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TwistedEverything is so messed up
I’m so confused
I should be crying,
But instead I’m laughing
Laughing…
At death.
Laughing…
At my last breath.

When the world is backwards
I’m so confused
The sky is ground
The north is south
And I find myself swinging
From the cobblestones
And with dirty hands, walking
Gripping with knuckle bones

Why is it, turned all around
I’m so confused
Yes means no
Wrong is right
And I’m enthralled with hurting people
Destroying their souls
And living, but actually dead
And somehow hurt consoles

At this rate I’ll be
Falling down to heaven
Or flying up to hell

To real

The Death of DreamsKneeling before the alter of pain
She bows her head yet once again
Reaching out hands that tremble so
There is no choice but to let it go
No tears fall from her dark blue eyes
No sound is heard for she swallows her cries
Clenching her fists until her palms do bleed
The cold alter from these red raindrops feed
Unloved is all she has ever known
This alter of pain is her only home
Palms now held up to the uncaring sky
She releases her dreams and lets them fly
Empty and cold she turns and walks away
Her dreams have always been doomed anyway

Winter HeartFrozen solid, her heart will not beat,
Summer over, arctic winds won’t retreat,
All warmth and light has fled,
And you won’t last long there,
Her heart it’s a tundra in winter,
A winter heart, all dead.

The snow falling your love a breeze,
You won’t last long, you'll just freeze
Icicles from the past have froze her core,
Only warm hearts will change the season
Her heart it’s a tundra in winter
A winter heart, you've fallen for

Take a BreatherI’m not a model nor superstar
but I’m just as special as the next rock star

I’m not the queen of wonderland
But I have a heart and I understand

I’m not a magician nor actress
but I have good tastes as an artist

One day you may find me rotted in my chair
Where I sat and wrote my little heart out there

Well I may not be an amazing athlete
But in math and science I sure got you beat

I’m not a famous singer
But I am a wild dreamer

While I may not be strong and without fear
I am at least brave enough to shed a tear

While I don’t always have perfect things to say
I can sure give good hugs away

While I

Dying to be BeautifulDying to be beautiful
How far does it go
How deep can it get
How dark can it pull

When nothing holds you together
But layers of makeup on sunken cheeks
And your bones so frail they
Shatter from sobbing
Your heart so weak
You cannot risk loving

Your world so painful,
Through gray misty eyes
From the outline of ribs
To the protruding bone spines
I clearly see, you’re dying
Yes, dying to be beautiful

I wish somebody would tell you
The secret of beauty
It comes from the heart
The inside out
Not the outside in

But still how far will you go
How deep will you get
How dark will you go
Until you realize
You’re dying
Just to be

World's virtuesLet me go
I feel abused
Disowned
Misused
Like an illusion
A part of a dream
A toy from your collection
In a wicked playground

It's time to part
Go away
Grow up and leave your toys
Here in this place
You're not a disgrace, young man
In your face I see perfection
You just did what had to be done
And if things went wrong
Well, that's how it was meant to be all along
Just go your way

Tell me now
What have you done
You stand stronger now
You see further up
The dreams you have take you higher
Grow wings, young man
Don't be afraid to be a boy
The one who made me feel abused
Disowned
Misused
And made an illusion out of me
Pursue your dreams, young

Without a PurposeI dreamt I wore a heart sign on my chest
And didn't watch my feet when I walked.
In this dream, my head wasn't dying.
Then it ended, and I don't know if I woke up
For my sake or everyone else's.

SubmissMy eyes met hers, and the stars dimmed
The sun despairs in her radiance
She is 'beauty' in every facet of the word
Hunger pains consume my interior
for her whom I cannot devour
Her face I don't recall
nor have I heard her name
Still, I plead at her feet...

'Tell me
Show me that something is possible
Tell me there is something lasting in this world
Make me believe you'

My RetaliationLuscious manipulation
you beautiful creation
enveloped in admiration
complete self acclamation

It was your desperation
That caused this devastation
Your silly accusation
about the "blood relation"

Without confirmation
hesitation or provocation
or an explanation
you create this fabrication

Your interpretation
of this misinformation
combined with intoxication
Led to obliteration

There is no justification
for your intimidation
Your crazy declaration
and evil calculation

It's really retardation
Despite your "education"
Which is in a quotation
Cause its your imagination

But thanks for the invitation
To your sick celebration
Despite my irrita

Things I'll Never SayThere are certain things I’ll never say,
Like how I thought about killing myself today
Just to keep my own scary thoughts away.
Like how I stay awake way too late
To be sure I don’t awake in a bloody state.
Like how I soaked white into red last night
And turned myself into a ghastly sight.
Like how it hurts too much to breathe
When I make my own skin seethe.
Like how I Google things I shouldn’t
When I want to do things I couldn’t.
Like how I’m scared of being alone
Yet I’m only happy when I’m on my own.
Like how I know I’ll wind up killing myself
And turn into just a dusty photo on a dusty sh

HeartI left my heart's door open,
But no one walked in.
I laughed but no one laughed with me.
All that's left is a symphony.
It's coming from the back of my heart.
I'm waiting for someone to hear it.
Will you listen?

DisheartenedI’ve got not one, but two
Burdens laden my back
Quietus I pursue
Drives me like a wolf pack
Oh the burdens I cannot bear
They weigh me down,
Down to despair
I’m a haunted mind in ghost town
A shadowed spirit
A cloak unto joy
A shroud to freedom
Not predestined as an altar boy
So chained by shackles
Festering on my feet
Futilely moving my ankles
I’m no longer one of the elite
Because they drive me
And I’m their slave
In my mind that’s the Dead Sea
For I determine how I must behave
Remove this millstone
From ‘round my stiffened neck
For I fear my spine bone
Will suddenly have a wreck
And I’ll lose

My Own HellI think of ways
To waste away
With this time left unpaid

I sit and reflect
On the breath in my chest
And the words left unsaid

I rot and writhe in darkness
My heart helpless and a mess
Filled with this sick unrest

I look up and see nothing
I look inside and see worse than nothing
I watch the lies and hear the sighs

The lonely breaths of emptiness
Into an empty world only I know
The one I created for myself

You may breach the castle walls
But the stone will never crumble
And the fortress will never fall

Who hears the cries of a helpless child
Who hears the cracking of a broken heart
Who hears the death of a dying smile

Watch the words t

For Every Tear That Falls.For every tear that falls,
from cheek to palm to ground.
My name goes through to missed calls,
now that I'm nowhere to be found.

And when you're thinking of me,
as I'm sure you often will.
I'm who you always wanted me to be,
so you pop another pill.

Like the torn up photos of us,
you lie in peices on the floor.
Today I left you via bus,
and pinned this note to our old door.

I just don't love you anymore x

When She Told MeWhen she told me, I was so excited.
I was going to be a dad.
You were only a few weeks old in her belly, but I pictured our whole life together.
When you were born, I would cry without care and hold you as gently as possible,
smiling at how beautiful you were.
You would hold my finger with your tiny hand and I did not mind when you wailed in the night.
I would watch you crawl and walk and run.
I would hear you laugh at the smallest things.
I would teach you your first words and hoped when you grew up you wouldn't swear like me.
I would see you off to school, dressed in your little uniform and packed lunch.
I would be with you always

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Vinita and EldridgeVinita (The Apprentice Angel):

Oh, bequeath me open eyes,
Grant me unscathed vision,
Authorize my wisdom;
For troubled I am,
Faced with such an uncertainty
It devours conviction
To bestow love upon a humanity
That is to me a terrible affliction.

Eldridge(The Mentor Angel):

My dear Vinita so much to learn,
So much to know
For child you must grow
So I will tell you
Humanity may appear
Behind a shroud
For they fear hence must wear
Else they be left cold and bare
But I press you
To look past their veils
To see what you know
Beyond glamorous masks
And quietus flairs
Under ugly covers
Past ghastly airs
Shines a hidden light
One of the brightest

LightThe Darkness hath no power over light
The moon hath illuminated the night
Lamps made the dark room bright
Dark shadows cannot ever dim the stars
Black pitch shan’t ever conceal the sun
Light will rule darkness to the ends of time

B-Flat MinorThat intolerable silence
Like thick smog choking the room
Suffocating all with its horrid perfume
That empty pit and vacant space
Where vagabonds leave their unkempt trace
Silence, a stillness that rots nerves,
And torments those who are in it.

The world holds its breath
Only waiting for
That one sound, one word, one whisper, one sob
But the tape never plays
Remarkable thing,
How the silence stays.

It’s as though somehow
A gag is stuffed down the throat,
All dingy and terribly soiled,
Cotton dipped in salt and motor oils
Is the taste of unspoken word and unshed tear.

So solemnly brimming over a wrenching quietness
Is a sound you th

Young LoveOur love is young, our love is wild,
It’s free like the heart of a child;
We’ll kiss through the pouring rain,
Even though they stare with disdain;
We’ll interlace our fingers,
Not ever daring to let go;
Our love is young, an overflow.

Our love is young, love insecure;
We cannot be, nor will endure
A day without a mingling kiss,
Together our sincerest wish;
We play footsy at the table,
We’ll kiss through study hour;
Starring, saying “You’re an angel”.

Our love is young, our love is strong;
We are the words of a great song;
Cannot ever be separate,
Together we are one spirit,
Gliding on through our g

Mistaken InnocenceStand before an all righteous court;
Judgment passes before the consort,
Sins spread before you on a plate,
Cover your face in gnawing shame,
Not prepared to admit your mistake,
Not willing to say, “I was to blame”.
“Innocent! Innocent!
Spare me!” I was framed.
The evidence is clear;
The evidence is holy;
The evidence says guilty;
Burn! Hell for eternity.
This case is adjourned!
Alone in your cell,
Your stomach so churned,
Overflowing well
Contemplating the knife
You’ve been good all your life
Perfect you say, to all laws
Perfect in every little way
Except for one of your flaws
One petty mistake
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Infection

by *roselynedwards, Jan 21, 2013, 3:34:54 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

I'm Unfortunate,
Unlucky,
and Afflicted;
You're contagious,
and I've behaved,
Outrageous,
and rather Unjustly.
Only together a mere while,
And I'm infected,
With every word
of Affection,
that on me you've tested.
Tear me apart
and no longer leave me to suffer,
of this disease you've inflicted;
where I have no choice
But to think of you,
all day,
and in my dreams at night.
Cure me, out of your good will, my lover
for I fear I'm lovesick still.

Infectionby *roselynedwards

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

Written by Roselyn Edwards
Status: Final Draft
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~ghettopriestess Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Heartwrenching.... You're a very talented writer.

*roselynedwards Jan 30, 2013 Student Writer

Positivity such as you demonstrate is liable to drive any artist or writer to success

keep it up

~ghettopriestess Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I try....

Everybody needs random strangers to tell them they're awesome. I believe if I think something nice about a person, I should not leave it unsaid.

*roselynedwards Jan 30, 2013 Student Writer

I couldn't have said it better myself

~ghettopriestess Jan 31, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Sweet.

*Everlasting90 Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This reminds me of the song "Can't Say No" by Tinashe.

*roselynedwards Jan 23, 2013 Student Writer

haha really seems like a lot of my writings people have referred to them that they remind them of songs but i swear i've never even heard the song can't say no by tinashe

*Everlasting90 Jan 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Sadly, it's not a popular song. She was an indie artist now she's signed to RCA

Here's the link (if you'r interested):[link]
I used it it my teaser for my story.

*roselynedwards Jan 23, 2013 Student Writer

ok awesomee

~squibblyquill Jan 21, 2013

Interesting, is this a double entendre? As in, are you thinking of a real disease and also of a relationship with a person simultaneously?

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