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Weekly Contest #325
Slice my arm open, leave a bloody gash; it would be beautiful, my exposed insides, and you would smile upon me. Don’t hurry, don’t speak; only whisper and look into my eyes. You always smile when I bleed for you. Somewhere is an ocean big and vast with fish - lots of fish - and blue deep that I long to bask in. Take me to the ocean, please. I smile down at you, and caress that tired face- when did I come into possession of such a beautiful man? Your eyes are blue, like mine… they are beautiful, like mine. Show me what you think is beautiful....
Weekly Contest #323
Make me a bed of nails, and make me your pawn. Nevermore shall I lay with Satan with all his empty promises.Change the sheets and make me weep, for I am but a marker of time in thine eyes.Tempt me with tales of deep dark places that I know well, And thou relinquish the whip and hollow scabbard,And make me a beggar at your ankles drenched in mine tears. My house of horrors makes my body ache, and joints release hardened blood with each movement. I am but a simple man of a simple life. My telltale heart has aged, but my arms remain strong and...
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