“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
STEPHANIE BRIARIn my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.
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In my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.
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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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The glint of mischief in your eyes is the flint in my matchstick. Striking; always this close to igniting.
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I count the stars from whence we came. I name them all for you; my flame.
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I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
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The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
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I pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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Love me until oblivion paints your portraits on my eyelids, sinking by eons into distance that never separates us.
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Creatives are neither born nor created. They are activated.
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Light finds you just as I once did: an accident that is no accident.
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In my dreams you conjure me like a spell in the night. Let us haunt one another with uneasy peace, and die burning alive.
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To the oppressed with no seat on the table; dreaming of change and better days, I will pull up a chair, and light fires in your name.
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When I was a child, I used to fear monsters under the bed. I have since learned that most monsters are found within. And they are always worth fighting.
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I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.
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Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
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