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Nile
Over 90 days ago
United States

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The Instinct Fear

Fear brings out the worst in people

My mind is a constant battle Of holding strong and wearing thin My thoughts are a constant prattle Of meaningless words and din. My eyes are forever seeking out The lost, the constant, in this place My head forever turned away From any contact with disgra...

Nothing but an animal Backed into a corner Haunches pressed against the wall Scared of getting stronger Hand that fed me keeps me here, Trying not to bite. How can I suppress the fear, Of hands no longer right. Blame me not for reflex mine. It was not con...

Do not be that kind to me Make not possibility I would rather be your friend Love for me has made a trend: Friendship into lust and pain Love that makes me rude and vain Scared I am to see a day When I might see you in that way. Maybe with you I’d be wron...

I love it, this heat The scorching sun that sizzles on tar roads The searing metal of a seat belt buckle. Sure we complain One hundred and seventeen degrees Farenheit Some sadistic streak lets us enjoy The strolling walk in golf. Our shade is the long pol...

Hard it is to write down words, Already engraved In the blank books of my mind, Stored away and saved. Written for myself you see, Not for your critique Now and then I pick them up And once more take a peak. At the worlds that thrilled me then Worlds that...

My bare toes curling in warm sand Your arms around me, time unplanned To feel the impulse of your thoughts Which whisper up from depths opaque Our minds are one soft rippling lake. The impulse of a kiss arose, I hope my blush hides in shadows You notice,...

I feel so many things That when I take a moment to breathe A moment to pause before sleep overcomes me I cannot feel anything I am empty. I look on the past It’s a flurry of cold anger The freezing storm that lays a sheet of ice upon my forehead To cool m...