aftertaste || poetry

By citruspotter

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the words left in my mouth after the pain came, stayed, and left More

introduction
001 - soul sisters
002 - the shower
003 - prodigal
004 - guilt in the mirror
005 - hidden dance
006 - moon child
007 - my secret courage
008 - the birthday party
009 - midsummer melancholy
010 - promises lined in silver
011 - for
012 - twelve months
013 - delusion's laughter
014 - anemoia
015 - filling in between the lines
016 - fourth vice
017 - think of me highly
018 - the eyes you see
019 - greater expectations
020 - verity
021 - butter and berries
022 - to mock a bird that gets killed
023 - continuous
024 - never seen yet understood
025 - swimming lessons
026 - dare
027 - a headache that never leaves
028 - strangers
029 - wires
030 - trois
031 - burn too bright
032 - a stroll around the galaxy
033 - pages of your soul
034 - rooted in you
035 - ocean kisses
036 - shame on me
037 - cyclical
038 - moonlit lonesome
039 - november nightmares
040 - the love we deserve
041 - storm of two souls
042 - car ride
043 - second place
044 - waiting game
045 - watchful eyes
046 - walk alone
047 - waging battle
048 - the mighty fall
049 - desert
050 - all i can ask
051 - the path of sparrows
052 - your goddess of love
053 - her final eruption
054 - hanging gardens
055 - tongue's goodbye
056 - two lips
057 - blame on me
058 - portrait of him
059 - fight with control
060 - fearless
061 - a giver's torment
062 - the pain of today
063 - tidal love songs
065 - last words
066 - in memoriam
067 - antidote to rage
068 - cry
069 - baggage check
070 - honey lies
071 - teenage fantasy
072 - words fail
073 - what he knows
074 - parting rituals

064 - gemini

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By citruspotter

themes: connection, betrayal, destruction

two stars hold the sky upon your temple

shining together unless one burns the other

in faux sisterhood we are one and the same

a mirror and a window all but divide us

you cannot wish to break one apart

without also electing to hurt the other

instead the cosmic divine was shattered

two halves turning their backs on each other

one consuming the other into oblivion

your choice was thus made simpler

when you look at her do you see me instead

or am i merely a figment of a past life

a whisper of a memory in a sleepless dream

whose existence nobody has evidence of

when you kiss her do you feel my spark

the taste of rum plunging down your throat

perhaps this is all some trickery of the head

when your gut knew which elixir was right

choose the tantalizing colors of one

tell me when the poison hits your stomach

at the crossroads you make a simple decision

confidence fades into blackness at your words

the most predictable formula breaks to pieces

when i was deceived by the greatest plot of all

will you come running back in due time

maybe in another life where your heart was true

and your feet were planted here on earth

but your head is now clouded up with water

she'll be the one who accidentally drowns you

and you'll thank her as you breathe your last

we all make destructive choices sometimes

but yours broke apart wrathful twin flames

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