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A lamb in a family of teeth

A lamb in a family of teeth

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


A lamb in a family of teeth will spin wool into claws. Running only leads the way into the black; domain of yellow eyes. The distance..
Even your gaze burns

Even your gaze burns

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


When eyes only mean to caress, but hands can't contain their strength, even your gaze burns. I can no longer return to before I was f..
You are blue like the skies, I am blue as the ocean

You are blue like the skies, I am blue as the ocea..

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


You are blue like the skies I am blue as the ocean You say we are made of the same color, but I remind you we are separated On the f..
Achilles' heel

Achilles' heel

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


When I lit the fire and forged the steelwho could have foreseen how it would shapethis war of mine?You saw a quiver in my hands, hidden under two fist..
The sun is dying

The sun is dying

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


The sun is dyingand I haven't saved up enough lightMy shelter is filled with rows ofbottled rays, stored pieces of shimmering whiteEnough to last me a..
Everything Is Nothing To Me (Quatern)

Everything Is Nothing To Me (Quatern)

A Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell


My room is so quiet and empty, it hurts. ~ Nina LaCour
An empty cage

An empty cage

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


I am outside the door, peering in but I don't knock; I don't want to wake the past. I am outside the door, but I'm not on the outside; I'm ..
I had no body

I had no body

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


I had no body; no shape described me. I was confined by loneliness, but I was free. Floating in the sky I could see a light; so bright but ..
In the rose garden, I planted our love

In the rose garden, I planted our love

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


In the rose garden I planted our love One by one it took over the roses asserting its dominance Little by little A sickness..
Purple, the color of endings

Purple, the color of endings

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


You told me purple was the color of dreams; of sweet flowers and sweeter berries, of wild butterflies, of love in autumn, of you and me; b..
She looks for home

She looks for home

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


She looks up at the stars, where she looks for home. I feel the earth beneath my feet, the dirt between my toes, dig for answers; find on..