Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and watch me spark like a match tossed to tinder.
GEMMA IVERSENI’ve brought myself back to life more times than I can remember. And when I say I brought myself back, I mean, I have clawed, clambered and coaxed myself from the precipice of self destruction.
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Burnt mirror, smeared glass. Do you like what you see? If my body is a temple, then my poetry is the darkest vestry. My mouth is a chalice, and these words are sacramental.
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I looked again at my new ring and in that moment all I knew, was that the greatest of adventures would be revealed in with you.
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Rise and shine, rise and shine. Fractious hope in life divine. Rise and flicker, rise and fade. Til’ death’s clasp I can’t evade.
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A seed of suspicion. A sprout of doubt. A sapling of worry. But what an oak of strength I’ve become.
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I can fade to darkness too. Through fear or want or need, its true. If only to escape the truth; that loneliness abides with you.
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And if it’s true that trust, like happiness is a choice, then I’ll take this leap of faith.
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Stay with me on this long night, til the dawn turns crow skies bright. Bring your skin to join with mine, and make in me a transient shine.
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Guess who’s flying free now? You, a mere speck of the ground. And I, lost and found amongst the clouds.
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To all those I have loved and left, please know, it wasn’t you. For though I’d not wish you bereft, this heart seeks pastures new.
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And just like that, fostered beneath the stars. curated by moonlight, our love became incarnate.
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Do I need you? No. But I want you. Like the fish seek warmer waters and the birds the brighter skies.
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She can shake away the recent frost of misery and pain. As life takes in a vivid sense of meaning once again.
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I strip. In low light. In the silence of my room. I strip like an act of confession. Unclothing my meticulous mind and teasing language from the vestry of my soul.
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I couldn’t care less how much money a person has, or what their job title is. Show me a person who seeks out the beauty in a wreckage; who’ll take the remnants of their troubles and stitch a sail from the tatters.
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Go on then, color me broken whilst I feign my surprise. Let me summon some sorrow for this wreckage inside.
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