ROUGH STROKES
Collected #vss365 and other poems from @I_is_for_me on Twitter.
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Sell me a dream
in #mint condition
a stone unrolled
a pillow made of hopes.
In this world bereaved
I am ready for fairytales
for prophecies to bloom
for light to take me away.
Dark hallways
and murky rooms
hold nothing left to fear.
Reality
is this day's Boogeyman.
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#Tackle the crisis,
the worries and the bad.
Rope 'em up
like a rodeo cowboy.
Slam them down
like a wrestler.
Cuff them
like a man of justice.
But when it comes
to love
you better run and pray.
That darn emotion
will tackle you
if it ever comes your way.
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15 nov. 2019
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I put my face on
to make it less real.
Painted armor
for a soul in plain sight.
Shades and streaks
on a canvas already full.
Under the guise of a real girl
the same heart still #pounds.
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4 nov. 2019
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Half an hour ago
bangs my brain.
Last year
scratches
my anxiety centre.
1992
haunts my mind.
2025
howls like a banshee
promising uncertainty.
I wish to sell off
this bitter #crop of mine.
Planted seeds
bring nothing edible
to my table.
Bitter soil
don't provide.
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3 nov. 2019
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Deena was fed up with her blind date trying to come off as Mr Grey.
Leaning forward she smiled at him.
"I like it rough too. Think you can handle it?"
He licked his lips. "Sure Babe."
She pulled the #grater from her purse. "Uh, what's that?"
"It's for your nuts...Babe"
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3 nov. 2019
Tell me how it came to
be the days would never last.
How childhood dreams
and evergreen
turned to #cuffs
locked to the past.
How freedom became a prison
and the rain kept falling down.
Why the world now breaks
and the heavens shake
and the mistletoes are gone.
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29 oct. 2019
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A gem by any other name
no ring can hold you.
No clasps
to lock you in.
A light your own
by any color
you hold the spectrums
of the world.
The one true ruler
of #eternal diversity
spinning rainbows.
Nights and days
in fervent splendor.
A million faces
for a single dream