Lily Ives

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That dreadful feeling of turmoil
seeps through my arteries;
I scream to cry but don't make a sound.
The pain is deep, and its source is a mystery.
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2.

What is the concept of time?
The clock dial spins on repeat in a circular motion every 24 stops, and
I can hear it tick and tock
In the morning the sun rises, and at night it falls
...

A graceful beast in thick matted light
devouring mane entered my life
in the still of the night -
And against the moon's silver light,
...

Pull the sheet over my head;
and let me rest here.
I peeled my face off the mirror
and threw the crimson stone
...

How does it sound when a heart breaks?
Does it bang like the sudden blast
of a forgotten land mine
ripping the flesh of an unfortunate animal?
...

I wore my heart on the sleeve
and laid down my weapons on the table
when you approached me.
You presented to me as a shy,
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Pull the wool over my eyes;
there's nothing left to see here.
Panic, fakery, fear and exhaustion
pollutes the rivers that once
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8.

Fear,
You're both my friend and my foe.
You keep me alive,
And you prevent me from living my best life.
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What would you do if you knew that all the elements bring me to you?

I gaze at a flame, dancing across a burning log,
and watch it slowly disintegrate into sleepy embers as I think of you.
...

I fell in love.
The rug was pulled from under my feet,
And I bravely took that first step off the cliff.
I did as they wrote in the stories and took a chance,
...

The waves crash against the shore,
A symphony of heartbreak.
For I have loved a handsome man,
With chiseled jaw and golden eyes,
...

Upon a grey and gloomy day,
A mob of crows descend softly on the shore.
Waves crash, break and threaten to claim
the land beneath black talons.
...

There are no lessons to learn;
the old chapters in my book
grip to tired and faded pages.
Chasing happiness lies behind me;
...

We want to change the world
So that we can leave our mark,
And to attain enlightenment
Because we are blind.
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Hope -
A delusion,
A fool's gold.
We cling to abandoned altars
...

To the left of your head
tuck away your grief,
To the right of your head
drill a burr hole and let it bleed.
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The enemy is not in the sex
It is not in the kiss
It is not in the woman
It is in the mirror
...

It's a ghost town where you once dwelled.
Your photos gather dust over the cracked frames
I threw against the doors I forced shut behind you.
A glimmer of light casts a shadow
...

Run! Run!
Go and catch the light.
The final hour is upon us as the sun retreats
her formless embrace across the sea.
...

While you pave the way for your future,
the land beneath your feet awaits to welcome you.
The marble tombstone will rise to be your eternal home;
your bones will be all that's left of your dreams, woes and joys.
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The Best Poem Of Lily Ives

Unsettled

That dreadful feeling of turmoil
seeps through my arteries;
I scream to cry but don't make a sound.
The pain is deep, and its source is a mystery.

Have you ever felt that something was missing?

I walked for hours anywhere and
nowhere just to escape the empty void.
I scanned the faces of strangers lost
in the crowd searching for meaning.
Hours, days and months morphed into smoke
as they disappeared into history, and yet,
I found myself inching back to that familiar place that hurts.

I want to move, to dance, to be anywhere,
but here in the still of the night.
I sit with my eyes closed, dissolving inwards, and ask:
Who is watching these thoughts?
Who am I?
Why is there a dichotomy between my soul, mind, and heart?

I hear random voices nitpicking my darkness.
Life feels like a battlefield
between morality and wickedness.
Can I say I love an animal when I eat its flesh?

It's human to be a hypocrite,
but I am tired of lies.
The lies we tell ourselves and others to murder truth
because evolution favours lies.

For centuries the battle between good and evil
endures in our perverse hearts.
But I don't want to be good;
I want to interweave darkness into my light.

So I sit here and suffer in silence
the inexplicable tug of change.
My roots seek to settle on new land
as the soil slowly drains away,
loosening the bonds of shame,
as I find my place among humans.

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