and then the gods come forth by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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and then the gods come forth
your lips were bleeding ichor,
as you dreamt beneath the universe
and i thought to myself...
i. head underwater, they watch you
with cassiopeia eyes as you
seep into her star-stricken skin
ii. we carved our names in hearts
on the flesh of dryads, arms
branched out, head full of sky
ever-expanding, infinity between
our fingertips,
but falling leaves
indicate that the tree is dying
iii. iii. you're like a flower in the winter,
storm tucked behind your ears, and
oblivion in the corners of your lips
the summer heat is getting to your head
fall-ing for you-is the season of change
(but have i not changed enough for you?)
to the man who sang siren songs by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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to the man who sang siren songs
i. to the old fisherman i once loved,
you are prehistoric and bleeding
salt water and broken fish bones
like the red sea's flowing from your fingertips
where i left you for another dawn's desire
i love your sea-spangled melancholia
but for what it's worth, i'm not
your little fisher girl
(you reeled me in and spit me out)
ii. you look beautiful, babe, when
your coral-reef bones whistle and crack
like seven years of bad luck wasn't good enough
for you to sail with me holding on to your ship hull
iii. i am dew dressed and sun bathing in your eyes
that wayward fish tailed woman's the one, you said
iv. i'm
because we all long for the tempest by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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because we all long for the tempest
i. my little sailor boy,
you are clockwise and fumbling
your fragile wrists struggle around
the edges of your wanderlust's atlas
open your star spangled eyes
and get your head out of the clouds
you're going in circles
(don't make the same mistake
columbus did)
ii. the tide has pushed you away
your eyes are inkshot in the candlelight
your hands intwined and overrun around
billowing sails and chipped wood
my little sailor boy,
the seas grow cold and the skies darken
the farther you stray from your
treasure-locked heart
don't put the anchor down
(you've gone too far, now)
iii. swim the seas of stardust
and vent
Do You Remember Me? by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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Do You Remember Me?
Do you remember me?
...No? Well then, maybe this will help you remember.
I live in an village filled with children and young couples, you'll know it when you see how happy everyone is. You'll know which house I live in, it's the one which everyone stays away from, you'll see me sitting by my windowsill, watching, because it's far too cold for an old lady like me to go out.
I took life for granted.
The pavement will be covered completely in snow, and the children next door are laughing, but they sound far off in the distance, and I don't know if the familiarity is peaceful, or painful. That's the problem with old fellas like me. I'm not su
we are gravity bound and breathing by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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we are gravity bound and breathing
i. my dear stargirl,
breathe in
we are lost and fragile with
fragments and puzzle pieces to carry
with lopsided wings and glass-bottom hearts
we are unlimited
(you are star stuff and daydreaming
of a transient world)
ii. your mind is as vast as the dusk day,
singing you a dream song lullaby
everything is too good to be true, and
we are blind behind melodic bird-song
wish you may and
wish you might on that little star
you see tonight because, that star is falling
(just like you did)
iii. you are beautiful, my dear,
when you cut your stories into constellations
and hide them deep into the night sky
but you ma
carry me to the countryside by SpiderwebWisher, literature
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carry me to the countryside
i. when i was a little girl,
i wanted to die on the countryside
my lighthouse eyes straight ahead
and my head laid against the cornfields
to breathe in the daylight and breathe out the mo(u)rn
my mama said that would be
a very long time from now
(i'm sorry to disappoint you, mama)
ii. my house was whisked away to oz
when i fell asleep beneath the cherry-red poppies
i ran and fell down the rabbit hole on the way back
my hair entangled with the willow trees
autumn leaves stuck to my rain boots
as my jacket stuck to close to my skin
and i felt human for the first time in ages
(i'm not a child anymore)
iii. asleep d
It took him sixty-one seconds to die. I counted.
The beach was only a walk away from there, and the sun was beating down on our heads and our hats. We hid under the trees and laughed. We were in love, if that's what love meant. We hugged each other, as we walked down the burning pavement in loud flip-flops and ripped shorts.
We were so close. I didn't know that that would be the last time I'd ever see him alive.
I was nervous when I told him, that if we were really in love, we would be together forever. He giggled softly, and told me forever was a long time. I knew that of course. It was too good to be true, I thought. He told me not to th