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Hallelujah
Hallelujah

If you ask him why
he makes that face when he plays
he couldn't say except: it hurts
to be this close to God

If you ask him how
he learned to hear the Spirit
he might say: it's always been there
I just learned to listen

And if you ask him what it's like
listening to divinity, he will whisper:
Stay close and quiet
cause I won't play it twice
An April Morning
An April Morning

They tore his flesh like paper
their lashes destroying the last stanzas of his skin
until his back became
an incoherent phrase of flesh, unreadable
amidst the punctuation of his bones

Afterwards they laid him down
and wrapped his body in a single sheet of parchment
winding it about him
until he was covered completely

There was so much blood
the man beneath could not be seen
and when it dried it was nearly the color of earth

They woke three days later
torn from desperate dreaming
to find the cave empty
mouth lacking tongue to tell
what had happened in the night

All that remained
was the single sheet of pap
The Motion of the Sea
The Motion of the Sea

There is something sewn into his skin
glittering: an indecisive sea

It might be his father
stolen from photos and stories
memory without motion

The seams read the signature
of a tired child's hand
blurred by the darkness and tears
nights spent crying over the stitches
that kept him from falling apart

Now
a filtered father
made of love from other tongues
as easy as a jacket that
only sometimes feels too small
for the man he might become
Cigarette Break v.2
Cigarette Break

I know, I know I don't look like she does
even in this puddle where I can pretend
that my hair shimmers like hers:
oil on asphalt, after the rain
I know that my face
won't smile as straight:
teeth as even as train tracks
(once the braces were removed)

I know that my eyes are too honest
my mouth is too big
and I am still alone
echoing everything
like a new room needing
the clutter of speech confused with laughter

I know I want you
in a soft and necessary way
that I long to hold your hand
against the edge of my need
until you cannot tell the two apart
that I want to press our bellies together
and feel
The Garden In Reverse
The Garden In Reverse

He bit her
from the other room
unaware of what he'd done

He found her lying there
the drops of blood
two unassuming tears
like rubies at her neck

He put his mouth to hers
and tried to kiss away the pain
when, with a snake's unexpected grace
she opened up her mouth
and poured the poison out, as though
it were no more than a mouthful of words
she wished she hadn't heard
Almost All Goodbyes
Almost All Goodbyes

It is
almost
as though no one is listening

in an empty room
with white shining walls
it is almost as if you were dead

because
if there isn't anyone to lie to
what good is the truth?

I suppose
amidst the endless shouting
after all the whining ends
there won't be much left
but a handful of poorly chosen words
and a handful of poorly chosen beds
a couple of scars
(because bruises forget)
and a boxful of brittle bones
because everything else
dies
or disappears without trace

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:iconepimetheus:
Getting outside the tarot for a bit to see what else I might apply my chibi brush to. These came out MUCH better than I was expecting them to. Not sure if I'll digi them, but I'm happy enough with the illo anyway.
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Mood: Adoration ~madgirlsrock723 Aug 19, 2012  Student General Artist
d'aww they are so cute :D great job :happybounce:
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~epimetheus Aug 20, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Thanks so much! I certainly appreciate the feedback and the fav!
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~madgirlsrock723 Aug 23, 2012  Student General Artist
You are most welcome :aww:
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