I threw
Your memory
Onto the
Pyre.
It got too
Heavy
To carry.

#poetry

The world
Will not
Break you,
The night
Cannot
Forsake you,
For you are
Made of
Stars.

#poetry

This moment
Will never be
Again.
But we are together,
You and I,
In these
Words,
Now.

#poetry

There is fire
In my heart,
Borrowed from
The stars.
Weren’t your
Vile hands
Burnt enough?

#poetry

I am a cemetery.
There may be
Gravestones
Within me
But, there are
Also flowers.

#poetry

Let your
Sorrow know:
There are
No shadows
Without light.

#poetry

Close your eyes.
See how the
Light seeps
Through,
How warm
Hope can be
In the middle
Of the dark.

#poetry

We are
A parting
Gift the
Universe
Gives to
Itself.

#poetry

There is
So little of
Me here
And so much
Ache in my
Place.

#poetry

Each breath,
An epithet
Through
Gritted
Teeth.

#poetry

All the
Stars I’ve
Wished upon
Are ghosts,
And I am
Haunted
By their
Answers.

#poetry

Oh, to be
A photon
Of light
Refracted
By the prism
Of your eyes.

#poetry

We, the
Artifacts of
Starlight,
Will not
Surrender
To the
Dark.

#poetry

Love me
Til the
Crematory
Turns the
Burden
Of my
Bones
To ash.

#poetry

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Bonjour,

Gustave Doré - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1870

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Gustave Doré (1870)

Your atoms
Have bent the
Fabric of space
And burned boldly
For a thousand
Forevers.
Search yourself.
You haven’t
Forgotten.

#poetry

There is
No darkness
Immune to
The light.
Hold on,
The dawn
Is coming
Soon.

#poetry

You broke
Me open,
Never knowing
That I’m a
Geode.

#poetry

You are the
Standard candle
By which I
Measure
The distance
To my dreams.

#poetry

May the
Starlight
Find you,
And remind
You of your
Genesis.

#poetry

#KnowThyself #selfacceptance #dorothyparker #poetry #quote #quotes #quotation

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In youth, it was a way I had, to do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad to suit his theories. But now I know the things I know and do the things I do, and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you. Dorothy Parker

There is
Electricity
In your skull,
Powered by
Neuron,
Built by
Atoms
Born from
A galaxy
Longing
To know
Itself.

#poetry

I am a wildfire.
Sixteen thousand
Days burning.
I cannot be
Built upon.
She is a
Stone.

#poetry

There are
Finer things
To be found
In the stars
Than you can
Comprehend.
Open your eyes,
Let the light in.

#poetry

The sky is
Mapped out
In perfect
Symmetry,
But you
Still
Bleed me
To find the
Stars.

#poetry

Your mind
Is a galaxy
I hope to
Explore.

#poetry

The places
You thought
Empty
Within you
Are filled with
The cosmos.

#poetry

I have
More forgotten joy
Than remembered
Sorrow.

#poetry

There lives
In you the
Memory
Of supernovae,
No wonder
You can’t
Help but
Burn.

#poetry

She carries
All the old gods,
Still alive in
Each breath
Of prayer,
And delivers
Them to the
Depths of
The copse,
Devoured
By the corpse
Light of
A dying sun.

#poetry

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Old giants rise from the earth and follow closely through the mist as the sorceress wends her way silently through the wilds

In spite of
The darkness
Inside you,
You burn like
The Sun.

#poetry

May the
Fractures
Become
Facets
That refract
And reflect
The light.

#poetry

You are knit
Together by
Infinity,
Every atom
Of your being
A forever for
Some strange
Sun.

#poetry

The dust
Here
Was never
Made of
Your skin,
But you
Found a way
To choke me
Yet.

#poetry

No tears
For those
Who, like
Stones,
Weighed you
Down when
You were
Drowning
Instead of
Offering a
Hand.

#poetry

Have heart:
There is
Gold in
Your bones
From the
Core of
Dead stars,
You illuminate
The dark,
You precious
Thing.

#poetry

We will
Shine so
Bright with
the universe
Inside of us
It’ll terrify
The dark.

#poetry

Given the grace
Of ages,
Every star is
Reborn in
You.

#poetry