Submissions by Salient_Swan_

Imperceptible
posturing  
casual indifference  
to cruelty  
or was it  
imagined heartbreak?  
 
Lucrative saunters  
voicing  
hip swingin'  
perfect undulations  
rhythmically hypnotic  
a soul capturing sashay  
veritable sly-pied piper  
marquee maker  
 
Collector  
of  
many  
finding  
them  
all  


multitudes  
swarm  
 
buzzing  
moths  
to a flame  
they  
flock  
 
Finding requiem...

she vies for attention
at every single turn
the spotlight shining center
any and all adulation
constant and consistently
a must have
to breathe properly
to inhale and exhale unnoticed
would be worse
than not breathing at all
reinforcing her existence
is paramount
by praise and conjured respect
compounded by daddy issues
abuse
mental health struggles
that force derelict desperation
driving a need deep
intensely ingrained
infused, inexorably
feeding a hungry sense of uselessness ...

Monotony
decries it's
vicegrip    
   
Lifting the fog    
of usual    
   
unleashing
unburdening 
     
Numbness    
[eventually]  
wears off    
--a portend  
to calamities ahead  
   
darkness  
pain  
emptiness  
 
Command the helm    
   
Tearing of flesh  
exposes cracked bone  

silverskin-like sinew  
showcases  
tough and wiry  
hardened intent    
   
Like hurt  
when it wholly infiltrates     ...

carried
upon
sweet lips

timbre of
dark
roasted desire

a requite
in an
umbered hue

to so reverberate
~
is to seize a heart


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