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Elliot and Stanley

for unseeing eyes

for unseeing eyes

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laden with sky
we stumbled
and painted mockingbirds
on loveless branches
folding in our slender limbs
and ducking under our own
voices, fidgety and frail
against the wall of night.

between the dipping blades
and drawn shoulders
we learned to craft our words
steady-soft,
a drumming rain
that carved canyons
in open hearts and
drew the sunshine to
our supping lips.

keen-eyed, we watched
remembering the weight
of unseeing eyes
and scalding remarks
and we learned to slip
the noose-knots and slide
through the soul-cracks
and somehow
build kingdoms under
upturned noses.

with lyrical uncertainty
and tender determination
we built a pyre of peace
in the shadows
of dissonance
and watched it blaze
the truth across our
pliant hearts.

as solemn
as new leaves still curled
and stretching hands
unfurled in suppliance
we lifted our heads
in broken laughter,
for this light is our burden,
and even a whisper
can shatter silence
and bring the blind
to sight.
for unseeing eyes December 10, 2011 54 comments 219 favourites
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Pailei

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“Love as if your heart will never break, dearling. Never give up on anyone—especially not yourself. Be kind when you can be, firm when you must be. When you are surrounded by darkness, choose to be the light. And don’t think for a single moment that all of this is meaningless. Because to someone, it means everything. Just as you mean everything to me.”

offerings of a ghost

offerings of a ghost

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and there was a vague veracity
in the whisper of your touch
that faded like feathers of frost
before the fevered kiss
of my breath.

winter settled slowly
down the curling knots of my spine
the same path
where your lips once burned
like candles in the night,
shadows tossed high
as autumn leaves riding reckless
on the wind.

at times i feel
this cup of bones
will crumble, blood and ash
and only that
and heavy hearts too full to bear
will break against the cool,
upturned cheek of earth
bare of greenery
but veiled in sinking snow.

your every echo is a curse
limned in regret
and the sting of dark hair whipping
in my brimming eyes
carries the coldest winds
across whitewashed memory,
the bite of ice built
upon a wasteland.

even a shiver cannot shake
the ringing feeling
that your absence speaks
a greater truth—
that you were never here
at all.
offerings of a ghost October 27, 2011 40 comments 40 favourites
First place in `dreamsinstatic's '11 Poetry Screams contest. Yay! :heart:

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closed doorsa habit:
i never sit
with my back to the door.
someone, anyone really, might
shove a sharp knife between
my lily-white shoulder blades.
experience speaks loudly
--but whispers,
the last traitor
looked you in the eyes.

a second habit:
i never sit
facing the door, either.
there might come a moment
when, carefree, laughing, all
my life glints in my lifted eyes
and someone falls in love
with my smile.
all lovers
turn into traitors.closed doors by *Pailei
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strangely awayi shrink strangely away from light,
when darkness drapes freely
as when drops the shade of night
to bow her greeting.

eternity, i, certain still,
long for familiarity of time
now break my blindness to the light
and avoid the beaten path.

and so of infinitesimal brightness,
these mornings of the mind
when not even the sun reveals a secret
or clouds hide outside,

the fearful withdraw cowardly
and never embrace a flower
sweetly with their toes
as the world teaches us to be blind,

both the brightness remains
and nothing out of view
resists the afternoon
and death leans crookedly away.strangely away by *Pailei
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Be Soft

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"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." ~Kurt Vonnegut

Or, as I often say, I'd rather be disappointed than jaded.

Because it seems I sometimes need the reminder.

I do believe the world is a beautiful place.
So much so that I'm forever seeking the beauty, even in darkness and sorrow.

It's so very hard sometimes, to retain a sense of innocence and wonder in a world that seems bent on crushing us. But if you cannot see the light in the darkness, then maybe you should try being the light.

It may be true that an open heart is the easiest target, but it's also the strongest, the most resilient.
Because no matter how many times a heart is broken, it still beats.

So don't be afraid of being soft.
It's not a weakness.
It takes an awful lot of courage, actually.

Shine on, my lovelies.

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*Pailei
weaver of words
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United States
pailei [pā-lā] n. 1. a twenty-something female who enjoys creative pursuits, including but not limited to: viewing or creating artwork, devouring books, spinning tales, and/or weaving words into fine tapestries some call art. 2. someone who enjoys terrible beauty, meaningful sorrow, mysterious magic, and the general complexities of life.

Current Residence: in my head
Favourite style of art: the kind that changes something in me
Operating System: scalpel + stitches
Skin of choice: flesh
Personal Quote: veni mecum
Interests

If you had to choose between happiness, and creating amazing art, which would you choose? 

33%
7 deviants said Art. I would wrestle some sort of contentment from it.
24%
5 deviants said Why can't I have both? (Because I said so. NOW CHOOSE!)
19%
4 deviants said Happiness. I'll be so happy I won't care if my artwork sucks!
10%
2 deviants said Happiness. I wouldn't need to create if I was completely happy.
10%
2 deviants said Art. Screw happiness. I want to be apprecated!
5%
1 deviant said I don't know...I'm really indecisive and I can't choose.
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=HillsOfMyst 5 days ago  Hobbyist Writer
Hello! :wave: This is just to let you know that I have featured you here for completing NaPoWriMo :)
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*Pailei 4 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Awesome, thanks! :)
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=HillsOfMyst 4 days ago  Hobbyist Writer
You're welcome :)
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*bloodawni May 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Hello, I just stopped by to let you know I finally posted your feature! You can view it here: [link] :)
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*Pailei May 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Awesome, thanks! :)
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*bloodawni May 15, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
You're welcome. :)
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~camillejilliane May 9, 2013  New member Hobbyist Digital Artist
thank you! amazing work. you deserve a new watcher <3
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*Pailei May 9, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Aw, thanks so much! I really appreciate the devWATCH! :glomp:
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*imaginative-lioness May 7, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Congratulations on finishing NaPoWriMo, you have been featured here: [link] :heart:!
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~weirdo-mess May 4, 2013  Hobbyist
Thank you very much for the fave. :)
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