my mirror started speaking
when I wiped the fog
of freshness from its face
"stop, don't wipe me
you're hideous", it said,
"I likened you so well
before you turned to
wrinkles and lines
I blessed you for your
smoothness that made
my job so nice,
now your features
fear me
and I can never paint
enough to capture
all the time
that's travelled across
you face
-you are history-
and I can't reflect
the beauty in that,
so I ask you to forgive
that I make you hideous
with my stumbling
lines and crooked
wrinkles
for you are stunning
even me"
I let the fog gather
on the window to his
grace
and thanked him
for his kindnes
Im Memoriam Carl Linnaeus by illfatedferret, literature
Literature
Im Memoriam Carl Linnaeus
In memory of Carl Linnaeus, or Weeds
'We're not meant to walk on grass'
the wild one told me as our feet
threaded paths of fire through the green
'gravel is there to be walked on
it's minute enough for those like us
not to bleed as our soles are jostled
'these leaves are wrong, the shade, the shape
we can not call them by their names, as their
names are not their own
but shared among their betters
'If Mag Mell was planted with pains of hell
these are the ones that would blossom'
the wild one said with silence
that I was stronger than them all
you need no name to walk among us
but you will never need to stop
for you staying pa
blue shirt
a hundred percent cotton, the label declares
and I can see the looks I'm getting, they're almost glares
yes, it's plaid, I want to stand up and state
with little pink lines that don't look straight
it's over twenty years old, older than me
so, really, the number of holes are expected to be
and I know it's ugly, I'm not that blind
but clashes of colour isn't something I mind
I love this shirt, it's comfy and warm
and it's better than armour to save me from harm
so while it may not be of the latest fads
it's of something better, it's one of my dad's
a hundred percent cotton and ugly as shit
with treasures and joys and m
The City
the asphalt asphyxiates us
the buildings bind us
the crowds cut us
the dirt drains us
the eloquence evades us
the fumes fuck us
the gentle galls us
the hope hinders us
the illegal ignites us
the jobs jail us
the killers kiss us
the lover leaves us
the murderers mystify us
the nobodies numb us
the order owns us
the poor penetrate us
the qualms quiets us
the rich rape us
the sidewalks sickens us
the threats thrill us
the ugly undress us
the voyeurs vitalize us
the wonders wastes us
the xenophobia isolates us
the yielding yearns us
the zealous zaps us
all around us the city withers
amid mad and crazy titters
Dear Insanity,
I missed you today,
I felt so sane I couldn't fly away.
I had to see the world and interact.
I had to deal with people and things
I couldn't get away without my wings
so they ate me, I was the main course meal.
You betrayed me today, Insanity.
Void of expression, out of control;
Can't stear the pain, I'm going down a hole.
Can't fight the feeling, lost in my mind,
My heart drew a blank, and I came out fine.
Void of expression, out of control.
Is it a bad thing on the whole?
Pain is a weakness that can't fight the world,
Pain is a cataclyst that is just a word.
Pain is what I feel when I look at you,
Pain is what you bring when it comes to us two.
Void of expression, out of control;
Take a sip from etenity's bowl.
Pain is nothing and all just the same,
Eternity never gave a fuck that you came,
I gave a shit and you told me to go,
I never forgave you, but never let it
my mirror started speaking
when I wiped the fog
of freshness from its face
"stop, don't wipe me
you're hideous", it said,
"I likened you so well
before you turned to
wrinkles and lines
I blessed you for your
smoothness that made
my job so nice,
now your features
fear me
and I can never paint
enough to capture
all the time
that's travelled across
you face
-you are history-
and I can't reflect
the beauty in that,
so I ask you to forgive
that I make you hideous
with my stumbling
lines and crooked
wrinkles
for you are stunning
even me"
I let the fog gather
on the window to his
grace
and thanked him
for his kindnes
Im Memoriam Carl Linnaeus by illfatedferret, literature
Literature
Im Memoriam Carl Linnaeus
In memory of Carl Linnaeus, or Weeds
'We're not meant to walk on grass'
the wild one told me as our feet
threaded paths of fire through the green
'gravel is there to be walked on
it's minute enough for those like us
not to bleed as our soles are jostled
'these leaves are wrong, the shade, the shape
we can not call them by their names, as their
names are not their own
but shared among their betters
'If Mag Mell was planted with pains of hell
these are the ones that would blossom'
the wild one said with silence
that I was stronger than them all
you need no name to walk among us
but you will never need to stop
for you staying pa
blue shirt
a hundred percent cotton, the label declares
and I can see the looks I'm getting, they're almost glares
yes, it's plaid, I want to stand up and state
with little pink lines that don't look straight
it's over twenty years old, older than me
so, really, the number of holes are expected to be
and I know it's ugly, I'm not that blind
but clashes of colour isn't something I mind
I love this shirt, it's comfy and warm
and it's better than armour to save me from harm
so while it may not be of the latest fads
it's of something better, it's one of my dad's
a hundred percent cotton and ugly as shit
with treasures and joys and m
The City
the asphalt asphyxiates us
the buildings bind us
the crowds cut us
the dirt drains us
the eloquence evades us
the fumes fuck us
the gentle galls us
the hope hinders us
the illegal ignites us
the jobs jail us
the killers kiss us
the lover leaves us
the murderers mystify us
the nobodies numb us
the order owns us
the poor penetrate us
the qualms quiets us
the rich rape us
the sidewalks sickens us
the threats thrill us
the ugly undress us
the voyeurs vitalize us
the wonders wastes us
the xenophobia isolates us
the yielding yearns us
the zealous zaps us
all around us the city withers
amid mad and crazy titters
Dear Insanity,
I missed you today,
I felt so sane I couldn't fly away.
I had to see the world and interact.
I had to deal with people and things
I couldn't get away without my wings
so they ate me, I was the main course meal.
You betrayed me today, Insanity.