The Watcher


"The Watcher"



You said, “Never me...”
I said, “Saltwater stings, when cuts slashed deep are bled”.

Somewhere sharks are circling
Swimming black eyes numb
Do sharks have souls?
The crowd cried, “None”.

You said, “Honey, life’s so sweet”.
I said, “Do you think?”

Somewhere, honesty lives in a place,
It’s called, “Not So Neat”.

Through the shallow tidal pools of
saltwater tears, run cracked lives and bare feet
on the bloody shores of 
“Betrayal, Life Incomplete”

You said, “Trust me, I’ll catch you when you fall”
I looked in your eyes and said, “Throw the other monkeys that slippery ball”.

The Watcher signed in to watch 
The Warrior signed out to blot

spinning on a wheel

cat watches
mouse

life seen through steely bars invisible
a road unsealed 

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)



Suspirium/Thom Yorke
https://youtu.be/BTZl9KMjbrU

Lyrics: 
https://genius.com/Thom-yorke-suspirium-lyrics



"A tear in my brain
Allows the voices in
They wanna push you off the path
With their frequency wires"



The Deep
https://youtu.be/lF8MRSJrDnw
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Date: 11/15/2020 3:48:00 PM
Incredible Modesty x
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 11/16/2020 12:26:00 AM
A rocky road and sharks.
Date: 8/30/2019 10:20:00 AM
tidepools of saltwater... wow. Imagery. You are the Queen. Ann
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 9/13/2019 11:34:00 PM
it's all rather cathartic ... we're all Queens and Kings in this realm Ann. Thank you for your kind and generous comment. Leanne. x
Date: 8/16/2019 2:46:00 AM
https://youtu.be/P7nz6-UVrmU
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/16/2019 2:46:00 AM
Hearing Damage/Yorke. Lyrics.
Date: 8/16/2019 2:44:00 AM
"Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them." - "To the trolls on the internet, I want to say: Get your head out of your computer. Go outside and walk around. Look at the people walking next to you. Look at your friends' friends and who they're interactng with. And just understand this is the 'real' world we live in."
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Date: 8/16/2019 2:36:00 AM
"REFLECTIONS. A person's emotional being is like an Ocean. The people in your life are separated into 3 different categories. You have the sailors: they won't touch the water. They opt to stay inside the boat. These people are your acquaintance or "surface friends", and they never make it deep.
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 8/16/2019 2:38:00 AM
You then have the snorkelers.These are the friends who want to go deep, but don't have the emotional capacity to carry the pressure and the weight. If they make an attempt, they either drown or are forced to go back to the surface for oxygen.
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 8/16/2019 2:37:00 AM
Finally, let's talk about the 'deep sea divers', these are the people who stay with you, through storms and violent waters, and they aren't afraid to dive to the darkest parts of the ocean floor: they stay with you, in the water, through the worst times. They aren't afraid to call out your bull****. They're the people who are there for you no matter what happens. We all need the third type of people in our lives." Yahya Bakkar
Date: 8/15/2019 5:49:00 AM
regards, the Deep Sea Diver. With so much "LOVE", as always. x
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