Contention

By acheairs

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Poetry based on prompts from Instagram (J.R. Rogue and Kat Savage) about The War In Us. In love and heartbrea... More

1 - The Ties That Bind Us
2- Before I Knew You
3- Kuebiko
4- Underneath My Fingernails
5-April Offerings
6 - Torn
7 - The Unkindness of You
8 - This Lovely Mess
9 - Nodus Tollens
10 - The Sanity in Sadness
11 - Fractured Secrets
12 - This Lust, This Guilt
14 - Put Your Hand Here
15 - Without the Last Walk
16 - A Wicked Trap
17 - The Glass Kiss
18 - Grenades on Your Tongue
19 - Walking Silent Shores
20 - How Many Birthdays
21 - It Happens Behind the Blinds
22 - In This Language
23 - Ivory Truths
24 - Rewriting the End
25 - Two Lies on a Sunday
26 - In the Pursuit of Nothing
27 - Good as the Giving
28 - Blank Stares and Full Lips
29 - The Woman You Knew Then
30 - Theft is a Five Letter Word
31 - The War in Us

13 - Boy of the Night

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By acheairs

In the darkness
Under the glow of neon
No longer touched by the moon
I watch as the night
Brings out a new version
Of the people
I see each day

He walks with his friends
In this dark
World of real but not
Of fun moments
And recklessness
Where the part of him
He hides
Comes to life
I watch these guys
In the night
In their kingdom
With the girls so
Full of life
Laughter
Fun
Love
Desire and Passion
On their minds

I long to be as free
As the night dwellers
To be reckless
Like them
And be free
To fly
And dance
And dream
And be
Another me
Without these scars
Without the pain
Without the burning sun
Holding me back

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