Long Collarbones Poems

Golden Harmonies of Existence

Grace falling in essence of pure gold from the sky
Place the lightning bright vision from the centre of my third eye 
Embrace the old derision as the armies can only try
The lace...

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Strips of being here are drawn all over you, fine lines intertwining with your skin,
It is not within the whites of dainty skies to praise who you are,
I hope you don't hide the only thing...

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During a session when I was young,
My therapist asked about sexual assualt.
Me being young and unaware of the event,
I replied quickly and confidentely with a no.
"Well... actually, yes." said my mother in a final tone.
I...

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These dreams are yours these dreams are mine 
Yet misery seems to be this poor mans only paradise 
Reality seems to be the only place to hide 
Trying to make the best of what I...

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We were best friends. 
We were lovers.
Inexorably linked.
For such a commitment-phobe, I fell in love quickly.  But I didn’t fall, really.
I dove headfirst.
I chose her.  No, she chose me. 
She was always lurking...

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my boyfriend asked me ‘what is fragile’
and i said
Glass
Hearts
Bones

the wineglass i threw at the wall
shards of glass in the expensive carpet
because you kept pushing pushing pushing

born with a heart murmur
doctor talk for not fully formed
pulsing...

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Her laughter startles the morning air -  
a flock of starlings scattering  
from power lines into  
the cathedral of her collarbones.

She moves through rooms  
unaware of how doorframes  
arch like...

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As every meeting ends in a goodbye, a shopping trip always ends in a good buy. That's life. But the sales are over and I hope this time to avoid a buyer’s fate.
Oh, how I...

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Jesus could walk on water,
But we walk across forever
If it is for love.
Women do, you know.
Walk on fire and broken glass too,
With shattered collarbones
From being held too tight
In love.
We wait.
Trusting fate.
And love.
He could heal the...

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I’m happy
I’m free
I can go wherever
I can do whatever
my grades are okay
and I still have forever
I don’t have a boyfriend
but for once I’m not lonely 
and yet as I sit alone
on my bedroom floor 
I...

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Here it sits
Squarely in my heart
Enfolded in the petals of a coronary black rose
Withered and piteous
A cloying weight
Heavy
 Grief-sodden
Perforated with bewilderment
It rests below my collarbones
Stifling each beleaguered breath
Damming my apprehensive blood
It clings
Battening down the hatches
An...

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You are not taken by me:
You are taken by the shadows and shapes there.
Sharp collarbones, acute angles when knees bend, shin to thigh:
Movement in the night, soft sighs, I am wisp-of-smoke, wisp-of-woman, neither living nor...

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I am trying to find the backdoor
From this solitary room
The silence is oppressive
Shadows paint the walls with gloom.

The entrance stood wide open
I walked in feeling free
I was naïve and unsuspecting
When you pocketed the key.

I heard...

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Give me your early mornings
Give me your half-awake eyes
Drag me in when you're pulling away
Match our breaths when we've synchronised

Give me your slow afternoons
Give me your train of thought
Distract me with your sugar-coated mouth
And watch...

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