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All That I've Got the monotonous tick-tock of the clockAll That I've Got by ~VanitysGhost
keeps me racing.
blood beats my heart but I still feel numb, except...
memories still hurt, somehow.
take me back, way back in time so long ago
when it rained innocence all helter-skelter.
pitter-patter.
do you remember?
details so candy colored and real:
I can still taste those days.
gardens of imagination where all souls could roam.
free.
barefoot, naked.
all I've got now are my thoughts, my words.
nothing else seems to make sense anymore.
take my hand and close your eyes.
silence.
such bittersweet silence.
it touches your lips with the pungent taste of poison in the veins.
noise.
th
Here In The City these rooftops tell the story of every heart.Here In The City by ~VanitysGhost
they're the inspiration to take you higher, and the little voice inside your head telling you to take the dive.
give in and follow what feels right.
only the city knows me.
a million faces in the crowd, but each set of eyes tell the same story.
street lights ingnite the night; burning up every dream, every dreamer.
alone in the alleyways with nothing but a gut feeling telling you where to run.
houses blur, cars race by at ten times the given speed.
here in the city, only the sounds can keep up with me.
gunshots ring and the innocent's dying laughter; car alarms and empty
An Almost Perfect Stranger In the shadows of dimming streetlightsAn Almost Perfect Stranger by ~VanitysGhost
I lock lips with a perfect stranger.
A stranger who somehow knows my favorite touches,
All my secrets and my pains.
I contemplate this, wondering if this is the right thing,
Even though it feels so right.
But before I can pull back and re-think my actions,
A step ahead is this stranger.
One finger pressed gently to my lips.
"shhh..."
Pulled in by the moment,
Entranced by the mystery of it all.
A curious mind can only wonder how he knows me.
I give in,
I take the plunge.
Though in taking this dive, I've forgotten how to swim.
Thrashing and lost,
Then,
Floating still, lifeless in the murk
Sta.sh
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