
oh!
and how he fucks me so.
130)
He’s my
dirty little secret.
–Shhhh!
131)
The scars on my thighs
have begun to look
a little less like scars
and a little more like
brush strokes.
–The Mark Of An Artist
132)
He tells me that
I read too much into things.
What he doesn’t understand
is that “reading too much into things”
is what makes
me a Poet.
133)
I wonder how many people
have wished on missiles
having mistaken them for
*s h o o t i n g stars*
134)
At seven years old,
I was stealin’ mam’s lipstick.
At seventeen,
I was stealin’ Daddy’s rum.
135)
This whole galaxy
revolves around you,
My Darling.
–Intergalactic
136)
I am burned.
I am destroyed.
137)
This love is
apocalyptic.
138)
I don’t want to be important.
I want to be
significant.
139)
Boys suck.
Girls suck.
I suck.
You suck.
We all suck!
–Now give me my ice cream, ya bitch.
140)
Been chewing on the
backs of pens,
choking down ink
like it’s vodka
cuz poetry’s my poison.
–Addict of words & liquor
141)
This sadness
(and this love)
has made a
Monster
of me.
142)
Been kissing
razor blades and pavement.
143)
What I wouldn’t do
for an Ativan
and a stiff drink.
144)
I understand that
I’ve been fragile lately.
But that does not mean
I am doomed to exist in
a permanent state of fragility.
–I only need time to heal
145)
We go together
about as well
as swords and balloons.
–POP!
146)
She’s the stuff
of fire and brimstone.
Paxton, V. (n.d.). Fine Art Photography Print, Forest Fire, Disaster, Woman with Windswept Hair Watching the Flames, 16 x 24 Print. [image] Available at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/121320304/fine-art-photography-print-forest-fire [Accessed 13 Oct. 2017].
