Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?
There is something magical about a person who, despite all attempts to stop them, stays true to who they really are.
Moment
And there is a moment
And for a second it all makes sense
And then it slips
And you end up chasing that something-or-other all your life
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friends like these
quietly listening to friends
talk about
the one who went away
wondering
. . .with friends like these
what life did you
friend
lead?
icy in their words and speech
all the apparent warmth
is steeped in derision
so detached
and deliberate in their cleverness
with friends like these
what on earth did you
friend
see
in all of them?
love, here
sounds like a four letter word
with no other substance
than to hurt, insult
though maybe all they are is
exhausted, because you
friend
were not easy to be
with
so maybe all this
is grief, speaking
about the sudden loss
of a human
being
shorn of all niceties
showing the knowing
of what it was to be a
friend
to the you that once was
a me.
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to a young(er) friend
ok, let’s talk about it
that thing that disturbs so many
oh god, not againÂ
#sigh #rollseyes
though somewhere I read that
porn has become the new sex-ed
um, what?
i don’t even know what to think of that
where to start where to end
and, oh, the visuals
endless, endless
sunk deep into the web
which makes things so difficult
when the deed is actually to be done
because intercourse
depends on one thing a screen can’t provide
(not that people don’t try…)
bodies.
real bodies. alive.
living, breathing
actual people
humans
with skin and hands and mouths
personal scents and personal sounds.
touch. feeling.
such small words
doors to so many worlds.
#obvious I know
but think about it
a person’s presence
cannot be fast-forwarded
freeze-framed
clicked away
edited
photoshopped
or otherwise modified
not to mention their preferences
their pasts and presents
their hopes for the future
in unknown beds
that one moment in their lives
that can outlast all others for
hours, days
years on end
it all depends
on what actually happened.
there are infinite variations
like flowers and bees
and all the other species on the planet.
so let’s talk about it
that thing that disturbs so many
y’know
what needed to happen
for you to be here in the first place :D
oh my god TMI!!!
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clarity
where do you draw the line?
now that your reading’s done
and you’re aware of lives
lived by codes outside and beyond
everything you know
the accepted nastiness lingering
behind the famed glory
the casual cruelty accepted
behind the ingenious order
praised since time untold
…
and yet, there is such a thing as reception
that old question
how much is too much
and what of honesty?
what of that which happened
often, far too often
and must be thought of
retold
clearly, without softening
without any lenses blurred
sharp contours of thought
and feeling
of all those grey areas in between
painful, upsetting
without clear lines from A to B
but that’s what it’s really about
or not?
exploring the edges
diving down into darker depths
drawing out the essence of storytelling
finding new ways to reach
what we all strive for
clarity.
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