I was on a high
riding on a sunray
feeling the love
That seemed to bother you
so you had to go on the attack
making a point to deflate my balloon
It annoyed you terribly
that I might be happy
you had to spew your venom
I have news for you
I’m out of harm’s way
you cannot spit far enough
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her mean-spiritedness detonates
unsmiling green eyes that narrow
and expose the crannies and
cubbies of her harsh mouth
amplifying sounds
of rage in her
honey tones,
sickly
sweet
Two-faced,
Yin and yang,
I'm neither this nor that,
Benevolent and serene to some,
Vengeful and spiteful to others.
spiteful hatred towards
someone who thinks they're better
when really they're not
Moon
rises
early to
watch the Sun die
Dropped into the sea!
Mocking gold light
comes to life
in the
waves
Spiteful venom
Spews forth
Encasing the
Heart with
Poison causing
An erosion
Of the soul
Asphyxiating
The love once
Found within
Her dead body lay
A withered, prune of hate –
A swirl of black smoke.
The chalk lying on the board,
As it speaks it's thick words.
My eyes pacing around the room,
From door to soul.
The sam soul that lives behind the desk,
Observing our ways.
Planning an escape route,
Playing the scene in my head,
Indulging the patience,
Willing to move steady but quick.
Maneuver to the door,
As eyes of others,
Gape at me with an ugly taste,
That my ears devour silently.
Opening the door,
To only see,
My closet waiting upon my feet.
Looking back,
To my bed that looked as if,
I've been rolling in there, trapped.
Gasping with relief,
I walk, to wherever my heart plunges me to go.
"Spiteful Minds"
by~ Edward McCormick
Disdainfully negotiating gain,
The spiteful mind their heart's desire alone.
An obvious destruction they attain
Through dialogue with underlying tone.
A tiny drama brings about an end.
In spite of mind, the heart wants what it bleeds.
Enlightenment is key to comprehend
So very little satisfies our needs.
by~ Poet Destroyer
Heavy and alone, two "Spiteful minds",
The worthless moments in the skies.
With no reasons and why's!
The warning sounds of midnight, thick and blind,
Giving our hearts away, a solid sign.
Wicked taste mountains of lies.
Satisfaction In our breathing eye's.
Waiting for our gushing needs to land unwind;
Stiff like the blood beneath the sea.
"Spiteful minds" rising beyond to morbid moon.
Destruction in the slowness of ones purity
The world, is a gift one prolongs to see.
A music box with no tune.
Needing and spending, we lay in spiteful tears of misery.
a collaboration with * Edward McCormick
Buried in my womb
repressed by rampant anger
Loved by suicide.
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