Submissions by spokenflame (Set_It_To_Flames)

I decided to take the morning flight
and leave my worries behind,
with the memories of you.”-k.h.

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"I'm so sick of these hourglass loves,
These halfhearted relationships,
These sleepy eyed
I love yous 
created from a whiskey bottle.
I'm tired of
the fantasies we make ourselves out to be.
We aren't lost souls 
looking for our other half,
we are humans
learning to survive
in a less lonely life."-k.h

My skin the color of an off white table blanketed in dust.
With marks of what has been left behind.
Might it be cup rings
Stains from last years party
Sharpie from when we were young
Blood stains from the time you fought
For I am covered in the marks left behind.
The scratches from nails when in anger.
The scars of the past.
Remember that time you almost threw me out?
Yeah, I got a chipped corner from that.
Remember when you had to replace my glass center after breaking it to pieces for art?

Being loved by her was like being loved by a river,
it will keep pulling you down no matter how much you try to stay afloat.

Loving her was like loving the stars,
never could you give her what she needed, because she had more than you could give.

Falling out of love with her is like using sand to stop a fire.
You can keep trying to smother the flames with your grains of sand or you can burn with it.

She, herself, was nothing but a mere string.
A string that to your confused heart sounded like a beautiful melody.

You, just you, were...