Time Confusion Poems

Setting: a rendition of Tara Plantation, 1860’s Georgia
Characters: Scarlatina (S), an oddly-dressed Southern Belle
   Brett Rutler (B), a dashing, but presently quite confused,...

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Vexed Nights 

Trapped in my own delusion,
Engulfing self induced contusions,
I imprudently cause self confusion,

Distance seems cruel to me
So I detach from what used to be,
Emotionally,
Physically,
Then...

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I deserve it at this point,
I see it coming every time.

I know your promises are hollow,
and your love riddled with lies.

I've stayed this long just...

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I'm Starting to forget you
I wish I wasn't.
When is your birthday?
What are your fears?
I can't really believe
It's been so many years.

What color is your hair?
Is...

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In the weeping crack of dawn, a battleground unfurls,
Reflected in the mirror’s gaze, a storm behind two girls
One, a wisp of tattered light, eyes shimmering...

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I lay awake as your hands haunt me,
In my mind everytime I close my eyes;
Every happy thought is tainted,
By the way I cannot move on,
From...

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I remember having gone to bed a little tired,
And soon fell into a deep sleep.
Night chill prickled my skin.
I felt unusually light.
Wasn’t sure what had...

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“Lee”

This one is going to hurt.
That is why it has taken me so long to write it,
Because a part of me still loves you and...

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Thinking and thinking and thinking.
I want to stop going over the memories,
The looping record of agonising nothings.
That's the problem, you see?
It's not a problem to...

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 it’s such a modes
 hint of fall yet it is  just
spring time cause cooling

chill the breeze April 
it is so now spring season
so...

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Even when my eyes sting too much to even peek,

I somehow still cannot seem to fall asleep

What is this evil force that keeps me wide...

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It seems that I have learned little,
    From the encyclopedic, book of love.
        As the...

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My heart lay barely beating, drowning in a marinade
of salted tears that fell from my reddened eyes.
Blood dripped down my chin from biting my swollen...

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holding within heart, omnipotent force
we can, if we choose, alter the dream
but if love and light be our sole resource
should we not allow desire forms...

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That was then
when the truth was a lie
scorching the bitter tongue
of unseen circumstances
that crawled on the belly of youthful unrest
running toward the darker quarters
where Angels...

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