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I promise by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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I promise

I promised NOT to be controlled by fear But promises are broken, And I told you once I never lie, But words can be misspoken. And the creeping ghosts that hold my truth In memories still linger, Leave trails of their translucent proof, Tie strings around my finger. I promised to forget the past. It's over. Lost. Unchanging. But instead of being true to time My soul keeps rearranging, Sending 'was' to 'is' to 'will be', Losing track of what is real. And I told you not to love me; Love is my Achilles' heel. And you didn't think I meant it, But you'll know with this goodbye When the honest ghosts replace you With their strings

The Musician by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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The Musician

In a stranger's cool apartment Tucked away from summer's heat, Wearing socks I'd never seen before To guard my ragged feet, My senses woke to beauty's voice. The musician found his beat. It was past the hour of sleeping And the moon held up the night And the way to this emotion Wasn't touch or taste or sight, So before his lips touched reed or brass He turned off every light. Silhouetted in the doorway, Shadows washed his form to gray And I was staring through the darkness When the night began to play. It weaved the air with liquid truth And stole my breath away. I lost the will to move or think, The music held me there, A

The Dark Side of Sex by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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The Dark Side of Sex

The streetlamps shimmer mystery, They shudder broken spark. He meets her when his heart is cracked, Her eyes are cool and dark. But she seeps allure from every pore, She calls herself deception's whore, And he always has to want her more With every cruel remark. And it seems her heart has lost it's flare, Emotionless, it withers. Yet her cold embrace is raging fire His body aches and shivers. And he leaves her without guilt or shame, His sorrow makes him need this game, And he fails to see the slice of pain That her weak goodbye delivers. And the crooked pavement takes her tears And gladly holds their weight As she wipes awa

The Fall of Whimsy by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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The Fall of Whimsy

With shining eyes, I favored lies: The fairy tales and fireflies, The dewy lilt of lullabies, And wishing on the evening skies. I blew the wisps of whimsy From a dandelion stem, And I watched the clouds with wonder Turn from ships to birds to men. How green my view of what was true. I trusted all I thought I knew. I drew my dreams in a sunny hue And christened them with morning dew. But I learned in time that daylight fades In shrouded shades of sorrow. And the darkness holds me while I sleep So I don't dream of tomorrow.

I wish I may, I wish I might by ArrestingRomancer, literature

There is Another Sky by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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There is Another Sky

I saw the dawn consume the stars In a reckless rush of passion. Wearing golden shoes and bloody lips, A bold and heartless fashion. And I heard the moon, his screaming pain, As he watched his family perish, Trailing silken ribbons of fiery light, And the aftertaste was garish. And each morning I prolonged the night; Darkened curtains, darker lies. Because I never dared to lose the thought Of speckled, purple skies. I denied the day, I lived in fear, And night had lost its beauty. The past had cast a spell on me, I'd lost all sense of duty. But something changed my narrow view, I brushed against the truth. And he grabbed my h

Beauty by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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Beauty

The softest breath of beauty -- Fueled by the whispering whims of tomorrow, Starved by the promise of forever, And caged in the vault of melancholy -- Weeps, Clings to a sliver of belief, Crawls inside the womb of itself, And waits. For yesterday. For tomorrow. For forever. Waits for the lie to take hold. Waits for honesty, freedom, and the rejuvenating beat of a stronger heart. Because life is a dance of shared heartbeats. Two fluid, pulsing strongholds of desire, Synchronized, yet separate. Awake. Alive. Afraid. And secure in their fear. And life is the only way to insure beauty. Because beauty is the sweeping, swirling

For the Brave by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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For the Brave

You ask me what the world looks like From pessimistic eyes And I tell you that it always rains From dark and weary skies. I tell you that the sun is bright But clouds get in the way And I pray to one I'll never love To wipe the sky of gray. And my prayer is lost as lighting falls, My dreams are all in vain, And my windows lose transparency As doubt destroys the panes. And you laugh and say I've lost my mind, The storm can never win. All it takes is faith in you, I have to let you in. But I've seen the way this story ends, There is no shining knight. Because fairy tales are for the brave, The ones prepared to fight. I tell

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I promise by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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Enchant Me by ArrestingRomancer, literature

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Enchant Me

Enchanting This madness we create This forgotten elegance This worn out grace. Enchanting This sorrow you evoke This grief embraced in lucid memories you create This destruction of morality and beauty. Enchanting This lie I choose to believe This broken slice of fantasy This comforting escape from life This fairy tale. Enchanting This end to all we crave This aching separation impossible yet inescapable that we must succumb to. Enchanting This undeniable finale. Gutwrenching this brutal goodbye.

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Deviant for 16 years
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Current Residence: Philadelphia
Favourite genre of music: Anything and everything for the most part.
Favourite style of art: Badass?? Is that a style?
MP3 player of choice: Creative Zen
Shell of choice: Conch
Skin of choice: Moisturized
Favourite cartoon character: Kermit
Personal Quote: Speak clearly, but don't take it for granted when people actually understand.

Favourite Movies

Personal Effects, Almost Famous, Garden State, The Prestige, The Breakfast Club

Favourite Writers

Poe, Tennyson, Byron, Hemingway, Salinger, Sarah Dunant, Dr. Suess

Favourite Games

Blokus, Scrabble

Tools of the Trade

My slightly crazed mind.

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Writing, art, music, frivolity, sunshine, chaos

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ArrestingRomancer

Mar 4, 2010

Luciferous Logolepsy

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https://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/ That is all. <3

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ArrestingRomancer

Jan 25, 2010

Unclear.

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So, time is an incredibly fickle asshole, and if I could, I'd kick him in the balls. End of story. But I can't, so I'm left whining about 'him'. It feels as though I've wasted a giant portion of my life on getting to know people who only, in the end, bring me irritation, anger, grief, betrayal or enhance my cynicism... or some combination. In the past six months, my boyfriend, who I bent over backwards to help, robbed me and disappeared. A very close friend of mine died, leaving her husband and her two small children (and me) to cope with her absence. My best friend in the world turned out to be a pathological liar and almost ruined a mutua

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ArrestingRomancer

Oct 4, 2009

Sunshine and Bunny Rabbits!!

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Today I realized that every single journal entry I've written has been largely negative... so, to try to balance things out I'm going to make one full of disgustingly postive things, even though most of them make me want to gag. (And in the case of rabbits, ACTUALLY make my throat close up.) So here's my list of annoyingly postive things: -Daisies -Babies -Bunnies -Sunshine -Laughter -Raindrops on Roses -Whiskers on Kittens (I couldn't resist.) -Family -Cuddling -Fleece blankets -Puppies -Feathers -Pillows -Feather pillows -Naps -Four leaf clovers -Leprechauns -Unicorns -Taylor Swift -Dr. Suess books -Weddings -Blowing

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May 4, 2011

Just doing the obligatory pimping for The Second Chance Polished Poetry Competition which ~BibleOfDOOM is hosting this year. Please heart the article and spread the love. Tell everyone! Circulate the article and you'll have my forever