Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Cards

Cards..



Alice pick your part

I keep waiting....

If I could I would get an old GTO

re write every promise in smoke

Watch them fall like ashes one by one...



Scarlett letters bleed into empty promises

The Ace pretends to be a King

I fold........



One hand

I threw the dice

You left the table



The labyrinth we mold out of cards

Gambling dreams

Speaking truth as it leaves your mouth it burns....



How do we believe

When you raped me of everything I knew



I am the devil you never want to face eye to eye

I am the angel who protects under perfect wings

I am the soldier who won a thousand wars



Alice speaks

snow falls

She is laughing

She is swallowed alive



I write a script

I know every word by heart

Ill sing you to sleep

And poison your heart at the same time



An abortion of hope

Cut the heart into pieces

Love rots



My veins run cold

I ask Jesus for advice

He says..

Darling don't believe the lies



My world becomes small

when I thought we were big

I dance at this funeral

You say it's how it was supposed to be

Never felt that way .....when you were holding me.



Trade a secret with me

Ask your heart to be free

I read the Braille on the walls of your trench coat

that used to protect me

Whats it like to have a voice?



I am a Scarlett letter

I am the seine

in your shallow sea.



Never had a chance

Who can contain me?

3 comments:

  1. This is incredible. I love the imagery and Wonderland-play. So far, this is my favorite:

    "Alice speaks
    snow falls
    She is laughing
    She is swallowed alive"

    Now I'm going back to read it a couple more times. :)

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  2. goodness amy...great use of hard words to set the tone in this...i read the braille on the walls of your trenchcoat that used to protect me...great line...hot write today...

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  3. Nice; makes me think of Meredith Brooks' music:

    "Ill sing you to sleep
    And poison your heart at the same time"

    I think this is actually my favorite line:
    "I read the brail on the walls of your trench coat"

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