Breathe viscous black in,
Lungs stain with inky permanence,
Life is a whirlwind,
Thoughts zoom in silence,
Like muted cars on an endless freeway.
Compressed irises burrow into the white abyss,
Counting every cracked crevice,
Judgmental eyes plaster themselves on yellowing walls
They splinter, denying her service.
"Is this all?" She murmurs breathily,
The bed groans, sticking to privileged skin,
Silence rings, like a malfunctioning EKG machine,
It pitches, her eardrums tremble.
Life is a whirlwind, she repeats in her mind,
Breathe viscous black in,
Blood rushes through thinned veins,
For one sweet moment the world stills.
She stands at the
Trapped in a Bell Jar,
Freedom. A breath away,
A soul, explosive gun powder,
Burns my chest alive.
‘Free Me,’ it bellows. An ultimatum,
Trapped in a Bell Jar,
Denial clogs my esophagus
Locking my tongue to the roof
Of my wordless dry mouth.
A soul, vehement fire,
Locks my tongue to
The beat of a paralyzed sound,
Freedom lies beyond transparency.
My clammy hands caress
My indifferent glass prison.
“Free Me,” I word but do not whisper.
In a moment of clarity
The world opened bulbous arms,
Salty oceans dispersed beneath my feet,
Blaring heavens split with thunderous appeal.
In a moment of clarity
Salty oceans dispersed beneath my feet,
Piercing coyote yowls corroded my
Fleshy lungs, a cherry popped.
In a moment of Clarity
The world opened bulbous arms,
I spun once, twice, did it not take three?
A cherry popped, bathing me scarlet.
In a Moment of Clarity
Blaring heavens split with thunderous appeal
Your lips swallowed mine and stole
Words spoken from lips stained with prayer.
Sapphire specks tether to my eyes
As clockwork cogs
Turn another revolution,
Pervasive bronze circles
Clang away with every exhale.
Steely silver pillages my eyes
Clockwork cogs
Twist another revolution
Gold circles, rotund like the sun
Whimper wheezily with every inhale.
Sapphire dazzles my tongue,
Clockwork cogs
Twist another revolution
The gong plugs porous ears
Sown eyes flicker, crimson thread rips through flesh
Bass cracks ceramic cheeks
Clockwork cogs
Turn another revolution.
Squeezed in a box of Sand,
Every corner drowns,
Choking claustrophobia
Corrodes his veins; clay
Rusts on bitter iron.
Hysteria rots the bulge,
Pealing laughter plights
His lips,
Boisterous pain mutes sonorously.
Above, Irony mocks toothily,
Hanging pale silk curtains
Kiss his cracked forehead,
Imbibing serrated brows,
Purging the waves of time.
I tumble on rubbery legs
Drunk on the world.
Exuberant stars dangle from my ears,
Fiery pendulums
Brushing red boils across my skin.
I fancy myself a Queen among women,
Traipsing coquettishly, a conqueror
Over uneven streets.
The impetuous sun
Spins at the touch
Of my fingertips.
Heat clasps my ankles
Slithers up bronze legs
Seeks what man cowers from.
Brittle wings are swallowed by hates' maw,
A blue whale grasping for satiety,
Feathers coil and wither,
Papery parchment crumbles over the Aegean sea.
Translucent, mocking, the sky plummets
Scatters like diamonds
Beneath the celestial sphere.
My heart consists of
Withered orchid petals
I slink on the boat
To the river Styx,
Charon cackles, bobbing his head,
Coal waters pull us away.
“Short lived,” my guide rasps.
Yellow-Jackets buzz
Pincers implant themselves in my iris,
My eyes pop like turquoise cherries.
Eyeless ruts breathe out dust,
My lips part, I vomit moths.
Look lavender eyes.
My chest cracks open
Rickety doors on rusted hinges.
My head floats
In a cotton ball
The way Lilly pads
Travel over a pond's surface.
You tell me—with lips drawn down
"Pay attention, you always do this."
In a haze I nod and tap
My twice chewed-over lips.
My head floats
In a cotton ball
Slack.
A sloth on a branch.
Droplets of Fire (Part 1) by RancidToxicity, literature
Literature
Droplets of Fire (Part 1)
A soft breeze rustled the dried golden leaves around Emily's shoes. Her dark curls brushed over her eyes, tickling her cheeks. In irritation she swatted it away with her small pale hand.
"Emily! Make sure to come back before five!"
Her mother's high-pitched voice stabbed into Emily's ears and made her cringe. "Yeah, I got it mom! Sheesh, I'm twelve already," she added under her breath as she continued her walk away from the small encampment behind her. The smell of roasted hot-dogs still lingered in the air, clinging to her nostrils enticingly, but she'd had her fill. No more hot-dogs today.
When she reached the trees up ahead her radi