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Dec 16, 2008
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ad infinitum.
I keep forgetting...
are those stitches fusing your lips upsetting?
do they restrain your heart?
(when did your voice depart?)
you continue to drown...
would you rather float up or sink further down?
would you prefer liquid to fire?
(who has stolen your desire?)
not a one of us knows...
what made your eyelids flutter and close?
what melts inside your fear?
(when did you start to disappear?)
are those stitches fusing your lips upsetting?
do they restrain your heart?
(when did your voice depart?)
you continue to drown...
would you rather float up or sink further down?
would you prefer liquid to fire?
(who has stolen your desire?)
not a one of us knows...
what made your eyelids flutter and close?
what melts inside your fear?
(when did you start to disappear?)
— Proprietress of Crimson Hearts, Dec 16, 2008
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Stella
17 years 5 months ago
Wow! Very beautiful
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
Stella,
yenti
17 years 5 months ago
Keeper of hearts
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
thank you, Ian.
infinite_dwarf
17 years 5 months ago
dark and moody
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
Jess,
Ink Dragon
17 years 5 months ago
my little muse
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
sweet ink,
Fleur MacDonald
17 years 5 months ago
I like this one, it has a
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
moody indeed...
themoonman
17 years 5 months ago
Well then...
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
that magic number three...
Stella
17 years 5 months ago
Congrats on the Spotlight
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
thanks
weirdelf
17 years 5 months ago
jeez! where have I been for the last month?
Ink Dragon
17 years 5 months ago
Jess
weirdelf
17 years 5 months ago
hey thats ok,
Proprietress o…
17 years 5 months ago
thank you, Jess
weirdelf
17 years 5 months ago
hey, I give a smack on wrist
R.M.Shanmugam
17 years 5 months ago
A great skill is required to
theladyblue
17 years 4 months ago
My Dearest Proprietress...
orgami
16 years 7 months ago
Been awhile since I read poems with this Calibre
Proprietress o…
16 years 7 months ago
Mr.Orgami,
orgami
16 years 7 months ago
Perhaps its why it caught me so
Proprietress o…
16 years 7 months ago
I am touched