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Jess Tizard Poem
lizards
black tar sweats, squabbles, shakes in the glare of the ocean of blue.
white light engulfs the sky.
stealing the heat we grip the ground with our claws.
scan the black tar with our yellow eyes.
our blood begins to warm.
her hair is melting to soft green scales and mine to black
blending into the ground.
we are lizards,
we laze in the sun,
it cannot scare us with its glare
we are lizards,
silent strong quick predators,
unnoticed yet still there.
we stalk a flying bumble bee; shattered glass, yellow string
buzzing it moves anxiously, falling, rising in the wind
she moves too slowly to catch it
it glides higher in the sky
we watch as it soars to freedom
we should have learnt to fly
black tar engulfs my vision
cradles and crushes my head
white noise of harsh invasion
her cry consumes my dread
our scales snapped
they tear from our skin
without amour to shield the attack
a stampede of torn and dirty shoes feast upon the remains
they dig and dive into my stomach
with intent to play their games
teeth of bound dark leather
snouts of practiced malice
souls etched with childrens patterns
dirt and gum
now printed on our bodies
with one more laugh and a jolt of pain
they leave
my eyes are blue now
and hers are drowning
the sky is blue
the day pleasant
the floor warm
but the trance has gone
our reality mangled
we are no longer lizards
we cannot pretend anymore
we are children
weak, shy, yet far too noticed
labelled, bruised and saw.
by Jess Tizard
Copyright © Jess Tizard | Year Posted 2014
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Jess Tizard Poem
i have a shattered pair of eyes
i can see only black
all that carries light my mind denies
my body cries
is their something i lack?
i have a shattered pair of eyes
i cannot see the beauty that used to arise
how do i take it back?
all that carries light my mind denies
they smile at me yet i see knives
is this an attack?
i have a shattered pair of eyes
people trudge by, yet i cannot rise
why cant i speak back?
all that carries light my mind denies
i carry a set of lies
of what the world would be if i let go, if i lent back
i have a shattered pair of eyes
all that carries light my mind denies
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The need to be cosseted from reality
numbs our minds
creating a majority
of underdeveloped scared
squares.
boastful, ignorant belittlers
blur the lines between reality
and plastic utopia
hiding the complexities of the world
with coffees and cream and music and bullshit...
where did it all go wrong?
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i will weaken and restrict your pace
push your spine until it snaps
i will cradle you and soften your skin
until its useless, blisters and cracks
from the moment you stand i'l become your ground
steal your body from the world below
mold the way you hold yourself
become a statement, make you grow
i'l confuse the young and anger the old
i will trudge and stain and tear
break away 'till i'm no use
but, still, you'l buy another to wear.
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Jess Tizard Poem
56 sharp black scars
ripple in a bed of pail porcelain skin
like murky tadpoles in a crystal blue pond
tadpoles that will never grow, move or die
tadpoles that will simply lie
56 identical sharp arrays
gouged into warm soft skin
like rain tapping on a lakes surface
while sapphire eyes of delicate glass
are softly swimming under skin clasped
56 emblazoned stars
fixed forever in a sky of skin and lips
like soft freckles on a child's face
but when the sun leaves, and sky goes grey
they will not fade, they'll simply stay
56 perpetual nightmares
inked unconscious in moonlight dreams
like cobwebs spun the night before
now each morning she wakes with dread
to find cobwebs spun with diamond thread
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they came from two different stories
but their minds were perfectly torn
to bind back together nicely
pages ripped out
and stuck into each others books
to fill the gaps
creating the new plot.
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